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National Letter of Intent signings | Glimpse of the Action Nov 19, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

A photo gallery of some of Santa Cruz County’s athletes who have signed National Letters of Intent to compete in college.
Local Sports

Aptos girls tennis team suffers narrow loss in CCS Team Tournament opener | Local Roundup Nov 13, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s girls tennis team suffered a narrow, 4-3 loss to Stevenson in Pebble Beach in the first round of the Central Coast Section Team Tournament on Tuesday.
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Soquel moves into second round; Harbor’s season comes to a close | CIF NorCal girls volleyball roundup Nov 13, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

Soquel High’s girls volleyball team has been almost unbeatable at home this year, losing just once on Randy Peck Court. 
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Photo | Harbor High upset in division championship Nov 10, 2024 | By Shmuel Thaler

Harbor High’s Callahan Stone, Liberty Niesen, Cecile Novembre, Dylan Schutz and Tea Stockwell react on Saturday to a point late in the Pirates’ Central Coast Section D-IV girls volleyball championship match against Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. The thrilling match went down to the wire, and No. 3 […]
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Kings of the ‘Ville: St. Francis romps MVC, earns sweep of Watsonville foes | High school football roundup Nov 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High’s football team may not get an opportunity to play in the Central Coast Section playoffs this season, but around town they’ll be known as “Kings of the ‘Ville.”
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Sammy Rebbert scores winning TD to lift SV’s flag football team to SCCAL Tournament title | Local Roundup Nov 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior receiver Sammy Rebbert scored in the final minute, and the No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls flag football team topped No. 3 Aptos 12-7 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship at Harbor High on Saturday.
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Top-seeded Harbor falls short in five-set, Division IV thriller | CCS volleyball championships roundup Nov 10, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

In a thrilling girls volleyball championship match that went down to the wire, No. 3 seed Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton upset No. 1 Harbor 25-20, 25-14, 21-25, 27-29, 15-13 to claim the Central Coast Section Division IV title at Gunn High on Saturday.
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Harbor, Soquel advance to section finals, qualify for NorCal | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 08, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

Top-seeded Harbor High’s girls volleyball team moved closer in its bid to defend its Central Coast Section Division lV championship by defeating No. 4 Scotts Valley 25-12, 19-25, 25-17, 25-14 in the semifinals on Thursday night.
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Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young breaks course record in title repeat | Boys SCCAL Cross Country Championships Nov 07, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The closest thing to a lead pack was the congested start line at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Thursday. Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young made sure of it.
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Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve pulls away for win at Pinto Lake | Girls SCCAL Cross Country Championships Nov 07, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High junior Ava Decleve pulled away from Aptos junior Maya Schiro and Santa Cruz freshman Isla Roake over the final mile and increased her stride through the finish line to take first place in dominant fashion at Pinto Lake County Park.
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Finals set for SCCAL Girls Tennis Championships | Local Roundup Nov 06, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High tennis teammates Kiana Safari and Aviana Andrews advanced to the singles final at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships in Aptos on Tuesday. Scotts Valley’s Sofia Niklaus and Erin Szymanski, and Aptos’ Isabella Calderon and Coral Collins advanced to the doubles final.
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Ava Morrison, Hayden Smith pace Scotts Valley past MVC, into D-IV semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 06, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Outside hitters Ava Morrison and Hayden Smith combined for 38 kills, and the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team beat No. 5 Monte Vista Christian 25-14, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
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Soquel dominates Salinas in The Pit, earns no worse than a share of Gabilan Division title | High school football roundup Nov 02, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel’s High’s football team earned one of the program’s all-time great wins Friday, and they made it look rather easy despite facing one of the top program’s in the Central Coast Section.
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Harbor earns No. 1 seed in D-IV; eight county teams make playoffs | CCS girls volleyball Nov 01, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team received the No. 1 seed in Division IV, and eight teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
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Harbor sweeps SV, repeats as SCCAL Tournament champ | Girls volleyball Oct 30, 2024 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was perfect in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action last season. It was so rewarding, the veteran Pirates were intent on accomplishing the feat again.
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Pajaro Valley girls volleyball team wins PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division with perfect record | Local Roundup Oct 30, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Olivia Contreras had eight kills, three aces, and three digs, and the Pajaro Valley High girls volleyball team closed Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play with a perfect record Tuesday.
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Scotts Valley senior Maisey Chard wins SCCAL Girls Golf Championship Oct 29, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High senior Maisey Chard shot her best round at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday, a 13-over-par 82, to win medalist honors at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Golf Championship.
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Jordan Renteria scores twice, makes two takeaways as SLV moves to 8-0 with shutout of Santa Cruz | High school football roundup Oct 26, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Jordan Renteria had two touchdown receptions on offense and made two takeaways on defense, and the San Lorenzo Valley High football team remained unbeaten with its 41-0 win over Santa Cruz on Saturday.
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Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup Oct 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
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Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Oct 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
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Harbor girls volleyball repeats as SCCAL champ with sweep of SV | Local Roundup Oct 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior outside hitter Isla Johnson had 16 kills and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season champion with its 25-17, 25-11, 27-25 sweep of Scotts Valley on Thursday.
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Three matches go to third-set tiebreakers as Aptos girls tennis knocks off Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s girls tennis team won three singles matches and two doubles matches to secure a 5-2 win over Scotts Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.
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Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll wins Westside Half Marathon | Local Roundup Oct 12, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll took first out of 541 runners in the Westside Half Marathon in Santa Cruz on Saturday.
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MVC’s Kylie Brunelli, boys cross country team earn wins in Fresno | Local Roundup Oct 12, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School senior Kylie Brunelli took first place out of 168 runners in the Medium Blue race during the 45th annual Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday.
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Aptos boys turn in photo finish in SCCAL cross country race | Local Roundup Oct 11, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys cross country team is fast and still improving.
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