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Unbeaten Pirates’ duo claims SCCAL pairs beach volleyball title | Local Roundup May 10, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High seniors Isla Johnson and Maren O’Farrell defeated Santa Cruz senior Shelby Leonardich and freshman Haisley Flanagan 21-15, 21-12 in the finals to win the Mark Brewer SCCAL Beach Volleyball Pairs Tournament.

Watsonville’s Cypress champion boys volleyball team swept in CCS play-in match | Local Roundup May 09, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High’s boys volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss to visiting Alisal in a Central Coast Section play-in match on Thursday night.

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Santa Cruz, Harbor boys volleyball teams advance to SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup May 07, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Julien Pally and Leo Sapunor paced Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team on offense, and the No. 1 seed Cardinals beat No. 4 Mount Madonna 25-20, 25-13, 25-11 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Santa Cruz High on Tuesday.

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Cabrillo baseball ousted from NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup May 04, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College’s baseball season came to a close Friday, when the No. 21 seed Seahawks lost 11-5 to No. 4 Feather River in the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Quincy.

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Harbor’s unbeaten beach volleyball team repeats as SCCAL champ | Local Roundup May 03, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept Soquel 5-0 to cap a perfect regular season at Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Friday.

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SV’s Taylor Wilson hits sixth HR, as Falcons knock off Aptos in SCCAL softball action | Local Roundup May 02, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s softball team beat visiting Aptos 5-3 on Thursday, and the Falcons secured a big win in their bid to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion.

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Harbor, Santa Cruz have multiple sports teams honored for academic success | Local Roundup May 01, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

When it comes to balancing athletics and athletics, multiple Harbor and Santa Cruz high teams more than made the grade.

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Cabrillo baseball wins regular-season finale, awaits word on playoffs | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Kaiden Hoapili had three hits, three RBI, and scored a run, and Cabrillo College’s baseball team beat visiting Monterey Peninsula 10-5 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division finale Thursday.

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Sofia Niklaus scores six goals as Scotts Valley girls lacrosse mauls Monterey | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had six goals and three assists, and Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team beat visiting Monterey 19-2 In Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Divison match on Tuesday.

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Watsonville softball shut out by Alvarez in PCAL Gabilan action | Local Roundup Apr 17, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Mia Espinoza’s triple was one Watsonville High’s three hits in a 10-0, five-inning loss to Everett Alvarez in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan softball action Wednesday.

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County’s top track and field athletes turn in stellar marks at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup Apr 12, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Some of Santa Cruz County’s top high school track and field athletes turned in stellar performances at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at Arcadia High.

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SLV golf stays unbeaten with win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 04, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

James Dahlen shot 35 and earned medalist honors to lead San Lorenzo Valley High’s golf team past Santa Cruz 204-219 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.

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Santa Cruz softball holds off SLV, moves to 3-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Apr 03, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s softball team held a five-run lead through four innings and held on for a 7-6 win over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Wednesday.

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Aptos boys win five events, team title at 52nd Avis Kelley Invitational | Local Roundup Mar 29, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys track and field team took first out of 21 schools competing at the 52nd Avis Kelley Invitational at Gilroy High on Saturday.

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SLV golf team stays unbeaten with narrow win over Aptos | Local Roundup Mar 28, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

High school golfers at Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club dealt with rain as they teed off and were treated to rainbows when they finished on Thursday.

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SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young continues to amaze with another record run | Local Roundup Mar 22, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High star senior runner Eli Fitchen-Young broke another school record in as many weeks.

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SLV softball edges Soquel in SCCAL action | Local Roundup Mar 20, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Cheyenne Owen had two hits, including a solo home run, and the San Lorenzo Valley High softball team edged visiting Soquel 5-4 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game on Thursday.

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UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson, Elena Stanciu post top-10 finishes at D-III Indoor Track and Field Championships | Local Roundup Mar 15, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu posted top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz edged by Wisconsin ahead of Sunday’s Chase Center game | Local Roundup Mar 07, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz saw Wisconsin’s Stephen Thompson make a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left, and the Warriors were edged by the Herd, 112-110, in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.

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SLV’s Gabriel Attia, Aptos’ Cruz Contreras meet goals at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup Feb 28, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

A pair of locals, San Lorenzo Valley High junior Gabriel Attia and Aptos High sophomore Cruz Contreras, met their goals of earning a win at the CIF State Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.

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Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup May 16, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

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Local track and field collegians shine at conference championships | Local Roundup May 12, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

University of Idaho senior Camryn Crouch, a San Lorenzo Valley High alumna, posted three top-10 finishes at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bozeman, Montana, on Saturday.

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Scotts Valley softball beats SLV, wins SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup May 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.

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Santa Cruz boys volleyball rolls into Open semifinals; hosts Archbishop Mitty next | Local Roundup May 08, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The No. 1 seed Santa Cruz High boys volleyball team swept visiting No. 8 Lynbrook of San Jose, 25-17, 25-15, 25-20, in the the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Tuesday.

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Cabrillo softball talent Kasydi Bennett named to all-state, all-conference teams | Local Roundup May 01, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College sophomore utility softball player Kasydi Bennett earned NFCA all-state team honors, and was named an all-Coast Conference first-team selection.

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