More than two dozen athletes from Santa Cruz County took part in the Wildflower, a three-day party celebrating multi-sport, music wellness and outdoor adventure, held in Bradley over the weekend.
Burgeoning decathlete Logan Walters, a senior track and field talent for Soquel High, put on a proverbial clinic at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Aptos High on Saturday.
Aptos High sophomore Scarlett Stateler playfully flexed for a photographer while standing atop the podium with one of her four medals in hand at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships. Her pose was both justified and deserved.
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.
Watsonville High’s boys track and field team scored 78 points to win its Pacific Coast Athletic League tri-meet against Monterey (50) and host Pajaro Valley (6) on Thursday.
Santa Cruz High senior guard Tiera O’Connor, who didn’t play for the Cardinals in the winter after helping lead the program to back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles, will continue her basketball and academic careers at NCAA Division II San Francisco State University.
Whether Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young has a good showing or not at an out-of-town track and field competition, it has become a thing for his mom, Kim, to blare ABBA’s Dancing Queen on the car stereo and the family to sing along.
Aptos High’s boys track and field team beat Scotts Valley 106-25 and Mount Madonna 131-0, and the Falcons beat the Hawks 77-0 in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tri-meet at Aptos on Thursday.
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.
Santa Cruz senior Eli Fitchen-Young and Soquel junior Ben Comilang posted top-three finishes and broke school records at the 2025 Stanford Invitational on Saturday.
Damos Deworken doubled, drew a walk, had two RBI, and scored twice in Santa Cruz High’s 8-3 win over Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball action Friday.
Seniors Casey MacConnell, Andrew Pursley, and Logan Brantley each won two individual events to lead Aptos High’s boys track and field team past Soquel 103-30 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Thursday.
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.
Senior Eli Fitchen-Young and junior Seb Williams each won two individual events for Santa Cruz High’s track and field team in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tri-meet victory Thursday in Santa Cruz.
Jason Graff threw a complete-game one hitter, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team beat Harbor 5-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday.
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.
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.
Aptos seniors Logan Brantley and Casey MacConnell each won two individual events, and the Mariners’ boys track and field team won eight total at the Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions II at Harbor High on Saturday.
UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu advanced from the prelims to the finals on the opening day of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Friday.
Harbor High volleyball talent Sabine Kemos announced on social media that she will continue her athletic career at NCAA Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps while studying at Claremont McKenna College.
Guard Yuri Collins recorded his 10th double-double of the season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 125-117 to Memphis in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
Harbor High’s youth-laden and inexperienced girls basketball upset shorthanded Aptos 27-26 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League finale on Saturday.
Santa Cruz beach volleyball talent Ciara Cantlen has transferred from University of Hawaii to compete for Santa Clara University, the Broncos announced Friday.