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PCS, MVC win openers, will square off in Mission 831 Basketball Shootout boys final | Local Roundup
Four Pacific Collegiate School boys basketball players reached double digits in scoring, and the Pumas opened their season with a 66-55 win over Gonzales in the opening round of the Mission 831 Basketball Shootout at Monte Vista Christian School on Monday.
County has banner day at CCS Cross Country Championships
It was a banner day for Santa Cruz County at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course Saturday: two individual champions and four team champions.
Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day
Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports.
Five county volleyball players named to all-PCAL first teams | Local Roundup
Five county girls volleyball players were given all-Pacific Coast Athletic League first-team honors Monday, including Kirby setter Anna Shelton, who was named co-MVP of the Arroyo Division.
Santa Cruz stomps Soquel for Stump, league title and first unbeaten season since ’93 | PCAL football roundup
The Cardinals (9-0) became the program’s first team since 1993 to finish the regular season unbeaten, won the Stump rivalry trophy for a third straight season and locked up the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division title in one fell swoop.
Freshman Katelynn Ruiz sets pace as Watsonville wins Cypress title | PCAL Cross Country
Watsonville High freshman Katelynn Ruiz, junior Dahlia Barranco and senior Dominique Cervantes-Samudio produced top-10 finishes to lead the Wildcatz to the Cypress Division title at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Pajaro Valley scores with 4 seconds left, stuns Harbor in homecoming thriller | PCAL football roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s football team needed to move 72 yards in less than 1 minute and 14 seconds if it hoped accomplish the unthinkable Friday night against host Harbor in the Pirates’ homecoming.
Niko Iles runs for 6 TDs as Scotts Valley gains sole possession of Cypress Division lead | PCAL football roundup
Sophomore fullback Niko Iles ran for six touchdowns and Scotts Valley ran past previously unbeaten King City 47-27 to gain sole possession of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division lead Friday night.
Scotts Valley runs to team titles at Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls and boys cross country teams won titles at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park’s 5k course in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Aptos girls tennis tops Santa Cruz to remain atop standings | Local Roundup
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat host Santa Cruz 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Aptos annihilates Alisal, builds momentum for showdown with Hollister | PCAL football roundup
Kicker Jake Galster booted the touchbacks, Aptos High’s defense forced Alisal to punt shortly thereafter, and the Mariners’ offense took advantage of favorable field position. That was the theme of the Mariners’ Pacific Coast Athletic Gabilan Division game Thursday night, a 51-0 rout of the Trojans.
Retired police officer Chris Dibble, 60, takes over MVC’s girls soccer program
Chris Dibble, 60, a retired Palo Alto policeman who teaches advanced U.S. History and World History at Monte Vista Christian School, is taking over the Mustangs’ girls soccer program, the school recently announced on Twitter.
Sharks use four interceptions to run past Harbor | High school football roundup
If you go deep, the Sharks will bite you. That’s the St. Francis High Sharks, who intercepted four long passes from Harbor in the first half and built a three-touchdown lead by halftime Friday night.
Soquel rallies for revenge on SC, hands Cardinals first loss in five sets | Girls volleyball roundup
Senior outside hitter Ciara Cantlen had season-high 32 kills to help the Soquel High’s girls volleyball team rally for a 25-13, 21-25, 16-25, 25-19, 17-15 win over previously unbeaten Santa Cruz on Tuesday night in Santa Cruz.
Ryder Brabo, Ashlyn Boothby wins help Scotts Valley earn team titles | High school cross country roundup
Scotts Valley High senior Ryder Brabo won the Small Schools race at the 17-team, 115-runner Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay on Saturday. In girls action, Falcons sophomore Ashlyn Boothby won the eight-team, 65-runner Small Schools race.
Soquel edges Aptos in rematch of girls tennis co-champs | Local Roundup
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.
Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten post wins at Little Wharf 3-Miler | Local Roundup
Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, 26, edged Aptos High senior Trent Nosky, 17, for the overall title at the Little Wharf 3-Miler on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten, 41, was the top female, finishing 10th overall in 17:34.
Isaiah Velez scores 4 TDS as Falcons run past Wildcatz in Cypress Division opener | PCAL football roundup
Scotts Valley High expected a battle from Watsonville on homecoming night in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener. Both teams lost recently to Santa Cruz by similar scores.
Soquel’s boys water polo team wins inaugural Steve Martin Memorial Tournament | Local roundup
Soquel High’s boys water polo team won the inaugural Steve Martin Memorial Tournament at Soquel on Saturday.
Aptos overwhelmed by Salinas’ balanced offense, swarming defense | High school football roundup
Aptos High’s high-octane, Wing-T offense ran into a wall named Salinas on Friday night in front of a hearty, vocal crowd at The Pit.
Harbor girls water polo tops Pioneer, continues hot start | Local Roundup
Junior Kaylee Gooch and senior Ava Carney each scored two goals and Harbor High’s girls water polo team beat Pioneer 7-4 in the teams’ nonleague game Tuesday in Santa Cruz.
Soquel, Santa Cruz post 42-0 wins over county foes | High school football roundup
Soquel and Santa Cruz both earned 42-0 wins Friday night. SLV won in coach Andrew Milich’s coaching debut.
Jeremy Kain, Falcons have high goals | Boys cross country preview
Jeremy Kain has set some mile-high goals for himself to achieve in cross country this season.
Boothby sisters make Scotts Valley a title frontrunner | Girls cross country preview
As sisters, Ashlyn and Amber Boothby are close.
Not just in terms of the sisterly bond they share, though the Scotts Valley High runners are simultaneously each other’s biggest supporter and chief rival. They’re also close in terms of their cross-country times – and for the rest of the girls’ teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, that spells trouble.