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Aptos swimmer Jessa Melcer breaks 50 free record, earns three medals at Special Olympics | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz swimmer Jessa Melcer earned three medals, including two golds, and broke an event record at the Special Olympics USA Games Minnesota 2026, held in Minneapolis from June 20 through Friday.
High School baseball player of the year: Maxon leaves lasting imprint on Carmel program
Stanford bound pitcher Matt Maxon showed off his bat this past spring in breaking the Carmel single-season school record for home runs
St. Francis’ Nicky Fantl, Noah Magana earn first-team honors in Gabilan Division | 2026 All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High baseball talents Nicky Fantl and Noah Magana were named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s All-Gabilan Division first team during all-league voting.
Soquel stuns No. 11 state-ranked Saint Francis 1-0 in D-I semifinals | CCS baseball roundup
A dozen shirtless fans in Saint Francis High’s student section waved their tees wildly above their heads and cheered at the top of their lungs, all in the name of getting Soquel’s Luke Shoemaker off his game.
County’s baseball teams go 5 for 5 in CCS quarterfinals
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 county baseball teams make CCS playoffs
Five Santa Cruz County high school baseball teams — Soquel, Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, and St. Francis — qualified for the 2026 Central Coast Section playoffs.
Soquel’s Connor Corlett commits to D-III Whitman for baseball | Local Roundup
Soquel High senior pitcher Connor Corlett, the 2025-26 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys basketball MVP, has committed to play baseball at NCAA Division III Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Mount Madonna boys volleyball pulls off reverse sweep, makes CCS D-II quarterfinals | Local Roundup
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.
Santa Cruz’s Haisley Flanagan, Leela Whiting and MVC’s Mayla Spahn, Jessie Ingram win beach volleyball titles | Local Roundup
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.
Addie Somerville helps Soquel girls lacrosse secure win on senior night | Local Roundup
Soquel High senior midfielder Addie Somerville scored four goals, and the Knights girls lacrosse team beat visiting Santa Cruz 10-2 in Pacific Coast Athletic League action Friday.
Harbor beach volleyball closes regular season with sweep of Soquel | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept visiting Soquel 5-0 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League finale and senior day on Wednesday.
Santa Cruz’s John Mel ties for 13th at WSL’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro | Local Roundup
Mother Nature did Santa Cruz’s John Mel no favors on Finals Day at the World Surf League’s Vans Jack’s Surfboards Pro in Huntington Beach on Sunday.
Santa Cruz boys tennis wins first league title since 2015 | Local Roundup
Junior Jeremy Arulanantham, freshman Lukas Novotny, senior Ian Burchell, and sophomore Anders Laurberg won their singles matches in straight sets on Friday to help Santa Cruz High’s boys tennis team beat Harbor 6-1 in a make-up match and secure its first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team title since 2015.
Aptos’ bats stay hot in SCCAL baseball win over Harbor | Local Roundup
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.
Hemeria Delatorre’s career day helps Pajaro Valley softball rally for 17-14 win | Local Roundup
Junior Hemeria Delatorre had five hits, including four doubles, eight RBI, and scored four runs scored, and the Pajaro Valley High softball team rallied from 10-1 deficit to beat visiting Santa Catalina 17-14 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Monday.
Harbor beach volleyball spikes visiting MVC | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team defeated Monte Vista Christian 4-1 in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crossover dual match on Friday.
MVC, St. Francis shine on offense in softball wins | Local Roundup
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.
Cabrillo baseball falls to visiting Monterey Peninsula | Local Roundup
Ferris Vitali had two hits and two RBI for Cabrillo College’s baseball team in its 5-2 loss to visiting Monterey Peninsula in Coast Conference South Division action Friday.
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey makes her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey made her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut at the 2026 BSWW Acapulco Beach Soccer Cup — one of the team’s biggest tournaments of the year — in Mexico on Thursday.
MVC softball blasts Gonzales for first win in Mission Division | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team produced its highest run total in nearly three years in its 23-2 rout of host Gonzales in the teams’ five inning, Pacific Coast Athletc League Cypress Division game Wednesday.
Cabrillo softball uses 8-run sixth inning to rally for season sweep of San Jose City | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s softball team erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally past visiting San Jose City for an 8-2 win in Coast Conference
Watsonville’s championship soccer teams to be honored at Monterey Bay FC match on Saturday| Local Roundup
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.
Harbor boys volleyball sweeps Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s boys volleyball team earned a 25-22, 25-21, 26-24 sweep of host Santa Cruz in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.
Cole McGillicuddy homers, earns win as Aptos baseball stuns Soquel | Local Roundup
Cole McGillicuddy hit his fifth home run of the season and finished with two hits, two RBI, and two runs scored, as Aptos High’s baseball team stunned visiting Soquel 8-6 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Friday.