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Koosha Safari, Aptos look to defend titles | Boys tennis preview
Koosha Safari isn’t just in the hunt for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s singles title in boys tennis this season. Having captured the league crown as a freshman last year, the Aptos High sophomore is now the one being hunted. In fact, consider him a big-game trophy – no SCCAL player has been able […]
Santa Cruz junior forward Aden Cury named MVP | All-SCCAL Boys Basketball
Santa Cruz High basketball talent Aden Cury unveiled a new-and-improved version of himself this season — the old version was also pretty darn good — and it was too much for league coaches to overlook.
Kirby boys volleyball tops PCS for first time in over a decade | Local Roundup
Senior opposite Zack Stack had 12 kills, 10 digs and three aces as Kirby School’s boys volleyball team rallied for its first win over Pacific Collegiate in more than a decade, 22-25, 25-13, 27-25, 17-25, 15-9, on Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley’s Kaitlin Imai named SCCAL MVP | Girls basketball
Scotts Valley High senior Kaitlin Imai was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League at a recent vote by league basketball coaches.
Pitching talent, depth has Aptos as SCCAL title frontrunner | High school baseball preview
A veritable parade of pitching talent has been marching through Aptos High’s baseball program in recent years – and the parade’s not over yet.
SV native Vanessa Fraser runs to 13th at The Ten, as American records fall | Local Roundup
Nike Bowerman Track Club’s Vanessa Fraser finished 13th out of 26 runners in Sound Running’s The Ten at JSerra Catholic High in San Juan Capistrano on Sunday night.
SC surfer Nat Young takes 9th at Portugal’s Supertubos | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young took ninth place at the World Surf League’s MEO Pro Portugal at Supertubos in Peniche, Portugal, event No. 3 on the Championship Tour. The 30-year-old goofy-footer earned 3,320 points for his finish, boosting his season total to 7,970. Young, ranked No. 16 on the CT through two events, was eliminated by […]
Santa Cruz surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel eliminated from Dominican Republic contest | Local Roundup
Eddie Brooks and Logan Manildi won multiple races to help Harbor High’s boys swim team past Aptos 72-48 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday in Aptos.
Scotts Valley native Dominique Parrish wrestles to bronze at Yasar Dogu International in Turkey | Local Roundup
Team USA wrestler Dominique Parrish earned bronze in the women’s 53-kilogram freestyle division at the 50th Yasar Dogu International 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday.
Top squads take advance of pitching batteries | High school softball preview
Much like Tesla automobiles, Santa Cruz County’s top high school softball teams will rely on industrial-strength battery power to go far this season. Three of the top four teams from last season’s temporarily expanded Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League – Aptos, Soquel, and St. Francis – have their top pitcher and catcher returning. In each […]
Kaitlin Imai scores 35 points in Scotts Valley’s D-IV win over Carmel | CCS basketball roundup
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Aptos’ upset bid derailed on penalty kicks | CCS Soccer Roundup
Aptos High’s boys soccer team, the No. 8 seed, nearly stunned top-seeded Aragon in the Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals Saturday night in San Mateo.
Six county girls advance to semifinals | CCS Wrestling Championships Roundup
The local girls flexed their muscles on Day 1 of the Central Coast Section Girls Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High on Friday. Six Santa Cruz County wrestlers advanced to the semifinals.
Soquel overtakes Aptos as SCCAL champ, makes playoffs after Harbor forfeits | CCS boys soccer
Watsonville High received the No. 2 seed in the prestigious Central Coast Section Open Division and four boys soccer teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded Thursday for the upcoming playoffs, which begin with Saturday’s quarterfinals. Noticeably absent, though, was defending CCS Division IV champion Harbor, which ended the regular-season in second place in the […]
Trio of county teams out for bragging rights, CCS title in D-III playoffs | Girls basketball
Three of the four girls basketball teams who took turns beating each other up in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will compete in the same division for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. In all, five county teams qualified for postseason.
UCSC rally falls short against nation’s top-ranked D-III women’s basketball team | Local Roundup
Junior guard/forward Ashley Kowack scored 25 points, but the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 loss to Christopher Newport, the nation’s top-ranked NCAA Division III team, on Saturday.
Aptos, Santa Cruz celebrate despite ‘awkward’ trophy presentation | SCCAL Wrestling Championships
Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team was prematurely announced as the 2022 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions on Friday and had just finished posing for photographs as it celebrated with the trophy when a correction was made.
Santa Cruz’s unbeaten girls soccer team earns SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup
Julia Moore had two goals and an assist to help Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team beat host Harbor 6-0 and win the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright Thursday night.
Santa Cruz tops Soquel, earns share of SCCAL boys basketball title with Aptos | Local Roundup
Aden Cury and Kosi Warren-House posted double-doubles to help Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat Soquel 76-25 on Tuesday and earn a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with Aptos.
Santa Cruz tops SLV in shortened match, clinches SCCAL girls soccer title | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz High girls soccer team clinched no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with its 8-0 win over host San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday.
Renee Parker posts triple-double as Cabrillo gets first win streak | Local Roundup
Renee Parker recorded a triple-double, and Cabrillo College’s women’s basketball team crushed Hartnell 52-23 in Coast Conference South Division action on Friday night.
Aptos’ Vito Riccabona named to Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football Team | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Vito Riccabona was honored on Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football Team for medium-sized enrollment schools.
Soquel sinks Santa Cruz with goal in stoppage time | Boys soccer
Upstart Santa Cruz High was threatening to derail the Soquel boys soccer team’s quest for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. Neither team had scored as the second half neared conclusion. The match moved into stoppage time, still scoreless.
Kaitlin Imai reaches 1,000-point milestone in Falcons’ win | Local Roundup
Kaitlin Imai reached the 1,000-point milestone in her Scotts Valley High basketball career as the Falcons posted a 70-11 win over Harbor on senior night Tuesday.
SC’s Qwentin Brown, SV’s Nolan Smith receive all-state football honors | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s Qwentin Brown and Scotts Valley’s Nolan Smith were named to Cal-High Sports’ All-State football team for small schools.