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Soquel’s girls water polo team secures 13th straight league title | Local Roundup Oct 13, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Amelie Stotland had five goals, one assist, and one steal to lead Soquel High’s girls water polo team beat visiting Santa Cruz 19-6 to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.

Aptos girls tennis edges SV, stays unbeaten in SCCAL play | Local Roundup Oct 10, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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Scotts Valley golf team tops Aptos, remains unbeaten in SCCAL play | Local Roundup Oct 06, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

The Scotts Valley High girls golf team stayed unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play with its 121-169 win over Aptos at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.

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Sophomore Ava Decleve leads Scotts Valley runners in Daly City | Local Roundup Oct 01, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High sophomore Ava Decleve took second out of 83 runners in the girls’ varsity race No. 1 at the Westmoor Ram Invitational in Daly City on Saturday.

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Cabrillo water polo star Belene Rodriguez receives honor | Local Roundup Sep 29, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College star Belene Rodriguez was named the California Community College Water Polo Coaches Association Player of the Week.

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GoFundMe page set up for injured MVC football player Taylor Fernandez | Local Roundup Sep 28, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”

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Pajaro Valley football ends shutout skid, but St. Francis prevails in nonleague game | Local Roundup Sep 17, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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MVC boys cross country team wins PCAL center meet | Local Roundup Sep 15, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School sophomore cross country runners Conor Gilliam and Gavin Beckmen finished second and third, respectively, at the PCAL Mission Center Meet No. 1 on Thursday. Watsonville junior Katelynn Ruiz took first in the first in the girls race.

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Evie Marheineke, Ashlyn Boothby, and Eli Fitchen-Young win titles at cross country races | Local Roundup Sep 09, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Local standouts Evie Marheineke, Ashlyn Boothby and Eli Fitchen-Young won cross country races on Saturday.

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UCSC volleyball climbs into national rankings, wins again | Local Roundup Sep 07, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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SC skateboarder Judi Oyama, 63, takes second at US slalom championships | Local Roundup Aug 31, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz slalom skateboarder Judi Oyama, 63, placed second at the U.S. National Championships, held in Vista over the weekend.

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MVC’s James Ponzio, PCS’s Katharina Guth get two wins at PCAL Masters Meet | Local Roundup May 08, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

MVC senior James Ponzio earned two wins and a runner-up finish to lead Santa Cruz County boys at the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Track and Field Masters Meet at Pacific Grove on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz’s Maya Letona earns bronze medal at US Open Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup Apr 29, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High alumna Maya Letona, the No. 6 seed out of New York City RTC, took third place at the 2023 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships on Saturday at South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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James Ponzio paces MVC to third place at PCAL Cypress Division Finals | Local Roundup Apr 29, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Senior James Ponzio took first in the 1,600-meter race (4:37.28) and 3,200 (10:00.62), and Monte Vista Christian School placed third (85 points) at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division Finals at Alvarez High on Friday.

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Cabrillo baseball team’s title bid ends with loss to Mission | Local Roundup Apr 27, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Matt Lawton had three hits with a walk, double, home run, two RBI, and two runs scored, but the Cabrillo College baseball team blew an early lead in their 9-7 loss to Mission in Coast Conference South Division play Thursday.

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Aptos native Nikki Hiltz produces record time in USATF 1 Mile Championship win | Local Roundup Apr 27, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz produced fastest women’s time in event history at the USATF 1 Mile Championship on Tuesday night in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Aptos tennis produces three of four finalists at league tournament | Local Roundup Apr 26, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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Aptos boys golf moves to 9-0; SV tops SC for first win | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s boys golf team beat Santa Cruz 222-242 and lost to Aptos 197-222 in the teams’ SCCAL matches at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Monday.

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SC’s Nat Young helps cause to survive WSL’s midseason cut | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.

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Aptos boys golf tops SC, remains unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup Apr 19, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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UCSC men’s volleyball makes NCAA D-III Tournament | Local Roundup Apr 17, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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Scotts Valley boys tennis edges Santa Cruz in tight match | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.

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MVC rolls to nonleague softball win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 14, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team earned a 23-3 nonleague win over host Santa Cruz on Thursday.

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SC surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel advance in Huntington Beach | Local Roundup Apr 07, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey and John Mel advanced to the Round of 32 at the World Surf League’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a 3,000-point Qualifying Series event in Huntington Beach.

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Cabrillo softball team upsets No. 4 state ranked MPC | Local Roundup Apr 05, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College’s softball team used a three-run fourth inning to rally past No. 4 state ranked Monterey Peninsula College 3-2 in the teams’ Coast Conference game in Aptos on Tuesday.

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