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SC Warriors lose to Memphis in NBA G League battle | Local Roundup
Guard Yuri Collins recorded his 10th double-double of the season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 125-117 to Memphis in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame to induct four former North Salinas High icons
Nine individuals and a team will be enshrined this summer into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
SLV’s Gabriel Attia, Aptos’ Cruz Contreras meet goals at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup
A pair of locals, San Lorenzo Valley High junior Gabriel Attia and Aptos High sophomore Cruz Contreras, met their goals of earning a win at the CIF State Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.
Scotts Valley boys volleyball opens season with five-set win over PCS | Local Roundup
Senior defensive specialist Neo Ciotti had a total of 25 perfect passes, 10 digs, and two aces, and Scotts Valley High’s boys volleyball team earned a 25-21, 25-17, 19-25, 22-25, 15-8 win over Pacific Collegiate School in their nonleague match on Monday.
Santa Cruz Warriors rally past OKC in second half, earn G League win | Local Roundup
Forward Blake Hinson produced another 30-plus points outing, and the Santa Cruz Warriors rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to defeat the Oklahoma City Blue, 113-103, in their NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.
St. Francis’ division champion girls soccer team sees season end in CCS play-in match | Local Roundup
St. Francis High’s girls soccer team — which earned the first league title in program history — saw its stellar season come to a close in Watsonville on Tuesday.
Youth-laden Harbor upsets short-handed Aptos in girls basketball | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s youth-laden and inexperienced girls basketball upset shorthanded Aptos 27-26 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League finale on Saturday.
Locals preparing for Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game | Local Roundup
More than a dozen student-athletes from Santa Cruz County have been chosen to compete in the 39th annual Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game.
High School girls wrestling: Myers leaving a legacy in more than one sport at Monterey
UC Santa Barbara-bound softball pitcher Ella Myers of Monterey is also a defending CCS wrestling champion at 140 pounds and has never lost a PCAL wrestling match
Prep Stories of the Year for 2024: Historic run puts Alvarez softball in rare company
Running off nine straight wins to close the season catapulted Alvarez to the programs first Northern California IV softball title
Photos | The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s top sports photos of 2024
To close out 2024, Sentinel staff photographer Shmuel Thaler selected his favorite sports photos of the year.
Scotts Valley softball talent Kyleigh Mace commits to BYU
It takes more than athleticism to turn out a NCAA Division I athlete, it takes a village.
Monterey baseball assistant coach tabbed to lead softball team
Long time Monterey assistant baseball coach Travis Elder has been named the new softball coach for the Toreadores
St. Francis hires Sabrina Bracken, Robert Gomez to fill coaching vacancies
St. Francis High filled two coaching vacancies, Sharks Athletics Director John Ausman announced Tuesday. The small, private school has hired alumna Sabrina Bracken, 32, to coach girls volleyball and Watsonville grad Robert Gomez, 42, to coach boys basketball.
Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez named Mission Division Pitcher of the Year | All-PCAL softball
Watsonville High’s Amelia Martinez was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division Pitcher of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to the title.
Scotts Valley’s Taylor Wilson, Aptos’ Mileena Carbajal earn top honors | All-SCCAL softball
Scotts Valley junior Taylor Wilson was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. It was the third straight season that she has received first-team honors or better.
County teams a collective 0-4 in section quarterfinals | CCS softball roundup
The No. 7 seed Cupertino High softball team upset No. 2 San Lorenzo Valley 9-5 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals in Felton on Saturday.
Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup
Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
SLV is lone quarterfinal host among four local qualifiers | CCS softball
Santa Cruz County had two high school softball teams win league titles this season, Scotts Valley and Watsonville, and both will be on the road in the opening round of the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Scotts Valley softball beats SLV, wins SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup
Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.
Cabrillo baseball wins Chabot Super Regional opener | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball team continued its postseason magic Thursday in the opening game of the Chabot Super Regional in Hayward.
SV girls lacrosse earns No. 3 seed in CCS D-II playoffs | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team, the runner-up in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division, received the No. 3 seed for the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs.
Santa Cruz boys volleyball rolls into Open semifinals; hosts Archbishop Mitty next | Local Roundup
The No. 1 seed Santa Cruz High boys volleyball team swept visiting No. 8 Lynbrook of San Jose, 25-17, 25-15, 25-20, in the the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub misses cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub missed the cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying at The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa on Monday.
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman wins 10th Boulder World Cup Gold | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman, a 22-year-old who lives and trains in Salt Lake City, continued her dominance in front of friends and family by winning IFSC World Cup Series 2024 stop in Utah on Sunday.