The first day of National Letter of Intent signing period for all student-athletes competing in sports other than football opened Wednesday. The early signing period runs through Division I basketball runs through Wednesday. The period for all other athletes runs through Aug. 1.
UC Santa Cruz will host the Coast-To-Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament on its Lower East Field, with matches taking place Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Cabrillo College’s football team posted its first shutout of the season, a 24-0 win over host West Hills Coalinga on Saturday, to assure itself of at least a .500 record in its second year removed from the death penalty.
The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team beat host Monterey Peninsula 27-25, 25-17, 16-25, 25-19 in the teams’ Coast Conference North Division match Wednesday night.
Freshman running back Peyton Hatten made himself a fixture in the end zone, and Cabrillo College’s football team shined in all three phases in its 43-7 rout of visiting Gavilan to pick up its first Coast Conference win Saturday.
Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Senior goalie Lucas Primovera made nine saves to help Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 12-10 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Tuesday.
Senior Fiona Carey had seven goals and one assist, and Aptos High’s youth-laden girls water polo squad sailed past Harbor 21-1 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.
Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.
Senior middle blocker Daisy Manako had eight kills and three blocks, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Aptos, 25-12, 25-15, 25-16, to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
The nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team opened its 14-match road trip with a 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 of host Caltech on Wednesday in Pasadena.
The UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team swept Hamline 25-14, 25-16, 25-9 at the West Field House on Sunday to finish with a 5-0 mark in the UCSC Slugfest to open its season.
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.
Gigi Brown led Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team with seven kills and eight digs in its 25-15, 25-16, 25-10 sweep of host Aptos on Tuesday to lock up no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season crown.
Senior Quinn Healy scored six goals and junior teammate Leah Murphy scored five goals, as the Soquel High girls water polo team beat host Aptos 21-4 and secured no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season title Wednesday.
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.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young and Scotts Valley junior Ashlyn Boothby won races at the 3-mile Monterey Bay Invitational at Toro Park on Saturday.
Aptos High’s Annika Lee and Madison Phillips, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League doubles champion, were eliminated in the first round of the Central Coast Section doubles tournament Tuesday.
Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 15 kills to lead the Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win over Harbor in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night.