Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team cruised to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-9 sweep of Mount Madonna on Tuesday night to open its title defense in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play.
Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team closed the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular season with a 10-4 win over rival Soquel to cap a perfect run through league play Thursday in Santa Cruz.
Gigi Brown led Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team with seven kills and eight digs in its 25-15, 25-16, 25-10 sweep of host Aptos on Tuesday to lock up no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season crown.
After a roller-coaster first-set deuce defeat, Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team tightened its defense and diversified its offense to roll to a 28-30, 25-18, 25-21, 25-14 victory to take control of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race Thursday night.
Santa Cruz High cross country runner Eli Fitchen-Young finished the 2.08-mile course at UC Santa Cruz with a time of 11:06 but Scotts Valley won the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet 23-32 on Thursday.
Sophomore forward Mohamed El Kaddouri scored three goals, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat Allan Hancock 5-2 in the teams’ nonconference game Tuesday in Aptos.
Setter Kayla Rhee-Pizano and outside hitter Jessie Dueck return for Soquel High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion. But 2021 runner-up Santa Cruz will again provide fierce competition.
Soquel High senior volleyball star Ciara Cantlen played with power, precision, perseverance and pride during the indoor season. It was apparent each time she stepped on the hardwood. Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League coaches took note of that and rewarded the dominant outside hitter with league MVP honors.
Rebecca Fuller, Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat visiting Soquel 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team moved into a tie for first place with Scotts Valley by beating the Falcons 6-1 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday.
Senior tennis player Aly Kosek rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Ashley Lavender at No. 4 singles to clinch Soquel High’s 4-3 win over visiting Aptos in a matchup of defending co-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions Thursday.
Elana McGrew shot 3-over-par 26 over six holes to help Scotts Valley High’s girls golf team to a 133-144 win over Aptos at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday.
Junior outside hitter Hannah Fleming recorded a triple-double in Scotts Valley High’s 25-7, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball match on Thursday.
The two-hits violation capped an insane, 2 1/2-hour match of nonstop thrills and momentum changes and gave Pally her 39th kill Thursday night, when Santa Cruz earned a rare victory over the Knights, 26-24, 18-25, 28-30, 25-22, 15-13.
Aptos and Mount Madonna won state titles during the last indoor volleyball season two years ago, but they aren’t the favorites this fall. Soquel, Santa Cruz and Harbor are among the favored squads in the competitive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race.
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday night.
Hannah Fleming and Marilu Pally are beach volleyball teammates, best friends and future Pac-12 rivals seemingly attached at the hip, when they’re not attending their respective high schools.