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.
Seniors Brody Nielsen, Cooper Wiens and Nick Graessle helped spark a run of seven unanswered goals, and the Knights held on to remain unbeaten in league with their 13-6 win over their biggest local rival.
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.
Santa Cruz High has rolled out unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League seasons the last two years but graduations leave the door open for rivals to claim the league crown this fall.
Soquel High dominated girls water polo in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League in the spring, with an undefeated 8-0 season, a 189-22 goal differential and a 21-1 rout of Aptos in the title match. Look for more of the same this fall.
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.
Sophomore right side Sadie Jeffreys came off the bench in the fourth set and provided a late spark as Santa Cruz High’s unbeaten girls volleyball team won an important league win Tuesday night.
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.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young got off to a hot start at the WRV Outer Banks Pro, a World Surf League Men’s QS 1,000 event in Nags Head, North Carolina, on Friday.