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Soquel stuns nation’s No. 1 ranked girls water polo team, wins prestigious Arroyo Grande Fall Classic | Local Roundup
Junior Grace Graessle and sophomore Ava Johnson each scored three goals, and Soquel High’s girls water polo team, ranked No. 9 in the nation by maxpreps.com, stunned No. 1 Miramonte of Orinda, 9-7, in the Platinum Division championship at the prestigious Arroyo Grande Fall Classic on Saturday.
Aptos’ Matthew Quinn, SF’s Tamara Sanchez Ortiz earn titles at 2026 Santa Cruz Triathlon | Local Roundup
Aptos’ Matthew Quinn, 26, took first out of 455 athletes and San Francisco’s Tamara Sanchez Ortiz, 32, won the women’s title at the Santa Cruz Triathlon on Sunday.
Scotts Valley resident Kyleigh Mace shares WCAL Pitcher of the Year honor | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty High senior softball star Kyleigh Mace, a Scotts Valley resident, repeated as West Catholic Athletic League’s co-Pitcher of the Year. She shared the honor with Saint Francis sophomore Mercedes Coller. (As a junior, Mace share the accolade with Lancers senior Ava Bulanti.)
CCS DII baseball finals: Palma succumbs to Mitty
Palma’s third CCS finals appearance in six years ends in a 5-2 loss to Mitty in the DII title game.
MVC para swimmer Easton Alanis wins pair of titles at CCS Championships
Already crowned a Central Coast Section swimming champion and CIF State Meet qualifier as a freshman, Monte Vista Christian School’s Easton Alanis was back for more at Independence High on Saturday. And things went, well, swimmingly.
No. 11 UCSC men’s volleyball falls to No. 4 Cal Lutheran in regular-season finale | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 11 in the AVCA Division III Poll, lost to No. 4 Cal Lutheran 25-22, 26-24, 16-25, 25-22 in their regular-season finale in Santa Cruz on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey makes her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey made her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut at the 2026 BSWW Acapulco Beach Soccer Cup — one of the team’s biggest tournaments of the year — in Mexico on Thursday.
Ella Boyes, Kenzie Culbertson earn wins as Aptos girls take third at Avis Kelley Invitational track meet | Local Roundup
Girls track and field athletes from Santa Cruz County took first place in five events at the 53rd Avis Kelley Invitational at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Aptos edges Carlmont for first section title; Watsonville wins PK shootout for 13th | CCS boys soccer roundup
Aptos High’s boys soccer team didn’t wilt under the pressure, nor the scorching sun. They smiled — at least, when the outcome was secured — in the face of adversity.
Sensational South County: Aptos, Watsonville advance boys, girls teams to section finals | CCS soccer roundup
If effort counts for anything, and it does in coach Michael Vahradian’s book, the No. 4 seed Harbor High boys soccer team was victorious in the Central Coast Section Division II semifinals on Wednesday.
Cabrillo football falls to Coalinga, sees losing skid reach five | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s football team led at the half despite giving up a last-minute score in the second quarter, but Coalinga flipped the script in the second half and rallied for a 35-26 win in the teams’ Coast Conference opener in Aptos on Saturday night.
Denise Corrales helps Cabrillo top De Anza in women’s soccer | Local Roundup
Denise Corrales, a freshman forward out of Watsonville High, had a goal and an assist to help the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team roll past visiting De Anza 4-0 in the teams’ Coast Conference crossover match Friday.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advances to women’s 1,500 semifinals at World Athletics Championships | Local Roundup
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advanced to the women’s 1,500-meter semifinals at 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve, Hanna Shehorn run to titles at 4,000-meter Baylands Invitational | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s Ava Decleve won the Senior Girls race at the 4,000-meter Baylands Invitational at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Saturday. The UCLA-committed runner took first out of 50 athletes in 14:14.21.
2025 Wharf to Wharf Scholarship winners announced | Local Roundup
Four standout track and field athletes from Santa Cruz County — Evie Marheineke of Archbishop Mitty, Eli Fitchen-Young and Heidi Green of Santa Cruz, and Logan Brantley of Aptos — were named 2025 Wharf to Wharf Scholarship winners on Tuesday.
Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve commits to UCLA | High school track and field
Family first. That’s why Scotts Valley High star junior runner Ava Decleve planned to wear a special shirt to a recent track and field practice, revealing her college decision to teammates before she announced it on social media earlier this week.
Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve surges for girls’ 800 win | CCS Track and Field Championships
Scotts Valley High junior Ava Decleve cut wide down the stretch, stole the victory, and stole the show for local athletes competing at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Soquel contingent eliminated from CCS singles, doubles tennis championships at Imperial Courts | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s Benja Bellito and Torin Miller, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League doubles champions, suffered a 6-1, 6-3 loss to No. 4 seed Devin Stuppin and Marco Magnano of Saint Ignatius in the first round of the Central Coast Section Boys Doubles Tennis Championship at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday.
Eyes on the Prize | Glimpse of the Action
Soquel High junior tennis talent Hudson Ward had a tough draw when the Central Coast Section bracket was released a few weeks ago.
Four county softball teams qualify for CCS playoffs
Santa Cruz County had four high school softball teams seeded in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. That’s the good news.
Nearly two dozen locals advance to CCS Championships | High school track and field
Nearly two dozen athletes from Santa Cruz County advanced from the Central Coast Section Track and Field Semifinals at Gilroy High on Saturday to next week’s championship.
Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team ousted in CCS D-II quarterfinals | Local Roundup
Sofia Niklaus had three goals and one assist, but the No. 8 seed Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team suffered a 13-5 loss to No. 1 Archbishop Mitty in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals in San Jose on Tuesday.
Scotts Valley girls lacrosse team seeded 8th in CCS D-II playoffs | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team, the only team from Santa Cruz County to make the 2025 Central Coast Section playoffs, regardless of gender, received the No. 8 seed in Division II at Sunday’s seeding meeting.
Local trio shines in finals at CCS Swimming Championships
Santa Cruz County had just three swimmers make finals at the Central Coast Section Championships, but the trio did themselves, their school and coach, and friends and family proud with their showings at Independence High on Saturday.
Locals go the distance for records at PCAL Masters Meet | High school track and field roundup
Several Santa Cruz County track and field athletes went faster and further than their respective schools had ever seen before at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet at King City High on Friday.