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Harbor stuns defending SCCAL champ Santa Cruz with rare sweep | Girls volleyball Sep 22, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s sophomore-led girls volleyball team was competitive with crosstown rival Santa Cruz last season, when the Pirates stunned the Cardinals in five sets in the teams’ first meeting but dropped their next two meetings.
VolleyballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Santa Cruz girls water polo slips past Aptos in tight SCCAL battle | Local Roundup Sep 22, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Zoe Ann Watson had two goals and two assists, and Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team edged host Aptos 5-4 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday. 
Women’s volleyballGirls volleyballGirls tennisBoys water poloGirls golfBoys cross countryGirls cross countryWater PoloAptos HighSan Lorenzo Valley HighSanta Cruz High

Aptos girls water polo team sails past Harbor in SCCAL match | Local Roundup Sep 19, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Fiona Carey had seven goals and one assist, and Aptos High’s youth-laden girls water polo squad sailed past Harbor 21-1 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Tuesday.
Boys water poloGirls volleyballGirls tennisGirls golfMen’s soccerWomen’s soccerWater PoloAptos HighHarbor High

Visit from injured Taylor Fernandez among MVC’s few highlights in blowout loss to Monterey | High school football roundup Sep 16, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School’s football team dropped from the unbeaten ranks Friday. But the Mustangs’ decisive loss, a 55-19 nonleague setback to powerful Monterey, started and ended with an emotional appearance from injured lineman Taylor Fernandez.
Aptos 42North Salinas 27SLV 7Watsonville 0North Monterey County 41Harbor 13Football

Unbeaten Santa Cruz holds off Soquel in five sets | SCCAL girls volleyball Sep 15, 2023 | By Gordon Kass

Soquel High’s girls volleyball team visited Santa Cruz with a sense of urgency Thursday.
VolleyballHarbor HighSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

MVC boys cross country team wins PCAL center meet | Local Roundup Sep 15, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School sophomore cross country runners Conor Gilliam and Gavin Beckmen finished second and third, respectively, at the PCAL Mission Center Meet No. 1 on Thursday. Watsonville junior Katelynn Ruiz took first in the first in the girls race.
Girls cross countryGirls volleyballGirls water poloBoys water poloCross Country

Santa Cruz sweeps Aptos in SCCAL volleyball action | Local Roundup Sep 12, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Senior middle blocker Daisy Manako had eight kills and three blocks, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Aptos, 25-12, 25-15, 25-16, to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Men’s soccerWomen’s soccerGirls golfGirls tennisVolleyballAptos HighSanta Cruz High

Harbor, MVC move to 3-0 behind stellar outings | High school football roundup Sep 09, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Running back Jeovany Linares wasn’t at full strength Friday, when Harbor High’s football team attempted to secure yet another early-season accolade.
Monte Vista Christian 31Rancho San Juan 13Mission Prep 18Aptos 15FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Abigail Higgins scores 10 goals in Harbor’s girls water polo rout of Hollister | Local Roundup Sep 08, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Abigail Higgins scored a career-high 10 goals to go along with two assists, and three steals, and the Harbor High girls water polo team routed Hollister 26-4 in the teams’ nonleague game in Santa Cruz on Thursday.
Girls cross countryBoys cross countryBoys water poloGirls tennisWomen’s volleyballWater PoloHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Harbor edges Soquel in five-set thriller | High school volleyball roundup Sep 08, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

In a tight, thrilling match of mini surges, Harbor High’s girls volleyball team gained a lead and rival Soquel rallied back.
Santa Cruz 3Scotts Valley 0Mount Madonna 3SLV 1Hollister 3Aptos 2Monte Vista Christian 3Stevenson 2VolleyballHarbor HighSoquel High

Defending champ Santa Cruz opens SCCAL with sweep of Mount Madonna | Local Roundup Sep 06, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team cruised to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-9 sweep of Mount Madonna on Tuesday night to open its title defense in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play.
Men’s soccerTable tennisVolleyballSanta Cruz High

UCSC women’s volleyball goes 5-0 at Slugfest to open season | Local Roundup Sep 04, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

The UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team swept Hamline 25-14, 25-16, 25-9 at the West Field House on Sunday to finish with a 5-0 mark in the UCSC Slugfest to open its season.
Women’s soccerMen’s soccerSurfingGirls volleyballVolleyballSanta Cruz High

