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Local surfers Alex Fry, Shaun Burns eliminated in Pismo Beach | Local Roundup
A trio of locals remain in the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Pismo Beach, a a QS 1,000 event. The competition window opened Thursday and runs through Sunday.
Watsonville’s boys soccer team hands nationally ranked Alisal first loss | Local Roundup
Watsonville High’s boys soccer team received goals from two unlikely sources and stunned nationally ranked Alisal 2-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division match Tuesday night in Salinas.
Makena Bedolla helps Sharks’ soccer team blast Greenfield | Local Roundup
Makena Bedolla scored three goals and St. Francis High’s girls soccer team beat Greenfield 5-0 in its Pacific Coast Athletic League game at Depot Park in Santa Cruz on Monday.
Ashley Kowack heats up in second half, rallies UCSC past Cal Lutheran | Local Roundup
Ashley Kowack scored 19 of her season-best 26 points in the second half, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team rallied past host Cal Lutheran 70-64 on Sunday.
Six county wrestlers win titles at Lynbrook | Local Roundup
Wrestlers Cristian Cruz of Harbor High, Daniel Evert of Santa Cruz and Lucas Zuniga-Marquez of Aptos won their respective weight divisions at the Lynbrook Second Man Challenge in San Jose on Saturday, while Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley and Kayse Martinovsky, and Harbor’s Amy Gray won titles at the Lynbrook Ladies Challenge.
Scotts Valley’s Kaitlin Imai drains CCS record 13 3-pointers | Girls basketball
Scotts Valley High senior guard Kaitlin Imai put on an electrifying, record setting shooting display in the Falcons’ 72-56 loss to Santa Cruz in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.
Austin James leads Cabrillo men’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup
Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
Back at full strength, Santa Cruz holds off Scotts Valley in girls basketball | Local Roundup
Senior Bella Stevens saw her first real action of the season, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team knocked off Scotts Valley 51-44 in the teams’ make-up Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
Sarah Eichhorn named MVC’s swim coach | Local Roundup
Sarah Eichhorn had been named swim coach at her high school alma mater, Monte Vista Christian School.
Kaitlin Imai helps Scotts Valley’s girls basketball team beat Mariners for first time since 2017 | Local Roundup
Senior guard Kaitlin Imai scored 19 points and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team beat Aptos 45-36 to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mariners in the Falcons’ league opener Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s Max St. Denis falls shy of title at USA Surfing Prime Steamer Lane
It, quite literally, rained on Max St. Denis’ parade on Monday morning, but he was still one happy, little surfer.
Wrestler Mike Pena leads Santa Cruz at Jim Root Memorial | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior wrestler Mike Pena took third place at 132 pounds, and the Cardinals finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 58th Jim Root Memorial at Prospect High on Saturday.
UCSC men’s volleyball opens season with pair of losses | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team opened its season, as well as the UC Slug Slam, with a pair of losses Friday at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday, falling 3-1 to Westcliff in the morning and 3-2 to Cal Lutheran in the evening.
SCCAL basketball tournaments canceled as league releases revised schedule
The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this week released revised boys and girls basketball schedules for the 2021-22 season. They’ll allow member schools that have endured postponed contests while following COVID-19 protocol to play a complete, 10-game season.
Soquel boys soccer blanks SC, moves to 2-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Senior Luis Carrasco had a goal and assist to help Soquel High’s boys soccer team beat host Santa Cruz 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday night.
Julia Moore scores five goals in Cardinals’ rout of Soquel | Girls soccer
Clearly, Julia Moore took his message to heart. The senior made the move from midfielder to forward and scored five goals in a 6-1 win over the Knights in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
Central Coast All-Star Football Game set for Friday in Salinas | High school football
Football players from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will compete in the 36th annual Central Coast 2021 All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Friday at 7 p.m.
Watsonville boys basketball moves to 2-0 in Santa Lucia Division | Local Roundup
Karlos Corpus scored 22 points and Watsonville High’s boys basketball team beat host King City 62-48 on Tuesday in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League game.
Jasmin Nguyen, Santa Cruz use injury time to hand Aptos its first loss | Girls soccer roundup
Jasmin Nguyen’s second goal off a free kick sent Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team past previously unbeaten Aptos 3-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
PCS girls soccer tops MVC in Mission Division opener | Local Roundup
Rosalyn Bourdow scored 90 seconds into the second half, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team beat Monte Vista Christian 2-1 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division opener Monday at Depot Park in Santa Cruz.
Aptos-SC basketball games rescheduled for Wednesday | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys and girls basketball games at Santa Cruz on Tuesday have been rescheduled for Wednesday.
Cardinals pin loss on SLV in teams’ SCCAL opener | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team beat SLV 36-12 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener in Santa Cruz on Wednesday night.
Rise in COVID-19 cases forces handful of postponements
A surge in COVID-19 cases forced Scotts Valley High to postpone its athletic contests on Tuesday and Thursday. The pandemic forced a minimum of five games to be postponed county-wide Tuesday, including UC Santa Cruz’s men’s basketball game and Soquel at Aptos girls soccer.
Saint Francis administrator sends Santa Cruz apology | Boys basketball
An administrator from Saint Francis High in Mountain View sent Santa Cruz basketball coach Lawan Milhouse an apology over the weekend for an on-court exchange between a Lancers employee and Cardinals star Aden Cury.
Cardinals eye SCCAL title repeat | Boys basketball preview
Boys’ basketball teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will be seeing less of Aden Cury this season. Not the kind of “less” they’d probably prefer, though.