Santa Cruz’s Nat Young won his opening heat at the World Surf League’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro, the season opener on the Challenger Series, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on Saturday.
Seniors Ruben Mora and Giancarlo Mendo, and junior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar each posted a pair of top-three finishes for Watsonville High’s boys track and field team at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at North Monterey County High on Friday.
First baseman Matt Morrison singled home outfielder Jacob Pappas with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held off host Monterey Peninsula 3-2 to close the teams’ regular season Thursday.
All nine Cardinals scored at least once in Santa Cruz High’s 13-8 win over visiting Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball game Friday.
Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.
Scotts Valley soccer talent Matteo Carbone has signed an academy contract to play for Project 51O, the community-based development team for the Oakland Roots SC, the second division USL Championship team.
No team scores were kept at the Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions, but event host Aptos High didn’t need a point total to know how it did in the inaugural track and field meet on a cold, rainy Saturday.
Nash Horton hit a bases-loaded single to drive in Jacob Jimenez with one out in the seventh inning, and the St. Francis High baseball team earned a 8-7, walk-off win over Palma in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Friday.
Senior Henry Spitzer edged Julian Arulanantham 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 3 singles to clinch Scotts Valley High’s 4-3 boys tennis win Thursday.
Match medalist Keenan Buntz shot even-par 31 at Boulder Creek Golf and Country Club, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys golf team beat Soquel 176-203 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.
Soquel senior Braylon Noble, an all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League talent in football and basketball, continued to prove himself as one of Santa Cruz County’s top all-around athlete. He took second place in the decathlon on Day 2 of the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday.
Scotts Valley High seniors Ashlyn Boothby and Diana Alivov, and sophomores Ava Decleve and Jenni Brownfield shined together again, this time on Day 1 of the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Friday.
Jorden Espinoza recorded 11 strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings, and Aptos High’s baseball team gained sole possession of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League lead with its 4-2 win over visiting Santa Cruz on Thursday.
Pitcher Trey Silva scattered five hits over six innings, and the St. Francis High baseball team beat host Monte Vista Christian 4-1 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Wednesday.
Nash Horton had four of the St. Francis High baseball team’s 14 hits, and the Sharks knocked off visiting Monte Vista Christian 9-5 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Monday.
Giancarlo Mendo won three individual events, and Watsonville High’s boys track and field team beat host North Monterey County 78-58 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division meet Wednesday.
Natalie Allen, Adelaide Friedley, and Alexia Fajardo each won two individual events for Aptos High’s girls swim team in a 93-79 win over host Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Wednesday.
Santa Cruz’s John Mel tied for fifth place at the World Surf League’s Ron Jon Quiksilver Pro at Shepard Beach Park in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on Saturday. Capitola’s Maddie Storrer tied for 13th place and earned 295 points at the WSL’s Roxy Pro
Santa Cruz’s John Mel tacked on another heat win Friday to advance in the World Surf League’s Ron Jon Quiksilver Pro, a Qualifying Series 1,000-point event at Shepard Beach Park in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Capitola’s Maddie Storrer advanced to the Round of 16 on Thursday at the World Surf League’s Roxy Pro, a Qualifying Series 1,000-point event in Shepard Beach Park in Cocoa Beach, Florida.