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Aptos unable to keep pace with Lowell in NorCal Invitational, takes fourth | Boys basketball Dec 29, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior center Jack Spinelli had 20 points and 13 rebounds, but the cold-shooting Mariners were unable to keep pace with Lowell of San Francisco and fell 54-33 in the third-place game in the Blue Division at Aptos.
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Mariners basketball team falls to Pioneer in NorCal Invitational semifinals | Local Roundup Dec 29, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Jack Spinelli posted a double-double in Aptos High’s 41-35 basketball loss to Pioneer of San Jose in the Blue Division semifinals at the 8th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational on Tuesday.
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Aptos rolls in tournament opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena | Boys basketball Dec 27, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Limited action cost Spinelli another double-double; he finished with a team-high 19 points and nine rebounds. But if the Mariners showed anything in their tournament opener — and they showed plenty — it was their penchant for sharing the ball.
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Five local wrestlers advance to semifinals at Pat Lovell Holiday Classic | Local Roundup Dec 21, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Five athletes from Santa Cruz County went unbeaten on the opening day of the Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic at Aptos High on Tuesday.
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Aptos boys basketball team suffers first loss | Local Roundup Dec 17, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, 75-61 to Whitney of Rocklin in the Carmel Tournament semifinals on Friday.
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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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Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young places fifth at Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships | Local Roundup Dec 12, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young, representing Santa Cruz Track Club, posted a top-five finish at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday.
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Basketball tournaments at Alvarez canceled for COVID-19 protocols | Local Roundup Dec 11, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

All seven games Friday and the remaining events at the Eagles Classic boys and girls basketball tournament at Alvarez High were canceled after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19.
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Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.
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Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.
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Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup Dec 03, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.
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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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Santa Cruz’s Nat Young makes early exit in Hawaii | Local Roundup Nov 30, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, 30, will wait and see if the 12,500 points he earned in four World Surf League Challenger Series events is enough to return him to the Championship Tour.
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Cabrillo women’s volleyball eliminated by Fresno City in second round of CCCAA NorCal playoffs | Local Roundup Nov 28, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The No. 6 seed Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team was eliminated by No. 3 Fresno City 25-22, 25-17, 25-12 in the second round of the CCCAA NorCal playoffs Saturday in Fresno.
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Banana Slugs deliver new men’s basketball coach Matt Malone first win | Local Roundup Nov 21, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High senior Keanna Miller placed in the top three in two divisions at the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf Contest No. 2 at Steamer Lane in Saturday.
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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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