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Pajaro Valley scores with 4 seconds left, stuns Harbor in homecoming thriller | PCAL football roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s football team needed to move 72 yards in less than 1 minute and 14 seconds if it hoped accomplish the unthinkable Friday night against host Harbor in the Pirates’ homecoming.
Aptos girls upset SC; Soquel teams cruise into finals | SCCAL Water Polo Tournament Roundup
Fiona Carey scored three early goals to give No. 3 seed Aptos girls water polo team the lead, and the Mariners rode the waves of a back-and-forth match to upset No. 2 Santa Cruz 14-12 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinal.
Soquel earns No. 1 seed in D-IV; five county teams make playoffs | CCS Volleyball Seeding
Five Santa Cruz County girls volleyball teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs, which kick off with first-round action Saturday. Three of those teams were placed in Division IV, where Soquel, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s regular-season and tournament champion, earned the No. 1 seed.
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones named to Cheryl Miller Award preseason watch list | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones, a 6-foot-1 junior for Stanford University’s national champion women’s basketball team, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award, given annually to the nation’s best small forward.
POWER SURGE: Regular-season champ Soquel makes point in 4-set win over Santa Cruz, wins SCCAL Tournament title | Girls volleyball
There was a power outage at Soquel High and thus the SCCAL Tournament volleyball championship match to be shifted to Santa Cruz. Over on the Cardinals’ court up the road, Soquel showcased a power surge from strong outside hitters Ciara Cantlen and Jessie Dueck that carried the Knights to a 25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 25-13 victory.
Santa Cruz, Soquel volleyball teams post semifinal wins; will clash in SCCAL Tournament final Wednesday | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 15 kills to lead the Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win over Harbor in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night.
Scotts Valley junior Elana McGrew wins SCCAL Championship | Girls Golf
It was Elana McGrew’s time at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday.
Soquel boys water polo dumps Stevenson | Local Roundup
Nick Graessle scored a season-high nine goals and Soquel High’s water polo team bet Stevenson 18-7 on Saturday to rebound from a loss to Menlo-Atherton on Friday.
Soquel sinks Carmel, stays unbeaten in Mission Division | PCAL football roundup
Gavin Woods and Jack Fisher ran for touchdowns and Cole Johnson passed for an insurance score as Soquel beat host Carmel 21-8 to remain unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division on Saturday.
Soquel’s boys, girls teams top SC, win SCCAL water polo titles
Soquel High’s boys and girls water polo teams beat Santa Cruz to earn SCCAL titles Thursday.
Aptos sweeps Harbor, wins SCCAL girls tennis title | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s girls tennis team won 7-0 over Harbor, winning every match in straight sets, and earned no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday.
Aptos girls tennis beats Soquel, closes in on title repeat | Local Roundup
Rebecca Fuller, Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat visiting Soquel 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Back injury forces SC native Luke Rockhold to withdraw from UFC 268 | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold announced in an Instagram story last week that he is out of his scheduled bout against Sean Strickland at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 due to a herniated disk in his back.
Scotts Valley runs to team titles at Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls and boys cross country teams won titles at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park’s 5k course in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Santa Cruz rolls past Gonzales, moves to 7-0 | PCAL football roundup
Santa Cruz High’s unbeaten football team routed Gonzales 49-6 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Saturday night.
UCSC women’s volleyball sees win streak snapped at 14 in Colorado | Local Roundup
The No. 20 nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team saw its 14-match win streak came to an end in its 25-23, 18-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-10 loss to the No. 7 Colorado College in the Pikes Peak Challenge in Colorado Springs on Friday afternoon.
Aptos girls tennis tops Santa Cruz to remain atop standings | Local Roundup
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat host Santa Cruz 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
Harbor rallies, stuns host Santa Cruz on senior night | SCCAL girls volleyball roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team flipped the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title race sideways after picking itself off the carpet and stunning host Santa Cruz 14-25, 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 15-6 Thursday night.
SCCAL co-leader Soquel rallies for tight, four-set win over Harbor | Girls volleyball roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team, a game behind Soquel and Santa Cruz in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings, looked to knock off both teams this week to even up the league race.
Goalie Grace Howard helps Soquel water polo rally past powerful Clovis West | Local Roundup
Goalie Grace Howard blocked two penalty shots in the fourth quarter, and the Soquel High girls water polo team rallied past Clovis West 10-8 in a nonleague matchup of state powers Saturday.
Sharks use four interceptions to run past Harbor | High school football roundup
If you go deep, the Sharks will bite you. That’s the St. Francis High Sharks, who intercepted four long passes from Harbor in the first half and built a three-touchdown lead by halftime Friday night.
Unbeaten Cardinals stomp Padres for homecoming rout | PCAL football
Santa Cruz High’s football team stuck with its game plan to knock off Carmel in its homecoming Friday night. The Cardinals used a steady diet of running back Qwentin Brown, some quick scoring strikes from quarterback Josh Bendix and fierce defense to stay unbeaten.
Aptos girls tennis moves into tie for first with Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team moved into a tie for first place with Scotts Valley by beating the Falcons 6-1 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young on fire in Ericeira, Portugal, wins third straight heat
Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young is piling on heat wins in Portugal.
Soquel routs previously unbeaten Santa Cruz, stays perfect in SCCAL | Girls water polo
Soquel High’s girls water polo team received its most difficult test in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday night: The Knights won 20-3.