Harbor scores school-record 70 points in rout of Yerba Buena | High school football Sep 03, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High senior receiver Michael Servin knew exactly what was at stake as he gathered a shovel pass from quarterback James Veiga, and cut up the right sideline with an empty lane to the end zone Saturday night.
FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

SC native Lynden Gooch, 27, signs two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. | Local Roundup Sep 02, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Lynden Gooch, a 27-year-old Santa Cruz native and former Soquel High standout, has signed a two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. of the English Football League Championship.
Men’s soccerWomen’s soccerPro baseballWomen’s volleyballGirls volleyballFootballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Harbor assistant removed from staff after role in scuffle | High school football Sep 01, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

The two Harbor High’s football assistants who were ejected from the Pirates’ abbreviated, scuffle-marred, 40-0 win over rival Santa Cruz on Friday won’t be on the sidelines in the near future.
FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Sae Ackerstein, Madalyn Price to compete at International Surf Rescue Challenge | Local Roundup Sep 01, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Two Santa Cruz athletes, Sae Ackerstein and Madalyn “Munchie” Price, have been selected to represent the United States as part of the Youth National Team at the International Surf Rescue Challenge at South Padre Island, Texas, on Sept 17-24.
Girls water poloBoy water poloGirls volleyballMen’s volleyballWomen’s volleyballGirls tennisSanta Cruz High

Santa Cruz cancels PCAL crossover game against Hollister | High school football Aug 31, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s football team, which suited 23 players in its 40-0 loss to Harbor on Friday, has cancelled its Sept. 16 home game against powerful Hollister, Cardinals brass said Wednesday evening.
FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

UCSC names head coaches for men’s tennis, women’s basketball | Local Roundup Aug 30, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz announced the hiring of head coaches for the men’s tennis and women’s basketball programs.
Women’s basketballGirls tennisGirls volleyballBoys water poloMen’s soccerBasketballTennisSanta Cruz High

Harbor girls volleyball takes second at Rumble at the Rock in Morro Bay | Local Roundup Aug 27, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team went 6-2 to place second at the Rumble at the Rock Tournament in Morro Bay on Saturday.
Girls water poloWomen’s soccerVolleyballHarbor High

Photo | Calm before storm on prep gridiron Aug 26, 2023 | By Shmuel Thaler

Dusk falls over Harbor High School’s Bob Enzweiler Field as Harbor hosts Santa Cruz on Friday in both teams’ season opening football game.
FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Harbor’s rout of SC called at halftime, following sideline scrap | High school football Aug 26, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

After serving as punching bag for the majority of its 52-year existence, Harbor High was poised to put an all-time thumping on crosstown foe Santa Cruz on Friday night in front of a capacity crowd.  
FootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Local football programs look to make some noise in PCAL Santa Lucia Division | KICKOFF 2023 Aug 21, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

High school football programs at Harbor, Pajaro Valley and San Lorenzo Valley all look to make some noise in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division this season. All three will attempt to do so with new head coaches.
HarborPajaro ValleySLVFootballHarbor HighSan Lorenzo Valley High

Santa Cruz’s Brendan Bobo breaks Northwoods League’s career HR record | Local Roundup Aug 08, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Brendan Bobo, a 6-foot-3, 207-pound infielder out of Harbor High, broke the Northwoods League’s career home run record in the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters’ 7-6 win over the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders on Thursday.
GolfHigh schoolHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Aptos’ Matt Hood, SC’s Oscar Knapp named co-Players of the Year | All-SCCAL baseball Jun 08, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High junior Matt Hood helped the Mariners’ baseball team repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion, and Santa Cruz senior Oscar Knapp helped the runner-up Cardinals stay right on their stern.
BaseballAptos HighSanta Cruz High

SLV’s Alyssa Struthers, Amelia Sizemore garner top honors | All-SCCAL softball Jun 07, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

San Lorenzo Valley HIgh’s Alyssa Struthers and Amelia Sizemore were solid softball players a year ago, when they helped their team earn a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. They were even better this season in helping the Cougars win the title outright.
SoftballSan Lorenzo Valley High