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Soquel’s girls, boys water polo teams suffer narrow losses in CIF NorCal Regional playoffs
Sophomore Grace Graessle scored a season-high nine goals on 12 shots, but the No. 6 seed Soquel High’s girls water polo team lost 13-12 to No. 3 Acalanes in double overtime in the CIF Division I NorCal Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday.
High School football: Carmel’s Brown signs with Idaho State
Herald Male Athlete of the Year Simeon Brown has a football scholarship to Idaho State
Monterey County Male Athlete of the Year: Brown leaves lasting legacy at Carmel
Simeon Brown of Carmel has been named the Monterey Herald’s Male Athlete of the Year
A school year in Monterey County high school sports: Milestones, magical moments and controversy
Taking a look back at a year’s worth of high school sports
Prep Stories of the Year for 2024: Carmel never stopped living in the moment
Carmel became the first football program in county history to go 15-0, capturing its first State Division 5AA title
The Herald’s Player of the Year, Offense: Carmel’s Rees was there when team needed him
Carmel tailback Ashton Rees named the Monterey Herald’s Offensive Player of the Year
John Devine, Just a Thought: Celebrate Carmel’s state title, tune out the critics
Add the undefeated season and it truly is a surreal moment that needs to be celebrated.
CIF State Division 5AA football breakdown: El Capitan-Carmel Capitan
CIF State Division 5AA football championship. Carmel vs. El Capitan
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
PHOTOS: Carmel High celebrates NorCal football title
State championship game next for undefeated Padres
Carmel heading to state football championships after narrow victory
Simeon Brown’s tackle with no time left stops Acalanes’ potential game-winning 2-point conversation, giving Carmel a 42-41 win in the Northern California Division 5AA championship.
NorCal football playoffs: Carmel embraces historic opportunity
Central Coast Section Division III champion Carmel will host North Coast Section DIII champion Acalanes on Friday in the Northern California Division 5AA championship at MPC
Aptos’ Jack Rose, SC’s Mari Friedman win Little Wharf 3-Miler titles | Local Roundup
Aptos’ Jack Rose took first out of 2,915 runners in the 2024 Little Wharf 3-Miler in Capitola on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Mari Friedman took ninth overall and repeated as the women’s champ.
Antoine Francoeur, Anna Guzman repeat as Santa Cruz Triathlon champs | Local Roundup
Antoine Francoeur of Emerald Hills and Anna Guzman of Los Gatos repeated as champions at the 42nd Santa Cruz Triathlon on Sunday.
Harbor besties Isla Johnson, Maren O’Farrell make college commitments | Girls volleyball
In the fall, incoming Harbor High seniors and besties Isla Johnson and Maren O’Farrell will compete in their final season as indoor teammates, intent on producing another stellar campaign together.
Early signing period: Bay Area standouts sign with San Jose State, Cal and others
San Jose State signs several Serra standouts, Stanford’s class headlined by Mater Dei QB, Cal gets top NorCal recruit.
Soquel’s girls, boys water polo teams make early exits from CIF NorCal Regional playoffs
Soquel High’s girls water polo team gave up five answered goals to close the CIF Division I NorCal Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday night, as East Bay power Acalanes rallied for a 9-7 win to end the Knights’ season.
Top-seeded Harbor survives test from No. 16 Acalanes in CIF NorCal playoffs opener | Girls volleyball
The top-seeded Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was pushed to the brink in its CIF NorCal Regional Division III playoffs opener on Tuesday night.
Soquel girls water polo goes 1-1 against East Bay powers | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s girls water polo team, the two-time defending Central Coast Section Open Division champion, went 1-1 in the East Bay on Saturday against two powerhouse programs.
Soquel water polo star Quinn Healy sweeps top honors in league, section
Soquel High girls water polo star Quinn Healy was rewarded for her domination in the pool. The Stanford University-bound senior was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Player of the Year.
Soquel girls water polo shuts down Acalanes, reaches NorCal D-I final
It’ll be No. 1 vs. No. 2, like everyone expected.
Local runners dominate at Jackie Henderson Memorial in Castroville | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.
SV’s Ashlyn Boothby takes third, Ryder Brabo ninth at CIF State Cross Country Championships
The Falcons turned out pretty special performances, too. Sophomore Ashlyn Boothby placed third in the D-IV girls race and Brabo placed ninth in the D-IV boys race. The boys took third and the girls took 12th.
Scotts Valley wunderkind Ashlyn Boothby to face test at CIF State Championships | High school cross country
While Scotts Valley High sophomore Ashlyn Boothby left little question to her greatness within the section — her 18:15.3 finish on Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course was the fourth-fastest time in any division, which totaled 423 runners — it’s already being debated whether or not she’s the best female runner to come out of Santa Cruz County, ever.
Isaac Ortiz scores four TDs in Pajaro Valley’s narrow loss to Stevenson | Local Roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s Isaac Ortiz ran for four touchdowns, but the Grizzlies football team lost 36-30 to visiting Stevenson in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Saturday.