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Austin James leads Cabrillo men’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup Jan 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
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Back at full strength, Santa Cruz holds off Scotts Valley in girls basketball | Local Roundup Jan 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Bella Stevens saw her first real action of the season, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team knocked off Scotts Valley 51-44 in the teams’ make-up Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
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Kaitlin Imai helps Scotts Valley’s girls basketball team beat Mariners for first time since 2017 | Local Roundup Jan 19, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard Kaitlin Imai scored 19 points and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team beat Aptos 45-36 to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mariners in the Falcons’ league opener Tuesday.
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Wrestler Mike Pena leads Santa Cruz at Jim Root Memorial | Local Roundup Jan 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High senior wrestler Mike Pena took third place at 132 pounds, and the Cardinals finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 58th Jim Root Memorial at Prospect High on Saturday.
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Scotts Valley beats Watsonville for Lady Shark Shootout title | Local Roundup Dec 31, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Kaitlin Imai made four of Scotts Valley High’s eight 3-pointers and finished with 25 points, as the Falcons’ girls basketball team beat Watsonville 58-42 in the championship of the Lady Shark Shootout on Thursday at St. Francis High in Watsonville.
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Santa Cruz edges Cupertino, advances to final of Saint Francis’ tournament | Local Roundup Dec 29, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team edged Cupertino 37-35 in the semifinals of the Joe Schram Holiday Basketball Classic at Saint Francis High in Mountain View on Wednesday.
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Diving into the season | Boys soccer preview Dec 27, 2021 | By Ray Hacke

The Wildcatz are back in the PCAL’s elite Gabilan Division this season with a squad that’s loaded with seniors.
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Aptos’ Jazmine Castañeda, SC’s Julia Moore head county’s star power | Girls soccer preview Dec 26, 2021 | By Ray Hacke

Now that they’re seniors, they’re well on their way to doing so again – and they’ve carried their respective girls’ soccer teams to unbeaten records in the process.
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Kaylee Murphy posts another double-double for UCSC, sets up showdown with Whitman | Local Roundup Dec 18, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Junior forward Kaylee Murphy posted her fifth double-double of the season and 26th of her career to help the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team open the UCSC December Classic with a win Saturday.
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Santa Cruz girls soccer blasts PCS in preseason finale | Local Roundup Dec 17, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Sam Wenger scored three goals and the Santa Cruz High girls soccer team beat Pacific Collegiate 9-1 in its nonleague finale Thursday.
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Cabrillo men’s basketball stays hot despite lengthy layoff | Local Roundup Dec 16, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team — playing its first game in nearly two weeks — beat Diablo Valley 84-72 in Pleasant Hill on Wednesday night.
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Christian Magana’s buzzer beater lifts Sharks basketball team | Local Roundup Dec 15, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Christian Magana scored a buzzer beating basket to lift St. Francis High’s boys basketball team over visiting Gilroy 43-42 on Tuesday in the teams’ nonleague game.
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Mariners win Gilroy Tournament; Cameron Saldana named MVP | Local Roundup Dec 12, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Cameron Saldana had 19 points and five steals to help the Aptos High’s boys basketball team beat Lincoln 55-44 in the Bob Hagen Memorial Tournament championship at Gilroy High on Saturday.
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David Ibarra’s goal helps Wildcatz earn soccer draw with Los Gatos | Local Roundup Dec 10, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior David Ibarra scored on a pass from Mateo Arias in the second half and the Watsonville High boys soccer team earned a 1-1 draw with host Los Gatos in pool play for the Homestead Christmas Cup on Thursday night.
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Harbor girls soccer rallies past Stevenson | Local Roundup Dec 08, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Camille Dayton had a goal and assist in the final 10 minutes to rally Harbor High’s girls soccer team past Stevenson 3-2 in the teams’ nonleague game in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.
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Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young qualifies for WSL’s ’22 Championship Tour | Local Roundup Dec 07, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, is returning to the World Surf League’s Championship Tour. He finished 10th overall in four-event Challenger Series season with 12,100 points and advanced.
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Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke takes third at Nike Cross California Regional | Local Roundup Dec 05, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke placed third out of 55 runners in the girls championship at the NXR California Regional at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday.
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Aptos boys basketball tops Wilcox in OT | Local Roundup Dec 03, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard/forward Cameron Saldana scored 23 points and the Aptos High boys basketball team beat Wilcox 58-55 in overtime Thursday.
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Alexa Malaspina, Jana Komposch help MVC girls soccer edge Harbor in Watsonville Tournament | Local Roundup Dec 01, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Goalie Alexa Malaspina made nine saves and the Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team edged Harbor 1-0 in the third game of the Watsonville Tournament on Wednesday. 
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Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day Nov 10, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports. 
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UCSC cross country teams win conference titles | Local Roundup Oct 31, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The UC Santa Cruz men’s and women’s cross country teams won titles at the Coast-To-Coast Conference Championships at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
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Santa Cruz, Soquel volleyball teams post semifinal wins; will clash in SCCAL Tournament final Wednesday | Local Roundup Oct 26, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 15 kills to lead the Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win over Harbor in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night.
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Aptos girls tennis beats Soquel, closes in on title repeat | Local Roundup Oct 19, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Rebecca Fuller, Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat visiting Soquel 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.
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Back injury forces SC native Luke Rockhold to withdraw from UFC 268 | Local Roundup Oct 19, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold announced in an Instagram story last week that he is out of his scheduled bout against Sean Strickland at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 due to a herniated disk in his back.
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Scotts Valley runs to team titles at Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s girls and boys cross country teams won titles at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park’s 5k course in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
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