Aptos High’s football team turned in impressive showing against The King’s Academy on Thursday and delivered Zach Hewett a victory in his debut as head coach to open the 2024 campaign.
More than half of the high school football programs in Santa Cruz County saw their first action of the season at the annual jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening. A couple of them, Aptos and Scotts Valley, looked in midseason form.
Aptos, Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville will compete in the annual varsity football jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening.
The Gabilan Division is not only the top level of the three-tiered, equity Pacific Coast Athletic League, it’s one of the top leagues in the Central Coast Section.
Hundreds of athletes with a thirst for open water swimming gathered at Main Beach to compete in the two races that make up Santa Cruz Open Water Weekend.
A large local contingent of track and field athletes are competing in the 2024 Nike Outdoor Nationals, which opened Wednesday and runs through Saturday in Eugene, Oregon.
University of Arkansas freshman relief pitcher Gabe Gaeckle, an Aptos High alum, was a named a Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Scotts Valley High senior pitcher/first baseman Blake LaRiviere was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year after he helped the Falcons close the regular season with a nine-game win streak to secure second place and a berth in the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Soquel High boys lacrosse had three players named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s All-Mission Division first team; Pacific Collegiate and Aptos each had two.
Scotts Valley High junior midfielder Sofia Niklaus was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division after leading a rebuilding Falcons girls lacrosse team to a surprising second-place finish behind champion Stevenson.
Aptos High senior Lawrence Ingram IV will continue his academic and football careers at NCAA Division III Chapman University in Orange. He plans to play linebacker for the Panthers.
Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team dominated during the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, winning its third straight league title, and, unsurprisingly, dominated all-league selections.
Soquel High senior Jonelle Scott was one of 12 athletes to qualify for the final in the girls’ pole vault at the 104th CIF State Championships at Buchanan High in Clovis at Buchanan High on Friday.
Scotts Valley junior Taylor Wilson was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. It was the third straight season that she has received first-team honors or better.
Jake Fiorenza had a hit, two stolen bases, and scored twice, and Harbor High’s baseball team beat Piedmont Hills of San Jose 6-1 in the Central Coast Section Division V quarterfinals on Saturday.
The No. 7 seed Cupertino High softball team upset No. 2 San Lorenzo Valley 9-5 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals in Felton on Saturday.
On a breezy afternoon great for flying kites, Scotts Valley resident Nathaniel Guillory and Soquel High senior Jonelle Scott were both flying high after they won events at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Finals at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Unseeded Koosha Safari, a senior at Aptos High who has won three Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles, saw his prep career come to an end in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section Singles Tournament at Seascape Sports Club on Thursday.