The closest thing to a lead pack was the congested start line at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Thursday. Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young made sure of it.
Scotts Valley High junior Ava Decleve pulled away from Aptos junior Maya Schiro and Santa Cruz freshman Isla Roake over the final mile and increased her stride through the finish line to take first place in dominant fashion at Pinto Lake County Park.
Archbishop Mitty High senior Evangeline “Evie” Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won her third West Catholic Athletic League individual cross country championship on Wednesday.
Watsonville High senior Katelynn Ruiz and Pacific Collegiate freshman Iris Paten won division titles at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships at Palo Corona Regional Park in Carmel on Saturday.
Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
Senior outside hitter Isla Johnson had 16 kills and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season champion with its 25-17, 25-11, 27-25 sweep of Scotts Valley on Thursday.
Senior Pa’ kalani Vaka-Saxton had six goals and one steal, and Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 13-10 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.
Scotts Valley High junior Ava Decleve and Monte Vista Christian’s Kylie Brunelli posted top-five finishes in the small school division cross country race at the Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay on Saturday.
Quarterback Jamari Vaughns threw a pair of touchdown passes to receiver Rio Cruz, but the Cabrillo College football team suffered a 32-13 loss to San Jose City in Aptos on Saturday night.
Aptos’ Jack Rose took first out of 2,915 runners in the 2024 Little Wharf 3-Miler in Capitola on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Mari Friedman took ninth overall and repeated as the women’s champ.
Seniors Giulia D’Souza and Daphne Olson each scored three goals to lead Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team past Aptos 10-7 in the teams’ physical Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.
Pacific Collegiate School senior Addie Payne, who plays basketball and volleyball for the Pumas, committed to Saint Mary’s College of California on her official visit last weekend. She’ll compete on the crew team.
Mark Climaco defeated Victor Dias by unanimous decision to win the main event at Legacy Fighting Alliance 192 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Friday.
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team unveiled its 2023 Central Coast Section championship banner in its first home match of the season Thursday, and added to its feel-good evening with a 26-28, 25-22, 25-20, 26-24 win over Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match.
Aptos High’s Brady Bliesner took seventh and teammate Sam Hansen was eighth at the fifth annual Jackie Henderson Memorial Cross Country Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday..
Santa Cruz County produced three top-10 finishers — Santa Cruz junior Eli Fitchen-Young, Scotts Valley senior Ashlynn Boothby, and Archbishop Mitty junior Evie Marheineke — at the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby, one of Santa Cruz County’s all-time great high school middle distance runners, will compete for Stanford beginning in 2024-25.
Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby earned her third straight individual Division IV title and the Falcons won their third straight team title at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont on Saturday.
Senior Malloy Wiens had four goals, two assists, and two field blocks, and Soquel High’s boys water polo team earned a 13-1 win over visiting Aptos on Thursday in the teams’ regular-season finale.
Senior Amelie Stotland had five goals, one assist, and one steal to lead Soquel High’s girls water polo team beat visiting Santa Cruz 19-6 to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.