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Cabrillo earns pair of routs of San Mateo in water polo | Local Roundup

Belene Rodriguez had six goals and two assists and Sadie Bigler had five goals and two assists as the Cabrillo College women’s water polo team routed San Mateo 19-4 on Wednesday in Aptos.

Aptos girls tennis edges SV, stays unbeaten in SCCAL play | Local Roundup

Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

Aptos girls tennis beats Soquel, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup

Tiana Smith, Coral Collins, and Aviana Andrews earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team beat visiting Soquel 5-2 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

UCSC men’s cross country team runs to first invitational win since 2019 | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz cross country runners Casey Orton and Eric Jackson led the Banana Slugs to the Pacific Collegiate Invitational title on Friday in Lodi.

Santa Cruz knocks off Soquel 12-10 in boys water polo | Local Roundup

Senior goalie Lucas Primovera made nine saves to help Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 12-10 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Tuesday.

SJ’s Anna Guzman wins fifth Santa Cruz Triathlon title; Foster City’s Antoine Francoeur wins first | Local Roundup

Foster City’s Antoine Francoeur and San Jose’s Anna Guzman won titles at the 41st Santa Cruz Triathlon on Sunday.

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz immortalized with ‘World Record Way’ in Des Moines | Local Roundup

To commemorate the inaugural records Nikki Hiltz and Sam Prakel set at the championship on April 25, the City of Des Moines along with Drake Athletics has renamed 13th Street to “World Record Way.”

Aptos girls water polo team sails past Harbor in SCCAL match | Local Roundup

Senior Fiona Carey had seven goals and one assist, and Aptos High’s youth-laden girls water polo squad sailed past Harbor 21-1 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.

Pajaro Valley football ends shutout skid, but St. Francis prevails in nonleague game | Local Roundup

Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.

Santa Cruz sweeps Aptos in SCCAL volleyball action | Local Roundup

Senior middle blocker Daisy Manako had eight kills and three blocks, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Aptos, 25-12, 25-15, 25-16, to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

UCSC volleyball climbs into national rankings, wins again | Local Roundup

The nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team opened its 14-match road trip with a 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 of host Caltech on Wednesday in Pasadena.

Defending champ Santa Cruz opens SCCAL with sweep of Mount Madonna | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team cruised to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-9 sweep of Mount Madonna on Tuesday night to open its title defense in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play.

UCSC women’s volleyball goes 5-0 at Slugfest to open season | Local Roundup

The UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team swept Hamline 25-14, 25-16, 25-9 at the West Field House on Sunday to finish with a 5-0 mark in the UCSC Slugfest to open its season.

UCSC names head coaches for men’s tennis, women’s basketball | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz announced the hiring of head coaches for the men’s tennis and women’s basketball programs.

Santa Cruz County high schools have inconsistent concussion care

Santa Cruz County schools lack consistent standards to accommodate student learning after a concussion, also known as return-to-learn protocols. The Sentinel asked high schools and school districts across the county to provide any return-to-learn protocols and statistics tracking concussions among their students.

Five Cabrillo women’s soccer players commit to D-II programs | Local Roundup

Star forward Aubree Westjohn and four other Cabrillo College women’s soccer players committed to NCAA Division II programs in a signing ceremony held in the Seahawks’ gymnasium on Friday evening.

Harbor’s Raul Calles named SCCAL MVP | Boys soccer

Harbor High senior soccer talent Raúl Calles was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after leading the Pirates to the league title and the Central Coast Section D-II playoffs.

Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young ties for 17th at MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young tied for 17th and earned 1,330 points on Sunday at the World Surf League’s MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, event No. 3 on the Championship Tour at Peniche, Leiria, Portugal.

SC’s Jocelyn Travers, Aptos’ Summer Jacob share top honor | All-SCCAL girls soccer

Santa Cruz High sophomore midfielder Jocelyn Travers showcased her knack for putting the soccer ball in the net this season, and Aptos senior midfielder Summer Jacob showed her penchant for preventing talented forwards from finishing.

PV soccer alum Alan Bedolla earns All-America honors | Local Roundup

Hartnell College sophomore Alan Bedolla, a Pajaro Valley High alum, was named to the United Soccer Coaches Association’s 2022 Junior College Division III Men’s All-America team.

Aptos girls seeded No. 1 for first time since 2001 | CCS soccer

Aptos High’s girls soccer team earned its first No. 1 seed in the Central Coast Section playoffs since 2001 on Thursday at the seeding meeting. Now, the Mariners will attempt to make that seed hold up.

Wrestling seeds revealed for CCS Southern Regionals | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.

SC’s late goal ends Aptos’ bid for perfect SCCAL campaign | Girls soccer

The question heading into Thursday night’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match for Aptos High’s girls soccer team? Could the Mariners run the table in league play.

No. 6 seed Cougars stun No. 3 Scotts Valley in SCCAL Tournament opener | Local Roundup

Senior Skylar Thayer scored 27 points, and the No. 6 seed San Lorenzo Valley High boys basketball team stunned host and No. 3 Scotts Valley 65-57 in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday night.