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Junior Dahlia Barranco and freshman Katelynn Ruiz led Watsonville HIgh’s girls cross country team to victory in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division race Wednesday in Monterey.

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.

Scotts Valley High senior Ryder Brabo shined under the lights Saturday night at the heralded 40th annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic at Silverlakes Sports Park in Norco.

Jeremy Kain earned the win and Ryder Brabo took 10th to lead the Scotts Valley High boys cross country team to fifth place at the 26-team Lowell Invitational on Saturday. 

Santa Cruz High junior Jim Ratliff took first place and helped the Cardinals win the eight-team Puma Cross Town Classic at Wilder Ranch on Thursday.

Jeremy Kain has set some mile-high goals for himself to achieve in cross country this season.

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.