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Santa Cruz rallies past Miramonte, reaches NorCal D-III regional final | Girls volleyball
Santa Cruz High’s refuse-to-lose girls volleyball team gets another shot at a No. 1 seed as its historic season continues Tuesday.
County has banner day at CCS Cross Country Championships
It was a banner day for Santa Cruz County at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course Saturday: two individual champions and four team champions.
Santa Cruz rallies past Aptos for its first CCS D-II girls water polo title
Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team used a suffocating defense and pinch of late offense to rally for the biggest win in program history Saturday.
Fourth time’s the charm: Knights become county’s first team to win CCS girls water polo title
A scoreless tie after one quarter … 3-3 draw at halftime … 5-all after three quarters …
It was only fitting the decisive play in Saturday’s Central Coast Section Open Division girls water polo championship came on defense.
Santa Cruz falls to Wilcox in CCS D-II quarterfinals; Cardinals’ season, unbeaten streak end
Santa Cruz High’s football team recorded an unbeaten regular season. But in a Central Coast Section Division II playoff quarterfinal, Wilcox’s power running game ended the Cardinals’ campaign, 42-23.
Santa Cruz upsets No. 2 seed in Rocklin, advances to D-III NorCal regional semifinals | Girls volleyball
Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play beach volleyball at Cal a day earlier, finished with a team-high 22 kills and the Cardinals rallied for a 19-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-15 win.
Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day
Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports.
Aubree Westjohn’s goal brings Cabrillo women’s soccer an upset, share of conference title | Local Roundup
Aubree Westjohn’s game winning goal helped the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team upset host San Francisco, the state’s No. 9 ranked team, 1-0 on Tuesday. The win helped the Seahawks, playing their regular-season finale, earn a share of the Coast Conference South Division title in the Rams.
Santa Cruz outlasts Sonora in first round of NorCal D-III playoffs | Girls volleyball
There’s having your backs against the wall and then there’s the situation Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team found itself in during the fourth set of Tuesday’s CIF Northern California Division III first round playoff game.
Soquel, Santa Cruz and Aptos advance to CCS girls water polo finals
Soquel High’s girls water team didn’t flinch when it faced a four-goal deficit against Leland early in the second quarter of the Central Coast Section Open Division semifinals on Tuesday night at Saint Francis High.
Five county teams seeded in CCS football playoffs; four open on the road as underdogs | Local Roundup
The good news: Five Santa Cruz County football teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. The bad news: Four of them are the lower seed and will play on the road.
No. 2 Santa Cruz falls to top seed Burlingame in CCS D-III girls volleyball title match
Burlingame’s tough serving, fast offense and fierce defense proved too much for Santa Cruz in the Central Coast Section Division III final on Saturday at Palo Alto High. The top-seeded Panthers triumphed 25-19, 25-13, 25-18 but the season continues for the 23-6 Cardinals in the NorCal playoffs on Tuesday.
Soquel boys suffer narrow loss in Open Division | CCS water polo roundup
A goal by Valley Christian High’s Mattin Sarhaddi proved to be the difference as the No. 5 seed Soquel boys water polo team fell 10-9 in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs on Saturday.
UCSC women’s volleyball upset in tournament semifinals | Local Roundup
Samantha Taylor had 15 kills and 15 digs, but the No. 1 seed UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team was upset 26-24, 25-23, 26-28, 25-20 by No. 4 seed Salisbury in the Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament semifinals Friday in Milwaukee.
Santa Cruz stomps Soquel for Stump, league title and first unbeaten season since ’93 | PCAL football roundup
The Cardinals (9-0) became the program’s first team since 1993 to finish the regular season unbeaten, won the Stump rivalry trophy for a third straight season and locked up the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division title in one fell swoop.
Great Scott! Freshman midfielder lifts UCSC women’s soccer team into conference tournament final | Local Roundup
Amanda Scott scored on a pass from Caitlin Pieper in the 85th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team edged Mary Washington 1-0 in the Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday in Salisbury, Maryland.
Santa Cruz sweeps Sacred Heart Cathedral, reaches its first CCS final | Girls volleyball
Senior outside hitter Athena Kazos delivered one huge pancake on defense to extend the play for Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team and, a few seconds later, sophomore right side Sadie Jeffreys delivered the match-clinching kill, with extra syrup.
Scotts Valley’s Jeremy Kain wins third straight SCCAL cross country title
Just like the last Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships, Scotts Valley High senior Jeremy Kain sprinted across the finish line first at Pinto Lake County Park.
Scotts Valley’s Ashlyn Boothby repeats as girls champ at SCCAL Cross Country Championships
With no other runners within earshot of her — perhaps, not even with a megaphone — Scotts Valley High sophomore Ashlyn Boothby didn’t have anyone to push her to another gear at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Thursday. So, she found it on her own.
Santa Cruz’s Tallia Harper wins fourth straight singles crown | SCCAL girls tennis championships
There was no upset in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls’ singles tennis championship on Wednesday. Nor was there expected to be.
Santa Cruz surfers John Mel, Autumn Hays win O’Neill Freak Show titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz surfers John Mel and Autumn Hays won titles at the 2021 O’Neill Freak Show Pro, held Friday through Sunday at Steamer Lane. Both earned $2,500 for their finishes.
Santa Cruz downs Del Mar, moves into D-III semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup
The No. 2 seed Cardinals (21-5) advance to Thursday’s semifinal at home against No. 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral (19-14), a West Catholic Athletic League power from San Francisco. A victory over the Fightin’ Irish will propel Santa Cruz into its first section championship match appearance in school history.
UCSC cross country teams win conference titles | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s and women’s cross country teams won titles at the Coast-To-Coast Conference Championships at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Soquel rallies past North Salinas, sets up battle of unbeaten teams vs. Santa Cruz | PCAL football roundup
Soquel High’s football team made all the big plays in the second half of its showdown with North Salinas to rally past the Vikings 36-27 on senior night Saturday. And all of them were needed, as the Knights overcame deficits of 20-0 in the second quarter and 27-14 at halftime.
Soquel earns sweep in SCCAL Tournament championships | High school water polo roundup
Senior 2-meter player Brody Nielsen scored a team-high five goals and senior goalie Wyatt Beymer made 10 saves to help the Soquel High boys water polo team beat Santa Cruz 16-4 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship on Saturday in Soquel.