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Soquel poised to add to championship banner collection | SCCAL girls water polo preview
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.
Soquel girls water polo knocks off NCS power Campolindo | Local Roundup
Arizona State-committed senior Kelsey Matthies had six goals, three assists and four steals to pace Soquel High’s girls water polo team to a 16-12 win over five-time North Coast Section champion Campolindo in Moraga on Friday.
Isaiah Velez scores 4 TDS as Falcons run past Wildcatz in Cypress Division opener | PCAL football roundup
Scotts Valley High expected a battle from Watsonville on homecoming night in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener. Both teams lost recently to Santa Cruz by similar scores.
Hannah Fleming’s triple-double helps SV volleyball sweep SLV | Local Roundup
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.
Santa Cruz girls volleyball pushed to five sets by Harbor | Local Roundup
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.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, Autumn Hays make first-round exits at U.S. Open of Surfing | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young and Autumn Hays were eliminated in their first-round heats at the U.S. Open of Surfing, a World Surf League Challenger Series event, in Huntington Beach.
Soquel’s boys water polo team wins inaugural Steve Martin Memorial Tournament | Local roundup
Soquel High’s boys water polo team won the inaugural Steve Martin Memorial Tournament at Soquel on Saturday.
Soquel closes out rival Harbor in tight, four-set match | SCCAL girls volleyball
A balanced offense and some timely defense for the Knights, combined with some hitting errors late by the Pirates, allowed Soquel to avoid another five-setter on its home turf as it prevailed 25-17, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22 in their third league match.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays, Keanna Miller set for Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays and Keanna Miller are set to compete in the World Surf League’s Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s QS 3,000 event in Oceanside. The competition window opens Friday and runs through Sunday.
Soquel girls water polo goes 4-0 at Autumn Invitational | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s girls water polo team won all four of its games at the Autumn Invitational, hosted by St. Francis of Mountain View over weekend.
Soquel, Santa Cruz post 42-0 wins over county foes | High school football roundup
Soquel and Santa Cruz both earned 42-0 wins Friday night. SLV won in coach Andrew Milich’s coaching debut.
SC boys, Soquel girls shine at Puma Cross Town Classic | High school cross country roundup
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.
Marilu Pally, Santa Cruz top Soquel in epic, five-set match | SCCAL girls volleyball roundup
The two-hits violation capped an insane, 2 1/2-hour match of nonstop thrills and momentum changes and gave Pally her 39th kill Thursday night, when Santa Cruz earned a rare victory over the Knights, 26-24, 18-25, 28-30, 25-22, 15-13.
Soquel has weapons to repeat as champ | SCCAL girls volleyball preview
Aptos and Mount Madonna won state titles during the last indoor volleyball season two years ago, but they aren’t the favorites this fall. Soquel, Santa Cruz and Harbor are among the favored squads in the competitive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race.
Santa Cruz sweeps Scotts Valley in SCCAL volleyball opener | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday night.
Jeremy Kain, Falcons have high goals | Boys cross country preview
Jeremy Kain has set some mile-high goals for himself to achieve in cross country this season.
Boothby sisters make Scotts Valley a title frontrunner | Girls cross country preview
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.
Best friends Hannah Fleming, Marilu Pally set for indoor battle | Girls volleyball
Hannah Fleming and Marilu Pally are beach volleyball teammates, best friends and future Pac-12 rivals seemingly attached at the hip, when they’re not attending their respective high schools.
Harbor blasts James Lick, moves to 2-0 | High school football roundup
From the beginning of the 2015 season until the current campaign, Harbor had compiled a 2-51 record. In the last eight days, the Pirates are 2-0.
SCCAL MVP Kelsey Matthies commits to nationally ranked Arizona State | Girls water polo
Soquel High senior Kelsey Matthies wanted a change of scenery when she attended college. She’ll get just that when she continues her water polo career in the Grand Canyon State.