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High School girls water polo: Stevenson sustaining championship pedigree
Stevenson has won three Central Coast Section girls’ water polo titles in the last four years, while making four straight NorCal appearances
Santa Cruz’s Mitchell Sweetman, Menlo Park’s Annika Porteous win 2026 Tri Santa Cruz titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Mitchell Sweetman and Menlo Park’s Annika Porteous earned wins in the international distance triathlon at the 20th Tri Santa Cruz on Sunday.
CCS playoff roundup: Seven county teams extend postseason run
Carmel, Palma, Pacific Grove all advance into the CCS baseball semifinals; North County, Pacific Grove, Alisal and Monterey reach softball semifinals
Aptos, Soquel move into CCS semifinals with offensive outbursts | High school softball
Junior Nova Neu doubled and homered for Aptos High’s softball team, and the No. 3 seed Mariners made quick work of No. 6 Palo Alto in Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals.
Four county softball teams seeded for CCS playoffs
Four Santa Cruz County high school softball teams — Aptos, Soquel, SLV and Watsonville — qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs, which begin with Saturday’s quarterfinals.
CCS girls lacrosse finals: Late charge falls a goal short for Stevenson
Stevenson’s first appearance in the CCS DII girl’s lacrosse finals ends in a heartbreaking 10-9 loss to Palo Alto
CCS playoff roundup: Carmel reaches CCS volleyball finals in five-set thriller
Carmel is going back to the CCS Division II volleyball finals; Stevenson’s boys and girls lacrosse teams are headed to the CCS DII finals
Aptos tops Scotts Valley, secures first softball title since 2018 | Local Roundup
Junior Kalina Healy hit her sixth home run of the season, and Aptos High’s softball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 7-2 on Tuesday to secure the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright for the first time since 2018.
CCS playoff roundup: Dolata, Holland led Stevenson past Castilleja in lacrosse
Stevenson wins first ever girls postseason lacrosse match
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.
Local golfers struggle at Laguna Seca in CCS Qualifying Tournaments
Soquel High sophomore Riley Shank, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s individual golf champion, shot 7-over-par 78 to lead Santa Cruz County’s contingent at Central Coast Section Qualifying. He tied for 41st.
Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve, Aaron Weiss earn wins at CCS Top 8 Invitational | High school track and field
Some of the top high school track and field athletes in the Central Coast Section gathered at Los Gatos High on Saturday to test their mettle against top-notch competition at the 45th annual CCS Top 8 Invitational.
Two Scotts Valley seniors, UCLA-bound Ava Decleve and Aaron Weiss, earned victories, giving them a good idea of where they stand on a bigger scale before likely dominating at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at the end of the month.
Saratoga’s Garrett Macquiddy, Montara’s Claire Yerby earn wins in inaugural The Santa Cruz Mile road race | Running
Saratoga’s Garrett Macquiddy and Montara’s Claire Yerby, both 24, were victorious in their respective elite races at the inaugural The Santa Cruz Mile on Sunday morning.
SLV wrestler Ollin Bates takes fourth at Apple Cider Classic after enduring injury | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County wrestlers had a tough go of things at the 17th Apple Cider Classic at Watsonville High on Saturday.
Kat Buckley paces PCS past MVC in girls basketball | Local Roundup
Junior forward Kat Buckley had 24 points, 12 rebounds and six steals, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls basketball team beat Monte Vista Christian 55-23 in the teams’ nonleague game at Gateway School on Monday.
Aptos sophomore Kiana Safari earns win, falls in QF to No. 2 seed | CCS girls tennis
Aptos High sophomore Kiana Safari, the repeat Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singles champion, showed progress and met her goal of earning at least one win at the Central Coast Section Singles Championships at Bay Club Courtside on Wednesday.
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.
High School boys golf: Stevenson three-peats as CCS champions with 13 stroke win
Stevenson secures third consecutive Central Coast Section boys golf title with a 13-stroke win
Soquel’s Oliver Santana sets two PRs in prelims, advances to CCS finals | Boys swimming
Santa Cruz County qualified a hearty group of swimmers for the Central Coast Section Championships at Independence High. By the end the boys’ prelims on Thursday, Soquel High senior Oliver Santana was the only local remaining.
High School soccer: CCS playoffs seedings for PCAL schools
Central Coast Section soccer playoffs seedings for boys’ and girls’ teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League
Santa Cruz’s Stefano Profumo, Sarah Kletzer win 10k titles at Santa Cruz Turkey Trot
Santa Cruz’s Stefano Profumo and Sarah Kletzer earned 10k titles at the 2024 Santa Cruz Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving.
Aptos preparing to battle unbeaten Carmel in CCS D-III final | High school football
The Mariners need to upset another unbeaten team if they hope to claim the sixth section title in school history and advance to a CIF NorCal bowl game.
No. 7 seed Aptos runs wild for another upset, advances to D-III championship | CCS football
Aptos High’s football team continued to defy the odds in postseason action on Friday night.
Aptos preparing for wet CCS D-III semifinal at Palo Alto | High school football
Aptos High’s football team doesn’t expect wet conditions to rain on its potential parade in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals at Palo Alto on Friday night.
SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young, SV’s Ava Decleve run to D-IV cross country titles | CCS Championships Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young and Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve ran personal bests to secure individual titles in Division IV at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships on Saturday.