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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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Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.
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Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.
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Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup Dec 03, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.
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Banana Slugs deliver new men’s basketball coach Matt Malone first win | Local Roundup Nov 21, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High senior Keanna Miller placed in the top three in two divisions at the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf Contest No. 2 at Steamer Lane in Saturday.
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Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day Nov 10, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports. 
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Santa Cruz sweeps Sacred Heart Cathedral, reaches its first CCS final | Girls volleyball Nov 05, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior outside hitter Athena Kazos delivered one huge pancake on defense to extend the play for Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team and, a few seconds later, sophomore right side Sadie Jeffreys delivered the match-clinching kill, with extra syrup.
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Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones named to Cheryl Miller Award preseason watch list | Local Roundup Oct 28, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones, a 6-foot-1 junior for Stanford University’s national champion women’s basketball team, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award, given annually to the nation’s best small forward.
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