Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was pushed to five sets for the second time in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, but rallied for 25-20, 23-25, 20-25, 25-13, 15-12 victory over host Aptos on Thursday evening to remain unbeaten.
Soquel High’s boys water polo team, ranked No. 2 in the Central Coast Section by maxpreps.com, beat visiting No. 7 Valley Christian 8-6 in double overtime in the teams’ nonleague battle on Friday.
Pajaro Valley HIgh’s flag football team rallied in the second half to stun host Watsonville 21-13 in a battle of unbeaten crosstown foes in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play on Monday.
Pacific Collegiate School junior Leif McArthur started off the boys volleyball season playing setter for the Pumas. He moved to outside hitter midway through the season and took his game to another level.
The No. 4 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team pulled off a thrilling reverse sweep, 27-29, 20-25, 25-12, 25-22, 15-12, to oust No. 13 University Prep of San Jose in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs in Watsonville on Monday.
Four Santa Cruz County boys volleyball teams learned their division placement and first-round opponents at the Central Coast Section seeding meeting on Saturday.
Seniors Cooper Lastition and Josh Rejfir each made eight kills, and the No. 1 seed Harbor High boys volleyball team swept No. 4 San Lorenzo Valley 25-19, 25-18, 25-14 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Tuesday night.
Cooper Lastition, a 6-foot-4 outside hitter, shined on senior night, and Harbor High’s boys volleyball team won the 2026 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright with its 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 sweep of visiting Santa Cruz in the teams’ regular-season finale on Thursday.
Senior Jake Escalante hit two doubles and drove in three runs, and Soquel High’s baseball team beat visiting Aptos 9-3 in a matchup of the top two teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday.
Aptos High’s baseball team handed host Harbor a 10-4 loss to secure its grip on second place in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League make-up game on Wednesday.
Senior setter Troy Thompson served seven aces, and made 28 assists, four digs, and two kills to help Scotts Valley High’s boys volleyball team earn a 25-9, 25-8, 25-18 sweep of visiting Watsonville in the teams’ nonleague match Tuesday.
Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team matched its season high for runs in a game in its 23-10, five-inning rout of host Greenfield in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division action Wednesday.
University of Arizona’s Taishi Moto and Chattanooga’s Evan Rogers are the co-leaders after completing the opening round of the 79th Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Monday.
Aptos High’s softball team held a six-run lead through four innings, but feisty San Lorenzo Valley battled back with five unanswered runs, as the Mariners held on for narrow, 6-5 win to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
Watsonville High’s boys and girls championship soccer programs will be among four local teams honored at Monterey Bay FC’s home match against San Antonio FC at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Seniors Dylan Hull and Jake Escalante threw a combined no-hitter, and the Soquel High’s baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit for a 5-2 win over host Willow Glen in nonleague action in San Jose on Tuesday.
Freshman Troy Kusanovich had four goals and two assists, and Soquel High’s boys lacrosse team beat host Santa Cruz 16-5 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action on Monday night.
The Santa Cruz Warriors held a one-point lead at the half, but were outscored 49-29 in the third quarter of their 138-116 loss to the host Cleveland Charge at Public Auditorium on Friday night.
Pacific Collegiate School, one of the nation’s top-ranked public charter schools, academically, made a splash with its latest addition to its athletics department.
Oh là là! French midfielder Nathan Prevoteaux had two goals and an assist, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team stunned No. 3 state-ranked Hartnell 3-0 in Coast Conference North Division match in Salinas on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz High’s football program is in significantly better shape than it was at the outset of 2024, when then-first-year coach Sergio Escobar inherited an 0-10 squad that was held scoreless and forfeited four games.