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Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill places in top 5 in three events at Stanford Invite | Local Roundup

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.

Jojo Keldsen Jr. strikes out 12 in MVC’s win over Watsonville | Local Roundup

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.

Cabrillo softball routs Chabot | Local Roundup

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.

Aptos pitching staff records 19 strikeouts in six-inning win over Burlingame | Local Roundup

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.

Harbor beach volleyball sweeps Scotts Valley, moves to 4-0 | Local Roundup

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.

Falcons’ girls lacrosse team blasts MVC | Local Roundup

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.

Aptos boys tennis rolls past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup

Aptos High singles players Koosha Safari, Aaron Buchanan and Heath Hegna didn’t lose a game in their straight-sets wins, and the Mariners’ boys tennis team beat host Scotts Valley 6-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

Scotts Valley sophomore Ashlyn Boothby gets PR in 1,600 at Dublin Distance Fiesta | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley High sophomore Ashlyn Boothby took sixth out of 516 runners in the 1,600-meter race at the Dublin Distance Fiesta at Dublin High on Saturday.

St. Francis baseball produces back-to-back no-hitters | Local Roundup

Freshman Nash Horton’s dominant outing gave St. Francis High’s baseball team its second no-hitter in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play this week. Horton recorded nine strikeouts and gave up one walk over six innings as the Sharks won 10-0 over North Monterey County on Friday in a game shortened by the mercy rule. […]

Aptos boys tennis tops Soquel, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup

Sean Spencer and Nick Hambright won 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 at No. 2 doubles to help Aptos High’s tennis team beat host Soquel to stay unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Thursday.

Kai Price throws no-hitter in St. Francis’ baseball win over North Salinas | Local Roundup

Kai Price threw a five-inning no-hitter as the St. Francis High baseball team beat host North Salinas 12-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule Wednesday.

St. Francis’ Alicia Mendez, SLV’s Bella Reynolds post three-homer games | Local Roundup

Alicia Mendez had a career day. She threw a no-hitter and hit three solo home runs to lead St. Francis High’s softball team past Monte Vista Christian 15-0 on Tuesday. She became the second Santa Cruz County athlete to hits three home runs in a game this season. Aptos’ Mileena Carbajal accomplished the feat last […]

St. Francis baseball slips past Alisal, moves to 5-1 | Local Roundup

Freshman Nash Horton double produced the game winning run, and St. Francis High’s baseball team slipped past host Alisal 5-4 in the teams’ noneleague game Monday.

UCSC’s Abby McPhillips takes 10th in HJ at NCAA D-III Indoor T&F Championships | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz grad student Abby McPhillips posted a top-10 finish in the high jump at 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday. McPhillips, the school record holder in the event, easily cleared the preliminary heights of 1.56 and 1.61 meters. She cleared 1.64 […]

Aptos’ offense unable to back Quinn Hocom in loss | High school baseball roundup

There has been a lot of talk about Aptos High’s stellar starting rotation, which features a pair of future Division I pitchers in UC Santa Barbara-committed senior Reed Moring and UCLA-committed junior Gabe Gaeckle.

Santa Cruz rallies past Scotts Valley with timely hitting | High school baseball roundup

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team is still putting things together as it hopes to make a run at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball title this season. It took a step forward in its latest game, thanks to some timely hitting and solid middle relief pitching in its 5-2 win over Scotts Valley on Friday.

Mileena Carbajal’s monster day at plate helps Aptos softball edge SLV | Local Roundup

Mileena Carbajal had three hits Thursday and each left the ballpark. She finished with three home runs, including a grand slam, six RBI. Aptos High’s softball team needed every bit of her offense in a 9-8 win over San Lorenzo Valley. Aptos’ Bailey Fulton was 4 for 4 with three runs scored and two stolen […]

Kirby boys volleyball tops PCS for first time in over a decade | Local Roundup

Senior opposite Zack Stack had 12 kills, 10 digs and three aces as Kirby School’s boys volleyball team rallied for its first win over Pacific Collegiate in more than a decade, 22-25, 25-13, 27-25, 17-25, 15-9, on Tuesday night.

St. Francis wins softball opener with walk-off double against Scotts Valley | Local Roundup

Alicia Mendez hit an RBI double to give St. Francis High’s softball team a 5-4, walk-off win against Scotts Valley in its season opener Monday.

Pitching talent, depth has Aptos as SCCAL title frontrunner | High school baseball preview

A veritable parade of pitching talent has been marching through Aptos High’s baseball program in recent years – and the parade’s not over yet.

SC surfer Nat Young takes 9th at Portugal’s Supertubos | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young took ninth place at the World Surf League’s MEO Pro Portugal at Supertubos in Peniche, Portugal, event No. 3 on the Championship Tour. The 30-year-old goofy-footer earned 3,320 points for his finish, boosting his season total to 7,970. Young, ranked No. 16 on the CT through two events, was eliminated by […]

Santa Cruz surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel eliminated from Dominican Republic contest | Local Roundup

Eddie Brooks and Logan Manildi won multiple races to help Harbor High’s boys swim team past Aptos 72-48 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday in Aptos. 

Scotts Valley native Dominique Parrish wrestles to bronze at Yasar Dogu International in Turkey | Local Roundup

Team USA wrestler Dominique Parrish earned bronze in the women’s 53-kilogram freestyle division at the 50th Yasar Dogu International 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday.

MVC survives PK shoot-out at Soledad in CCS quarterfinals | Local Roundup

The No. 8 seed Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team advanced to the the Central Coast Section Division IV semifinals on Monday in Soledad, stunning No. 1 Aztecs 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out to complete Saturday’s controversial quarterfinal.

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young ties for ninth at Hurley Pro Sunset Beach | Local Roundup

The waves were there, but the ones Santa Cruz’s Nat Young dropped in on didn’t offer him much during his afternoon heat at the World Surf League’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach on Wednesday in Oahu, Hawaii.