Monte Vista Christian School junior Justin McCullick (17:14.90) took first place and led the Mustangs to the team title at the PCAL Mission Division Championships on Saturday at Palo Corona Regional Park’s 5,000-meter course.
Senior Fiona Carey scored three goals, and the No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team knocked off No. 2 Santa Cruz 6-3 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Thursday.
Santa Cruz High sophomore tennis player Francesca Garces and Aptos senior Tiana Smith will square off for the girls singles title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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.
Santa Cruz’s Judi Oyama, who turns 64 on Sunday, has been named to the 2024 USA Slalom Skateboarding Team and will represent the U.S. at the World Skate Games in Rome in September.
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.
Belene Rodriguez had six goals and two assists and Sadie Bigler had five goals and two assists as the Cabrillo College women’s water polo team routed San Mateo 19-4 on Wednesday in Aptos.
Monterey Bay F.C. wingback Walmer Martínez has been selected to join the El Salvador National Team for its two upcoming matches in the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League group stage.
St. Francis High junior quarterback Javier Fonseca passed for three touchdowns in the first half, and the Sharks knocked off visiting Santa Cruz 39-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division game Saturday.
Scotts Valley High sophomore Ava Decleve took second out of 83 runners in the girls’ varsity race No. 1 at the Westmoor Ram Invitational in Daly City on Saturday.
Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”
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.
Madalyn ‘Munchie’ Price (Capitola) and Sae Ackerstein (Santa Cruz City), competing for Team USA, turned in stellar performances at the week-long International Surf Rescue Challenge in South Padre Island, Texas, which ended Saturday.
Amanda Scott scored in the 75th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team knocked of host Menlo 2-1 in Atherton on Friday for its third straight win.