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Soquel talent Kylee Eze named SCCAL MVP | Girls volleyball
Soquel High senior opposite Kylee Eze was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League in girls volleyball.
Scotts Valley’s boys basketball team advances to final at Watsonville Tournament | Local Roundup
Tristan Roure scored 15 points, and the Scotts Valley High boys basketball team beat Alisal 54-52 in the Watsonville Tournament on Thursday.
SV golfer Elana McGrew named SCCAL Player of the Year | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High senior golfer Elana McGrew was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year, and the Falcons’ John Surbridge was named Coach of the Year.
PCAL announces placements of football programs for ’23 | Local Roundup
The Pacific Coast Athletic League completed the process of assigning teams to divisions for the 2023 football season.
Cabrillo basketball surrenders lead late, falls to Columbia in Saltwater Classic final | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team lost its lead late and fell to Columbia, the No. 4 ranked team in NorCal, 84-81 in the championship game of the Saltwater Classic on Sunday night in Aptos.
Warriors earn first win streak with sweep of Stockton | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors had three players scored 20 points for the second straight night, as they beat the host Stockton Kings 125-114 Saturday to earn their first win streak in Showcase Cup play.
Santa Cruz edged in OT by Menlo-Atherton; Cardinals see Dad’s Club title streak end at six | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s dominance at the Dad’s Club Basketball Tournament came to end Saturday night.
James Wiseman’s double-double helps Santa Cruz top host Stockton | Local Roundup
James Wiseman, Lester Quinones and Ryan Rollins each had 20-point outings, helping the Santa Cruz Warriors earn a 118-106 win over the host Stockton Kings in NBA G League Showcase Cup play Friday night.
Defense lifts Santa Cruz into Dad’s Club final | Boys basketball
In the opening minute of the Dad’s Club Tournament semifinals on Friday night, Santa Cruz High guard Mosiah Cumberbatch nearly stole the basketball from a Leigh player, but knocked it out of bounds in the process.
Photo | Dad’s Club Basketball Tournament dribbles on for more than 65 years
Soquel High cheerleaders bring contagious enthusiasm to their support of the school’s boys basketball team during the Knights game against Pioneer on Thursday.
Pajaro Valley girls soccer stops Watsonville in PK shootout, reaches championship | Local Roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s girls soccer team beat crosstown rival Watsonville 3-2 in a penalty-kick shootout to advance to the Gold Division championship at the 16th annual Watsonville Tournament on Thursday.
Soquel drops Dad’s Club opener to Pioneer | Boys basketball
Soquel High’s boys basketball team is playing for now and the future, and that takes some of the sting off results like the one it endured Thursday in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener.
Scotts Valley girls soccer tops NMC for first win | Local Roundup
Ella Ireland, Naiya Samios and Sammy Rebbert scored goals for Scotts Valley High’s girls soccer team in a 3-0 nonleague win over visiting North Monterey High on Wednesday.
Santa Cruz surfer John Mel pulls upset to open WSL’s Haleiwa Challenger in Hawaii | Local Roundup
The odds didn’t favor Santa Cruz surfer John Mel in his Opening Round heat at the World Surf League’s Haleiwa Challenger, at Home in The Hawaiian Islands, on Tuesday.
Nationally ranked UCSC women’s basketball team holds off Whitworth to stay perfect | Local Roundup
Amanda Inserra’s layup with 2:07 remaining held up as the game winning field goal, as the nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team held off Whitworth 58-57 to stay unbeaten Sunday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
Local football players named to all-Coast Conference team | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College had four football players named first-team all-Coast Conference.
Santa Cruz’s Daniel Compton wins MMA fight at Tuff-N-Uff 130 in Las Vegas | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Daniel Compton defeated Hawaii’s Alfonso Pitolo at Tuff-N-Uff 130 in the Galaxy Ballroom at Circa in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Scotts Valley shines with three top-10 finishes at CIF State Cross Country Championships
Scotts Valley HIgh junior Ashlyn Boothby (18:05.3) took eighth and senior Amber Boothby (18:20.9) was 15th in Division IV race to lead the Falcons (189 points) to sixth as a team.
James Wiseman posts double-double in Santa Cruz’s loss to South Bay | Local Roundup
Center James Wiseman produced a double-double in his season debut for Santa Cruz on Saturday night, but the Warriors fell 111-91 to the South Bay Lakers in front of 2,488 fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Cabrillo soccer teams seeded for NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team (13-5-1), the Coast Conference’s South Division champion, received the No. 8 seed for the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays shines at U.S. Air Force Super Girl Surf Pro | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays tied for ninth place on Sunday at the World Surf League’s U.S. Air Force Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 3,000-point event at Jax Beach Pier in Jacksonville, Florida.
Soquel falls to St. Ignatius in CCS D-II final | Boys water polo
The Soquel High boys water polo team made a magical run through the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs but ran out of gas in Saturday’s final against a strong St. Ignatius team, falling 16-9.
Aptos’ Trent Nosky, SC’s Eli FItchen-Young win individual titles; SV repeats with team title | CCS Boys Cross Country Championships
Aptos High senior Trent Nosky followed up his Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title by winning the Central Coast Section Division III crown at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course on Saturday.
Aptos, Santa Cruz ousted in D-II semifinals | CCS girls water polo roundup
Ciera Puente and Fiona Carey each scored two goals for Aptos High’s girls water polo team, but the No. 3 seed Mariners fell to No. 2 Stevenson 12-7 in the Central Coast Section Division II semifinal on a chilly Wednesday night at Saint Francis High.
Santa Cruz, Harbor move into regional quarterfinals | CIF NorCal girls volleyball
Santa Cruz put it all together and ran away to an exciting victory in front of its loud home crowd.