Pitchers Cole McGillicuddy and Jacob Kissinger threw a combined four-hitter, and the No. 5 seed Aptos High baseball team slipped past No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep 3-1 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Saturday.
Five Santa Cruz County high school baseball teams — Soquel, Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, and St. Francis — qualified for the 2026 Central Coast Section playoffs.
Matt Hood singled and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh inning to kickoff a party at home plate, as the No. 1 seed Aptos High baseball team earned a 5-4 win over No. 8 Pioneer in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals on Saturday.