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Aptos boys golf knocks off Harbor | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Ben Nowark and Harbor’s Matt Munro each shot 39 to share medalist honors, but the Mariners knocked off the Pirates 213-227 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match at Seascape Golf Club on Monday.
More than 4,000 runners turn out for She.Is.Beautiful races | Local Roundup
More than 4,000 runners competed in the 13th annual She.is.beautiful Santa Cruz 5k and 10k races on Saturday.
Scotts Valley’s Ashlyn Boothby breaks school records in wins | High school track and field roundup
Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby set school records in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter races and earned a pair of wins at the Dublin Distance Fiesta at Dublin High on Saturday. Junior Braylon Noble set Soquel’s record in the high jump at the Garlic Classic.
Dillyn Vasconcellos hits for cycle, helps Cabrillo softball sweep doubleheader | Local Roundup
Second baseman Dillyn Vasconcellos hit for the cycle — single, double, triple and home run — drove in three runs and scored twice as the Cabrillo College softball team routed Mendocino 13-0 in the opener of their nonconference doubleheader Friday.
UCSC basketball talent Kaylee Murphy repeats as All-American | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz senior forward Kaylee Murphy was named an NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday.
SLV blanks Soquel as defending SCCAL co-champs square off in opener | Local Roundup
The San Lorenzo Valley High and Soquel softball programs were evenly matched a year ago, when they shared the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. The programs squared off in the 2023 league opener Wednesday, and Cougars showed they’re an improved product.
Soquel, SLV ready to battle for SCCAL title after sharing crown in ’22 | High school softball preview
Nevaeh Martinez is taking on a new role for Soquel High and leading a team loaded with new faces. San Lorenzo Valley’s Amelia Sizemore, meanwhile, heads a largely intact squad with four All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League first-team selections returning, counting herself.
SC’s Jocelyn Travers, Aptos’ Summer Jacob share top honor | All-SCCAL girls soccer
Santa Cruz High sophomore midfielder Jocelyn Travers showcased her knack for putting the soccer ball in the net this season, and Aptos senior midfielder Summer Jacob showed her penchant for preventing talented forwards from finishing.
Santa Cruz senior Claire Thompson named MVP | All-SCCAL girls basketball
Santa Cruz High senior guard/forward Claire Thompson was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League by league coaches.
UCSC’s Shea Wissler qualifies for NCAA Indoor Championships | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz senior Shea Wissler qualified for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships with his first-place finish in the heptathlon at the Midwest Qualifier at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Aden Cury repeats as MVP | All-SCCAL boys basketball
Santa Cruz High senior guard/center Aden Cury repeated as MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League following a vote from league coaches.
Santa Cruz surfer Maddie Storrer takes third in Morro Bay | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer tied for third place on Sunday at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a 1,000-point Qualifying Series event.
Santa Cruz boys make Open Division for first time since 2016 | CCS basketball
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team is back in the Open Division for the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time since 2016. In total, six boys teams and seven girls teams made the playoffs.
Four local surfers earn wins at inaugural Champions Contest at Steamer Lane
Aptos’ Finn Brownlee, Santa Cruz’s Zoey Howland, and Soquel’s Jack Snyder and Katie Slevin won titles at the inaugural Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League Champions Contest, held at Steamer Lane on Saturday in 6- to 8-foot surf.
Santa Cruz stomps Soquel for SCCAL Tournament title | Girls basketball
The last time Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team played Soquel, the Cardinals won by 20 points on Jan. 31. It was their smallest margin of victory in their unbeaten, 10-game run to three-peat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic regular-season champion.
11 local girls, 15 boys advance from CCS Southern Regional | High school wrestling
Scotts Valley High junior wrestlers Danica Kelley and Kayse Martinovsky won titles and 11 local girls advanced from the Central Coast Section Southern Regional at Watsonville High on Saturday to next weekend’s Masters Championships.
Wrestling seeds revealed for CCS Southern Regionals | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.
No. 3 seeded Soquel girls knock off SLV; will face No. 1 SC in final | SCCAL Basketball Tournament Roundup
Gianna Winterhalder and Amelie Stotland were consistent in their barrage of 3-point attempts in the Santa Cruz Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday. So was Lily Thayer on the offensive glass.
No. 6 seed Cougars stun No. 3 Scotts Valley in SCCAL Tournament opener | Local Roundup
Senior Skylar Thayer scored 27 points, and the No. 6 seed San Lorenzo Valley High boys basketball team stunned host and No. 3 Scotts Valley 65-57 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday night.
UCSC’s nationally ranked men’s volleyball team closes lengthy road trip with pair of wins | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 10 nationally among NCAA Division III programs, closed its seven-match road trip with a pair of wins Sunday in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
MVC wrestler Rykin Resurreccion leads locals at PCAL Championships | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Rykin Resurreccion took second place at 132 pounds at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships at Salinas High on Saturday.
Santa Cruz wins team title at SCCAL Wrestling Championships
Santa Cruz and Harbor wrestlers sparkled the most, with the Cardinals capturing the league title.
Santa Cruz girls basketball records its first unbeaten SCCAL campaign in 20-plus years | Local Roundup
Senior guard Madison Yazalina had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists, and four steals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team beat Harbor 69-6 to finish Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play unbeaten on Friday.
St. Francis boys basketball hands host Watsonville its first league loss | Local Roundup
Nash Horton scored a team-high 15 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team got its revenge against host Watsonville with a 57-53 win on Thursday night to stay in the league title hunt.
Santa Cruz’s Myles Reber, Franz Pohlmann sign with D-I football programs | Signing Day
A pair of Santa Cruz High seniors, Myles Reber and Franz Pohlmann — both currently unranked and star-less in the eyes of scouting authorities — signed National Letters of Intent to NCAA Division I programs as preferred walk-ons on Signing Day.