Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
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 outside hitter Lucas Kamalani had a team-high nine kills, and Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team swept Scotts Valley 25-13, 25-13, 25-21 to open Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
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.
Santa Cruz native Haley Jones was waived by the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, one week after the WNBA team signed the 6-foot-1 guard to a hardship contract. The move signals that key Mercury players are ready to return from injury.
Junior Dylan Hull hurled a complete-game shutout, and Soquel High’s baseball team posted its second convincing win over rival Santa Cruz in the span of four days Friday, winning 9-0, to take sole possession of first place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Santa Cruz Sentinel Sports Editor Jim Seimas was awarded fifth place and freelance photographer Raul Ebio received eighth place from the Associated Press Sports Editors in its annual national contest for work published in 2024.
Santa Cruz High’s softball team held a five-run lead through four innings and held on for a 7-6 win over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Wednesday.
Santa Cruz High’s Tobin Ortiz-McClendon shot 37 on the front nine at Pasatiempo Golf Club for medalist honors, and helped the Cardinals beat Harbor 226-237 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.
Watsonville High senior Katelynn Ruiz and Pacific Collegiate freshman Iris Paten won division titles at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships at Palo Corona Regional Park in Carmel on Saturday.
Soquel High alums Mason Carlton and Kailyn Winter each have one event remaining at the U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
All nine Cardinals scored at least once in Santa Cruz High’s 13-8 win over visiting Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball game Friday.
Pitcher Trey Silva scattered five hits over six innings, and the St. Francis High baseball team beat host Monte Vista Christian 4-1 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Wednesday.
Natalie Allen, Adelaide Friedley, and Alexia Fajardo each won two individual events for Aptos High’s girls swim team in a 93-79 win over host Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Wednesday.
The first full-fledged Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Beach Volleyball Tournament concluded Friday afternoon at Main Beach and it was a landmark day for both Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley.
Scotts Valley High’s (Ashlyn Boothby, Diana Alivov, Ava Decleve, and Rafaela Putnam) won the 4×800-meter relay title in 9:37.34 at the SCCAL Prelims at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday. Scotts Valley (Aiden Boothby, Spencer George, Ben George, and Mason Lantz) won the boys’ 4×800-meter relay title in 8:06.75.
Koosha Safari, John McGowan and John Hickey earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s boys tennis team repeated as champion of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
Sophomore Lilly McGee and freshman Lanies Nunez each had a hit, two RBI, and a run scored as the Aptos High softball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 10-9 in the teams’ eight inning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.
Three of five matches were decided by a third set, as Harbor High’s girls beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 4-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.
Harbor High sophomore Gwen Grigsby and freshman Isla Johnson defeated Scotts Valley’s Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman 21-11, 21-14 to win the inaugural Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Beach Volleyball Championships on Saturday at Harbor High.