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Santa Cruz resident Evie Marheineke wins WCAL cross country title | Local Roundup

Archbishop Mitty sophomore Evie Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won the individual title at the West Catholic Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Wednesday in Belmont.

SC’s Nat Young helps Team USA secure title in Huntington Beach | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young helped Team USA win the title at the 2022 ISA World Surf Games, securing the Americans one extra slot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Aptos to celebrate late basketball coaching legend Bill Warmerdam

Friends, family and former pupils from up and down the state are expected to show up at Aptos High on Saturday to pay tribute to Bill Warmerdam, who is said to be as good a person and teacher as he was a legendary high school basketball coach.

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.

Santa Cruz junior forward Aden Cury named MVP | All-SCCAL Boys Basketball

Santa Cruz High basketball talent Aden Cury unveiled a new-and-improved version of himself this season — the old version was also pretty darn good — and it was too much for league coaches to overlook.

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.

Scotts Valley’s Kaitlin Imai named SCCAL MVP | Girls basketball

Scotts Valley High senior Kaitlin Imai was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League at a recent vote by league basketball coaches.

Cabrillo wins NorCal basketball opener, faces No. 1 CCSF next | Local Roundup

Austin James scored 17 points to lead the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team past American River 83-64 in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Sacramento on Tuesday night. Alphonse Alfred scored 12 points for the Seahawks and Samy Buteau added 10 points in the win. The Seahawks (18-11) play at No. […]

No. 15 Aptos loses lead late, falls short in upset bid at No. 2 Oakland | NorCal Regional Roundup

OAKLAND — Six-time NBA All-star Damian Lillard roamed the hallways and basketball court at Oakland High 14 years ago. “Dame Time” refers to Lillard’s history of making clutch shots. On the same floor on Tuesday night, it was “Cam Time” as Aptos senior point guard Cameron Saldana led his 15th-seeded Mariners to the precipice of […]

Aptos, Santa Cruz boys basketball teams seeded in D-III | CIF NorCal Playoffs

If there’s to be a fourth meeting between the Aptos High and Santa Cruz boys basketball teams, it’ll be one heck of a story. The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League co-champions were both seeded in the CIF NorCal Regional Division III playoffs on Sunday — as the two lowest seeds. So, if they’re to meet, […]

Cameron Saldana’s heroics not enough for Mariners to unseat Burlingame as champ | CCS boys basketball

Not even one of the most spectacular individual outings in Central Coast Section playoff history could lead the No. 4 seed Aptos High’s boys basketball team past the defending D-III champions.

Aptos edges Santa Cruz in grudge match, advances to D-III championship | CCS boys basketball

SANTA CRUZ — With its top two players, senior guard Cameron Saldana and center Jack Spinelli, fouled out, Aptos High turned to its unsung heroes to deliver Aptos High’s boys basketball team its biggest win of the season in front of a capacity crowd. Senior forward Marcel Martin made a wide-open layup on an inbounds […]

Aptos ousted by No. 1 seed Capuchino in D-III semifinals | CCS girls basketball

SAN BRUNO — Aptos High’s girls basketball season ended with a spirited performance in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals, as talented Capuchino prevailed 60-45 on Thursday night. The locker room door opened after the Mariners’ post-game meeting and the players were greeted with applause. They embraced their parents and fans, tears were shed, […]

Kaitlin Imai scores 35 points in Scotts Valley’s D-IV win over Carmel | CCS basketball roundup

Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Santa Cruz seeded No. 1 in D-III; Five county teams make CCS playoffs | Boys basketball

The Aptos High and Santa Cruz boys basketball teams, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, could square off in the Central Coast Section semifinals, if they win their playoff openers. The rivals split their regular-season meetings.

Wildcatz’s boys basketball team wins share of PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division title | Local Roundup

At the outset of each basketball season, Watsonville High coach Marcus Northcutt and assistant Mike Blum tell the Wildcatz how cool it would be if they won a league title: In addition to adding a championship banner to the school’s gymnasium walls, years later, they could come back and see their banner and cherish that […]

UCSC rally falls short against nation’s top-ranked D-III women’s basketball team | Local Roundup

Junior guard/forward Ashley Kowack scored 25 points, but the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 loss to Christopher Newport, the nation’s top-ranked NCAA Division III team, on Saturday.

Santa Cruz’s unbeaten girls soccer team earns SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup

Julia Moore had two goals and an assist to help Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team beat host Harbor 6-0 and win the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright Thursday night.

Santa Cruz tops SLV in shortened match, clinches SCCAL girls soccer title | Local Roundup

The Santa Cruz High girls soccer team clinched no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with its 8-0 win over host San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday.

UCSC women’s basketball scores school-record 117 points in rout of La Verne | Local Roundup

Harbor High junior wrestler Diallo Thomas won the title at 162 pounds at the 12th annual Colt Invitational at El Camino High in South San Francisco on Saturday.

Renee Parker posts triple-double as Cabrillo gets first win streak | Local Roundup

Renee Parker recorded a triple-double, and Cabrillo College’s women’s basketball team crushed Hartnell 52-23 in Coast Conference South Division action on Friday night.

Aptos’ Vito Riccabona named to Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football Team | Local Roundup

Aptos High’s Vito Riccabona was honored on Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football Team for medium-sized enrollment schools.

Cardinals embrace home-court advantage, pull even with Mariners atop SCCAL standings | Boys basketball

Aden Cury and the rest of Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team was out to prove they had a better showing in them after enduring a gut punch on the road against rival Aptos last week.

Santa Cruz avenges loss to Aptos, remains in driver’s seat in SCCAL title race | Girls basketball

The challenge was directly in front of the first-place Santa Cruz High girls basketball team Wednesday as it looked for revenge against Aptos. Win and control the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race. Lose and rely on others.

Kaitlin Imai reaches 1,000-point milestone in Falcons’ win | Local Roundup

Kaitlin Imai reached the 1,000-point milestone in her Scotts Valley High basketball career as the Falcons posted a 70-11 win over Harbor on senior night Tuesday.