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Makena Bedolla helps Sharks’ soccer team blast Greenfield | Local Roundup Jan 24, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Makena Bedolla scored three goals and St. Francis High’s girls soccer team beat Greenfield 5-0 in its Pacific Coast Athletic League game at Depot Park in Santa Cruz on Monday.

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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UCSC men’s volleyball opens season with pair of losses | Local Roundup Jan 14, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team opened its season, as well as the UC Slug Slam, with a pair of losses Friday at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday, falling 3-1 to Westcliff in the morning and 3-2 to Cal Lutheran in the evening.

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Soquel boys soccer blanks SC, moves to 2-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Jan 14, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Luis Carrasco had a goal and assist to help Soquel High’s boys soccer team beat host Santa Cruz 3-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday night.

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St. Francis blows huge lead, edges Seaside in boys basketball | Local Roundup Jan 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Ibarra scored 18 points and teammate Christian Magana added 13 points to help St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat Seaside 58-57 on Friday night.

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Cardinals pin loss on SLV in teams’ SCCAL opener | Local Roundup Jan 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team beat SLV 36-12 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener in Santa Cruz on Wednesday night.

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Ella Giguiere, Lauren Ambiel record double-doubles in Cabrillo’s OT win | Local Roundup Dec 23, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Ella Giguiere and Lauren Ambiel recorded double-doubles to help the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Feather River 77-72 in overtime Wednesday and snap the Seahawks’ eight-game losing streak.

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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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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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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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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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SV’s Ashlyn Boothby takes third, Ryder Brabo ninth at CIF State Cross Country Championships Nov 27, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The Falcons turned out pretty special performances, too. Sophomore Ashlyn Boothby placed third in the D-IV girls race and Brabo placed ninth in the D-IV boys race. The boys took third and the girls took 12th.

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Cabrillo women’s soccer shut out in Rocklin, eliminated in second round of NorCal playoffs | Local Roundup Nov 23, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team suffered a 3-0 loss at Sierra in the second round of the CCCAA NorCal regional playoffs on Tuesday in Rocklin.

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County has banner day at CCS Cross Country Championships Nov 14, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

It was a banner day for Santa Cruz County at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships at Crystal Springs’ 2.95-mile course Saturday: two individual champions and four team champions.

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Freshman Katelynn Ruiz sets pace as Watsonville wins Cypress title | PCAL Cross Country Oct 31, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High freshman Katelynn Ruiz, junior Dahlia Barranco and senior Dominique Cervantes-Samudio produced top-10 finishes to lead the Wildcatz to the Cypress Division title at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Saturday.

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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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Runners Katelynn Ruiz, Monserrat Ramirez earn wins at PCAL Center Meet | Local Roundup Oct 13, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High freshman Katelynn Ruiz took first place out of 44 runners and helped lead the Wildcatz to the team win in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s third Cypress Division Center Meet on Wednesday. St. Francis sophomore Monserrat Ramirez took first place out of 28 runners in the Santa Lucia Division Center Meet.

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Watsonville’s Dahlia Barranco, St. Francis’ Monserrat Ramirez win PCAL races | Local Roundup Sep 30, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Dahlia Barranco and freshman Katelynn Ruiz led Watsonville HIgh’s girls cross country team to victory in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division race Wednesday in Monterey.

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Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten post wins at Little Wharf 3-Miler | Local Roundup Sep 26, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, 26, edged Aptos High senior Trent Nosky, 17, for the overall title at the Little Wharf 3-Miler on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten, 41, was the top female, finishing 10th overall in 17:34.

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