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Santa Cruz staff throws shutout against Evergreen Valley | High school baseball roundup

Left-hander Oscar Knapp, right-hander Nick Lindroth, left-hander Nick Bogomilsky each threw two innings and right-hander Nico Hilger closed out the Cardinals’ 6-0 win Friday.

Santa Cruz rallies past Scotts Valley with timely hitting | High school baseball roundup

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team is still putting things together as it hopes to make a run at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball title this season. It took a step forward in its latest game, thanks to some timely hitting and solid middle relief pitching in its 5-2 win over Scotts Valley on Friday.

Kaitlin Imai scores 35 points in Scotts Valley’s D-IV win over Carmel | CCS basketball roundup

Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Jasmin Nguyen, Santa Cruz use injury time to hand Aptos its first loss | Girls soccer roundup

Jasmin Nguyen’s second goal off a free kick sent Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team past previously unbeaten Aptos 3-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.

Aptos rolls in tournament opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena | Boys basketball

Limited action cost Spinelli another double-double; he finished with a team-high 19 points and nine rebounds. But if the Mariners showed anything in their tournament opener — and they showed plenty — it was their penchant for sharing the ball.

Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball

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.

Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title

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.

Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup

A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.

Belene Rodriguez’s late goal lifts Santa Cruz into NorCal D-III regional championship | Girls water polo roundup

Belene Rodriguez was held to a first-quarter tally over the game’s opening 27 minutes and 13 seconds. Her second goal was worth the wait. She scored with 47 seconds left and the No. 1 seed Cardinals held on to edge No. 4 Rams 4-3 to advance to the CIF NorCal D-III regional championship.

Santa Cruz downs Del Mar, moves into D-III semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup

The No. 2 seed Cardinals (21-5) advance to Thursday’s semifinal at home against No. 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral (19-14), a West Catholic Athletic League power from San Francisco. A victory over the Fightin’ Irish will propel Santa Cruz into its first section championship match appearance in school history.

Harbor rallies, stuns host Santa Cruz on senior night | SCCAL girls volleyball roundup

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team flipped the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title race sideways after picking itself off the carpet and stunning host Santa Cruz 14-25, 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 15-6 Thursday night.

Isaiah Velez scores 4 TDS as Falcons run past Wildcatz in Cypress Division opener | PCAL football roundup

Scotts Valley High expected a battle from Watsonville on homecoming night in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener. Both teams lost recently to Santa Cruz by similar scores. 

Harbor blasts James Lick, moves to 2-0 | High school football roundup

From the beginning of the 2015 season until the current campaign, Harbor had compiled a 2-51 record. In the last eight days, the Pirates are 2-0.