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Santa Cruz surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel eliminated from Dominican Republic contest | Local Roundup
Eddie Brooks and Logan Manildi won multiple races to help Harbor High’s boys swim team past Aptos 72-48 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday in Aptos.
SC surfer Nat Young advances at CT event in Portugal | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young advanced from his opening heat Friday at the World Surf League’s MEO Pro Portugal, event No. 3 on the Men’s Championship Tour in Peniche, Portugal. Young, ranked No. 16 of the CT through two events, took second in the final heat of the Opening Round. He posted a two-wave score […]
Top squads take advance of pitching batteries | High school softball preview
Much like Tesla automobiles, Santa Cruz County’s top high school softball teams will rely on industrial-strength battery power to go far this season. Three of the top four teams from last season’s temporarily expanded Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League – Aptos, Soquel, and St. Francis – have their top pitcher and catcher returning. In each […]
Cabrillo wins NorCal basketball opener, faces No. 1 CCSF next | Local Roundup
Austin James scored 17 points to lead the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team past American River 83-64 in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Sacramento on Tuesday night. Alphonse Alfred scored 12 points for the Seahawks and Samy Buteau added 10 points in the win. The Seahawks (18-11) play at No. […]
Santa Cruz surfer Sam Coffey ties for ninth in Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz surfer Sam Coffey tied for ninth place at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a Men’s Qualifying Series 1,000-point event, on Saturday.
MVC’s bid to make first CCS final thwarted by Salinas | CCS girls soccer
SALINAS — Monte Vista Christian School’s girls soccer team continued its storybook run into the second half of its Central Coast Section Division IV semifinal at favored Salinas on Wednesday. But the host Cowboys scored twice in the second half for a 2-0 win, ending the Mustangs’ bid to reach their first section final in […]
MVC survives PK shoot-out at Soledad in CCS quarterfinals | Local Roundup
The No. 8 seed Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team advanced to the the Central Coast Section Division IV semifinals on Monday in Soledad, stunning No. 1 Aztecs 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out to complete Saturday’s controversial quarterfinal.
MVC gets new life after officiating error, will complete playoff game with PK shoot-out Monday | CCS girls soccer
WATSONVILLE — In a bizarre turn of events, No. 8 seed Monte Vista Christian School’s girls soccer has new life in the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs. The Mustangs thought their season was over, an apparent 1-0 loser after Soledad sophomore Sophia Martel scored her CCS leading 51st goal in triple overtime in the […]
Santa Cruz seeded No. 2 in D-I, as only three county teams qualify for CCS girls soccer playoffs
Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team — one of six teams to enter the Central Coast Section playoffs unbeaten — earned the No. 2 seed in Division I and will open postseason action with a home game.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young ties for ninth at Hurley Pro Sunset Beach | Local Roundup
The waves were there, but the ones Santa Cruz’s Nat Young dropped in on didn’t offer him much during his afternoon heat at the World Surf League’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach on Wednesday in Oahu, Hawaii.
Wildcatz’s boys basketball team wins share of PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division title | Local Roundup
At the outset of each basketball season, Watsonville High coach Marcus Northcutt and assistant Mike Blum tell the Wildcatz how cool it would be if they won a league title: In addition to adding a championship banner to the school’s gymnasium walls, years later, they could come back and see their banner and cherish that […]
Dez Litel lifts St. Francis over MVC with OT 3-pointer | Local Roundup
Dez Litel produced the game winning 3-pointer in overtime as St. Francis High’s boys basketball beat crosstown rival Monte Vista Christian 59-57 on senior night Friday.
Four South County wrestlers win titles at PCAL Mission Division Championships
Four South County wrestlers won titles at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at Watsonville High on Wednesday night and qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section Championships.
Makena Bedolla helps Sharks’ soccer team blast Greenfield | Local Roundup
Makena Bedolla scored three goals and St. Francis High’s girls soccer team beat Greenfield 5-0 in its Pacific Coast Athletic League game at Depot Park in Santa Cruz on Monday.
Austin James leads Cabrillo men’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
Sarah Eichhorn named MVC’s swim coach | Local Roundup
Sarah Eichhorn had been named swim coach at her high school alma mater, Monte Vista Christian School.
Kaitlin Imai helps Scotts Valley’s girls basketball team beat Mariners for first time since 2017 | Local Roundup
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai scored 19 points and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team beat Aptos 45-36 to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mariners in the Falcons’ league opener Tuesday.
Wrestler Mike Pena leads Santa Cruz at Jim Root Memorial | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior wrestler Mike Pena took third place at 132 pounds, and the Cardinals finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 58th Jim Root Memorial at Prospect High on Saturday.
UCSC men’s volleyball opens season with pair of losses | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team opened its season, as well as the UC Slug Slam, with a pair of losses Friday at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday, falling 3-1 to Westcliff in the morning and 3-2 to Cal Lutheran in the evening.
Central Coast All-Star Football Game set for Friday in Salinas | High school football
Football players from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will compete in the 36th annual Central Coast 2021 All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Friday at 7 p.m.
PCS girls soccer tops MVC in Mission Division opener | Local Roundup
Rosalyn Bourdow scored 90 seconds into the second half, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team beat Monte Vista Christian 2-1 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division opener Monday at Depot Park in Santa Cruz.
Wildcatz wrestler Vincent Mosqueda one of four county placers at Apple Cider Classic | Local Roundup
Watsonville High’s Vincent Mosqueda was one of four Santa Cruz County wrestlers who placed at the 29-team Apple Cider Classic on Saturday at Watsonville High.
Cardinals eye SCCAL title repeat | Boys basketball preview
Boys’ basketball teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will be seeing less of Aden Cury this season. Not the kind of “less” they’d probably prefer, though.
Aptos, Santa Cruz continue rivalry for SCCAL bragging rights | Girls basketball preview
As they dueled for league and Central Coast Section supremacy last spring, Aptos and Santa Cruz developed a compelling high school girls’ basketball rivalry.
Santa Cruz edges Cupertino, advances to final of Saint Francis’ tournament | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team edged Cupertino 37-35 in the semifinals of the Joe Schram Holiday Basketball Classic at Saint Francis High in Mountain View on Wednesday.