Ben Pearson had 36 kills and 14 aces, and Mount Madonna School’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 23-25, 30-28, 25-20, 25-23 win over Soquel on the Knights’ senior night.
Bailey Fulton was 2 for 4 with the game-winning RBI in the eighth inning, as Aptos High’s softball team earned a 4-3, walk-off win over visiting Scotts Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League thriller Monday.
Kinsal Plunkett had a hit and three RBI for Cabrillo College’s baseball team, but the Seahawks lost 7-5 in 13 innings to Monterey Peninsula a pivotal Coast Conference South Division game Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young will compete in the World Surf League’s Margaret River Pro this week at Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia. It’s the final event before the WSL makes its newly implemented midseason cut.
Aptos High’s golf team pulled out a 209-214 win over Santa Cruz to remain unbeaten and claim the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday at DeLaveaga Golf Course.
Aaron Buchanan and Heath Hegna earned singles wins in straight sets, and the Aptos High boys tennis team knocked off Soquel 4-3 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Ally Carmona and Rylee Gomez hit home runs and Watsonville High’s softball team beat North Salinas 9-5 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division on Monday.
Rylee Gomez had two home runs and three RBI, and Watsonville High’s softball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to rally past St. Francis 5-4 in the Watsonville Tournament on Saturday. Junior outfielder Abreanna Alba hit for the cycle in a win over Stevenson.
Gabe Porter and Conall Barber each won two individual events to lead Harbor High’s boys swim team slip past Santa Cruz 81-80 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Friday.
Alicia Mendez and Aaliysah Gomez combined to throw a perfect game in St. Francis High’s 11-0 softball win at Rancho San Juan on Wednesday in nonleague action.
Scotts Valley High senior Jeremy Kain set the school record in the men’s 1-mile run at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High School on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young will face 11-time world champion Kelly Slater of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and Owen Wright of Australia in the Opening Round of the World Surf League’s Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
Kinsal Plunkett, Javier Felix and Lucas Rexin each had three hits, and Cabrillo College’s baseball team routed De Anza 19-5 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday in Aptos.
Senior right-hander Jayden Cardona and sophomore right-hander Adrian Leon threw a combined three-hitter as Watsonville High’s baseball team beat visiting St. Francis in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Wednesday.
Blaine Mitchell had two hits, two RBI and a run scored in San Lorenzo Valley High’s 11-3 win over Monte Vista Christian in nonleague baseball action Tuesday.
Aptos senior Elizabeth Churchill won the high jump and took fourth in the 100-meter hurdles on Day 2 of the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Saturday.
St. Francis High senior Julian Vargas took third in the 3,200-meter race at the prestigious Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Friday, and Scotts Valley’s girls took third in the Distance Medley Relay.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays on Thursday advanced from her opening heat at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 3,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
Junior right-hander Jojo Keldsen Jr. delivered a masterful outing in the Monte Vista Christian School’s 3-1 baseball win at crosstown foe Watsonville on Wednesday.
Ella Giguiere had a hit and three RBI, and the Cabrillo College softball team beat Chabot 10-0 in five innings in the teams’ Coast Conference game Tuesday in Aptos.
Junior right-hander Gabe Gaeckle struck out 16 batters in five innings of work, and Aptos High’s baseball beat visiting Burlingame 10-0 in a nonleague game called after six innings on the mercy rule Saturday.
Gwen Grigsby and Maren O’Farrell beat Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman, 21-13, 17-21, 15-8 in the No. 1 match, and Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 5-0 on Friday.
Taylor Santos, Siena Wong and Ellie Raffo each scored four goals as Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team defeated Monte Vista Christian 16-2 on Thursday.