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.
Senior guard Madison Yazalina had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists, and four steals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team beat Harbor 69-6 to finish Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play unbeaten on Friday.
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.
Playing on the road, against a higher seed wasn’t an issue for the Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team in the second round of the CCCAA Northern California Regionals on Tuesday.
Soquel High’s girls volleyball team has new life. The Knights received an at-large bid to the CIF NorCal Regional playoffs and will join Santa Cruz County foes Santa Cruz and Harbor in Division III.
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team made its first trip to the Central Coast Section finals in 10 years, but ran into a powerhouse Mercy of Burlingame team.
Harbor High girls volleyball coach Matthew Schutz wrote a list of the Pirates’ recent results in the Central Coast Section playoffs on a whiteboard and showed his players.
The No. 2 seed Soquel High’s girls volleyball team defeated visiting No. 10 Saratoga 25-11, 25-22, 25-17 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Tuesday night. Santa Cruz (D-III) and Harbor (D-IV) also earned wins.
Aubree Westjohn scored twice, and the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team beat West Valley 4-0 — the Seahawks’ seventh straight win by shutout — to stay unbeaten in Coast Conference South Division play on Friday.