Aptos High’s boys tennis team — the unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion — produced three of the four finalists on opening day at the league tournament Tuesday.
Championship matches will be held at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Harbor High’s boys volleyball team edged rival Santa Cruz in the first set of Tuesday’s battle for first place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. And that just made the Cardinals angry.
The Cabrillo College baseball team scored five runs in the ninth inning, but fell short in its 7-6 loss to Ohlone in Coast Conference South Division play Saturday.
After earning a narrow, five-set win over host Aptos High last week, Harbor’s boys volleyball team took some of the suspense out of their rematch against the Mariners on Thursday night in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action.
Junior Andrew Cox and sophomore Ben Nowark shared medalist honors after each shot 4-over-par 38 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Wednesday to lead the Mariners to a 200-247 win over Santa Cruz.
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.
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, an independent program, was selected on Monday to compete in NCAA Division III Tournament for a fifth time in school history.
The Scotts Valley High boys tennis team edged Santa Cruz 4-3 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match that features four third-set tiebreakers Friday.
Quinn Turowski hit a grand slam in the sixth inning — his second home run of the season — to help Scotts Valley High’s baseball team beat previously unbeaten Harbor 12-4 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Friday.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat Tuesday at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Qualifying Series 5,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
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.
The rivalry continued on Thursday night in Santa Cruz with some returnees and a number of new faces for the two remaining unbeaten teams in the SCCAL and it was likely the match of the season.
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
Second baseman Dillyn Vasconcellos hit for the cycle — single, double, triple and home run — drove in three runs and scored twice as the Cabrillo College softball team routed Mendocino 13-0 in the opener of their nonconference doubleheader Friday.
UC Santa Cruz senior forward Kaylee Murphy was named an NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday.
The San Lorenzo Valley High and Soquel softball programs were evenly matched a year ago, when they shared the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. The programs squared off in the 2023 league opener Wednesday, and Cougars showed they’re an improved product.
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.
Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Rykin Resurreccion took second place at 132 pounds at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships at Salinas High on Saturday.
The undefeated UC Santa men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 14 in the NVA/AVCA D-III Coaches Poll, swept UC Merced, an NAIA program, 25-23, 25-22, 31-29, at the West Field House on Thursday.
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team won two more matches Saturday at its tournament, UCSC Slug Slam, and finished the two-day event with a 4-0 record and four sweeps.
Aden Cury scored a career-high 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four steals, as Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat host Scotts Valley 75-37 to stay unbeaten in league play Friday.