Junior outside hitter Chloe Schantz recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 19 digs, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball secured a five-set win, 17-25, 27-25, 25-15, 21-25, 15-8, over visiting Aptos in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.
Monte Vista Christian School’s girls volleyball team has taken some lumps this season while competing in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s top tier, the Gabilan Division.
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.
Aptos High’s flag football team rushed for three touchdown and secured a 25-0 win over Soquel at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Service sub Sydney Brady recorded three aces in the fifth set, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat visiting Soquel, 25-16, 25-18, 23-25, 20-25, 15-13, in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday evening.
Soquel High’s girls volleyball team dropped its first two sets against visiting Carmel, waged a big rally, and narrowly fell in five, 25-17, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13, in the teams’ nonleague thriller Thursday.
A pair of tennis thrillers took place at Imperial Courts to decide the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singles and doubles champions — as well as Central Coast Section individual qualifiers — on Wednesday.
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.
Chicago White Sox rookie Tanner Murray suffered a left shoulder dislocation and fracture making a diving catch on Sunday and will likely miss the remainder of the season, MLB.com reported.
Senior midfielder Addie Somerville scored the decisive goal with 32 seconds remaining, and Soquel High’s girls lacrosse team edged host Harker 8-7 in the teams’ nonleague match in San Jose on Thursday.
Freshman Kiyomi Dunlap threw a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts, and Soquel High’s softball team shut out San Lorenzo Valley 4-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
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.
UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong took third place and led the Banana Slugs to second place out of 14 teams at the two-day UC Santa Cruz Invite, which concluded Sunday at Pacific Grove Golf Links.
Aptos High softball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning and the Mariners beat host Soquel 7-2 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Thursday.
Harbor High’s baseball team trailed Aptos 4-0 through three innings, but rallied with a seven-run fourth inning and beat the host Mariners 11-9 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Tuesday.
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.
San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team scored 11 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Cougars rallied for a 12-2 win over Alvarez in nonleague action Wednesday.
Junior Jed Del Favero had five goals and two assists and became Soquel High lacrosse program’s all-time goal scoring leader and points leader in the Knights’ 10-2 win over Christopher on Thursday.
Jake Fiorenza scored in the first inning on a delayed double steal with Triton Dew, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held on for a 1-0 win over visiting De Anza in nonconference play Tuesday.
UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball talent Emilie Ngo was named the Coast To Coast Conference’s 2026 Player of the Year in addition to being an all-conference first-team selection.
Scotts Valley High senior tennis talent Aila Papadopoulos had a solid strategy in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singles champion at Imperial Courts on Thursday, keep her shorter opponent, defending champion Kiana Safari, on the move.
Aptos High, the 2025 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team champion, will attempt to produce a sweep of the singles and doubles competitions at the SCCAL Girls Tennis Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Senior Brady Bliesner, who announced his commitment to NCAA Division II Chico State on social media earlier this week, took first out of 54 runners to lead the Aptos High’s boys cross country team to a SCCAL tri-meet win Thursday.