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Santa Cruz surfs to title in SCSSL finale | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High won the final Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League contest of the 2022-23 season in small, but clean conditions at Pleasure Point on Saturday.
Locals showcase talent at Soquel Invitational | High school track and field
Four female athletes from Santa Cruz County — SLV seniors Colleen Murata and Mia Hamilton, Aptos junior Ella Shoemaker, and Mariners senior Lena Manchester — posted top-three finishes in three individual events at the 26-team Soquel Invitational at Soquel High on Saturday.
Scotts Valley boys tennis edges Santa Cruz in tight match | Local Roundup
The Scotts Valley High boys tennis team edged Santa Cruz 4-3 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match that features four third-set tiebreakers Friday.
MVC rolls to nonleague softball win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team earned a 23-3 nonleague win over host Santa Cruz on Thursday.
SLV softball slips past Aptos in 10 innings | Local Roundup
Gracie Poston scored on an error in the 10th inning to lead San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team over Aptos 8-7 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Locals Ashlyn Boothby, Evie Marheineke run to school marks at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley junior Ashlyn Boothby took fourth in the 1-mile Invitational race in a school-record 4:47.59 at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday.
SC surfer John Mel advances to quarterfinals in Huntington Beach | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s John Mel advanced to the quarterfinals on Saturday at the World Surf League’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a 3,000-point Qualifying Series event in Huntington Beach.
SC surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel advance in Huntington Beach | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey and John Mel advanced to the Round of 32 at the World Surf League’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a 3,000-point Qualifying Series event in Huntington Beach.
SV resident Kyleigh Mace throws perfect game for Archbishop Mitty softball | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley resident Kyleigh Mace, a 5-foot-6 freshman pitcher, threw a perfect game as Archbishop Mitty beat host Sacred Heart Cathedral 13-0 in their six inning West Catholic Athletic League game Wednesday.
St. Francis baseball stuns Soledad in PCAL Gabilan action | Local Roundup
Javier Fonseca had three hits, including a two-run double and three-run home run, and scored twice, as St. Francis High baseball team beat host Soledad 11-5 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Monday.
Locals athletes shine on big weekend for track and field | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby took second place in the 1,600-meter race at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday. She finished in 4 minutes, 52.49 seconds.
Quinn Turowski’s grand slam helps SV baseball hand Harbor first loss | Local Roundup
Quinn Turowski hit a grand slam in the sixth inning — his second home run of the season — to help Scotts Valley High’s baseball team beat previously unbeaten Harbor 12-4 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Friday.
Gabe Gaeckle-led Mariners hold off feisty Cardinals | High school baseball
Aptos High’s baseball team has stranded base runners early and often in games this season. Gabe Gaeckle made sure the Mariners didn’t strand any in the fourth inning of their 6-4 win over rival Santa Cruz in the teams Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.
SC surfer Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals in Barbados | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro on Thursday at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
Santa Cruz surfer Autumn Hays wins her opening heat in Barbados | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat Tuesday at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Qualifying Series 5,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
SJSU commit Langston Burkett strikes out 14 in SC’s narrow baseball win over SLV | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s baseball team scored twice in the first inning, and San Jose State committed pitcher Langston Burkett made the lead hold up in the Cardinals’ 2-1 win over San Lorenzo Valley on Monday.
Unbeaten Harbor slips past Aptos for sole possession of SCCAL lead | High school baseball
If Harbor High’s baseball team keeps turning in gritty, detail-oriented efforts like it did Monday, there’s a good chance the Pirates will be celebrating their first league title in 36 years at the end of the season.
MVC’s JoJo Keldsen throws no-hitter, homers twice in DH sweep of Watsonville | Local Roundup
Senior JoJo Keldsen threw a no-hitter as Monte Vista Christian opened its doubleheader sweep with a 14-0 win in five innings over visiting Watsonville on Saturday.
Aptos softball slips past Scotts Valley in eight innings | Local Roundup
Sophomore Lilly McGee and freshman Lanies Nunez each had a hit, two RBI, and a run scored as the Aptos High softball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 10-9 in the teams’ eight inning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.
Santa Cruz edges Harbor in five-set thriller | Boys volleyball
The rivalry continued on Thursday night in Santa Cruz with some returnees and a number of new faces for the two remaining unbeaten teams in the SCCAL and it was likely the match of the season.
Tosh Woods paces Aptos in track meet against SLV | Local Roundup
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
Aptos favored with Gabe Gaeckle on mound | High school baseball preview
Even with three other college-bound pitchers on the Aptos High baseball team’s stacked pitching staff last season, Gabe Gaeckle stood out.
Harbor’s Raul Calles named SCCAL MVP | Boys soccer
Harbor High senior soccer talent Raúl Calles was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after leading the Pirates to the league title and the Central Coast Section D-II playoffs.
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.