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Six county teams qualify for CCS playoffs | High school baseball
Six county baseball teams qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs, including Harbor and Soquel with at-large berths, at the Central Coast Section seeding meeting on Monday.
More than a dozen locals move on from CCS Track and Field Semifinals
Santa Cruz County track and field athletes battled the heat and the best from throughout the section in the Central Coast Section Semifinals at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Santa Cruz knocks off Mitty, advances to Open Division final | Boys volleyball
Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team delivered in front of its raucous home crowd Thursday to earn another shot at history.
Santa Cruz boys volleyball earns No. 1 seed in CCS Open Division | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team earned the No. 1 seed in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs, it was announced at the seeding meeting Saturday.
Giancarlo Mendo’s three wins help Wildcatz win track meet | Local Roundup
Giancarlo Mendo won three individual events, and Watsonville High’s boys track and field team beat host North Monterey County 78-58 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division meet Wednesday.
Local high school runners shine at Dublin Distance Fiesta | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley HIgh’s senior Ashlyn Boothby took first place in the 800-meter race at the Dublin Distance Fiesta at Dublin High on Saturday.
Evie Marheineke, Eli Fitchen-Young run to wins at K-Bell Classic | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty High junior Evangeline Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, and Santa Cruz junior Eli Fitchen-Young earned wins at the 41-team K-Bell Track and Field Classic on Saturday.
Scotts Valley star wrestler Danica Kelley repeats as section champion | CCS Masters Finals
Scotts Valley High star senior wrestler Danica Kelley repeated as champion at the Central Coast Section Masters Finals at Watsonville High on Saturday.
County gets three top-10 finishes at CIF State Cross Country Championships
Santa Cruz County produced three top-10 finishers — Santa Cruz junior Eli Fitchen-Young, Scotts Valley senior Ashlynn Boothby, and Archbishop Mitty junior Evie Marheineke — at the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Favored Soquel ready for a battle from No. 8 seed Christopher | CCS football
CalPreps.com’s computer generated projections has Soquel High’s football team knocking off Christopher of Gilroy 21-12 in the upcoming Central Coast Section Division II Championship. It gives the Knights a 73% chance of winning.
Locals make it look easy at CCS Cross Country Championships
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby earned her third straight individual Division IV title and the Falcons won their third straight team title at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont on Saturday.
SC runner Evie Marheineke repeats as WCAL champion | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty junior Evie Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, repeated as the West Catholic Athletic League’s individual champion at Crystal Springs XC Course on Wednesday in Belmont.
Cabrillo football routs Gavilan to snap losing skid | Local Roundup
Freshman running back Peyton Hatten made himself a fixture in the end zone, and Cabrillo College’s football team shined in all three phases in its 43-7 rout of visiting Gavilan to pick up its first Coast Conference win Saturday.
Soquel’s girls water polo team secures 13th straight league title | Local Roundup
Senior Amelie Stotland had five goals, one assist, and one steal to lead Soquel High’s girls water polo team beat visiting Santa Cruz 19-6 to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.
Locals shine during big weekend of racing | High school cross country roundup
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby (17:25.8) took sixth out of 150 runners in the Bill Buettner 5K Championship race at the Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
Sophomore Ava Decleve leads Scotts Valley runners in Daly City | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High sophomore Ava Decleve took second out of 83 runners in the girls’ varsity race No. 1 at the Westmoor Ram Invitational in Daly City on Saturday.
Santa Cruz girls water polo slips past Aptos in tight SCCAL battle | Local Roundup
Senior Zoe Ann Watson had two goals and two assists, and Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team edged host Aptos 5-4 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.
Soquel boys water polo goes 2-2 at Steve Martin Memorial Tournament | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s boys water polo team hosted the third annual Steve Martin Memorial Tournament and went 2-2 against teams throughout the greater Bay Area over the weekend.
Pajaro Valley football ends shutout skid, but St. Francis prevails in nonleague game | Local Roundup
Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.
Evie Marheineke, Ashlyn Boothby, and Eli Fitchen-Young win titles at cross country races | Local Roundup
Local standouts Evie Marheineke, Ashlyn Boothby and Eli Fitchen-Young won cross country races on Saturday.
Aptos rallies twice before falling on road to Archbishop Mitty | High school football
Aptos High’s football team didn’t turn out its best performance in a nonleague tilt against powerful Archbishop Mitty at Foothill College on Friday night.
Aptos, newcomer Soquel ready to battle in powerful PCAL Gabilan Division | KICKOFF 2023
If you’re affiliated with Aptos High’s football program in any capacity — player, coach, family member, fan or alumni — you don’t have just one game circled on the calendar at the outset of the season. Not when you compete in the prestigious Gabilan Division, the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. Every week is a high-stakes affair.
Scotts Valley legends Fraser, Boothby finish race together | Wharf to Wharf
A phantom runner nearly claimed the coveted honor of top local female at the 51st Wharf to Wharf race on Sunday morning.
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman, 21, wins third straight IFSC Boulder World Cup season title | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman won the overall IFSC Boulder World Cup title for a third straight season with her silver medal finish at Innsbruck on Thurday.
Scotts Valley’s Ashlyn Boothby runs nation’s second fastest time in 1,600 this season at CIF State Track and Field Championships
Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby was looking to peak at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High on Saturday. And it was quite a peak.