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No firsts? No problem. Harbor claims first team title since ’04 behind depth | Girls’ SCCAL Swimming Championships Apr 30, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High won the team title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Swimming Championships on Saturday for the first time since 2004, perhaps before any members of this year’s winning team was born.
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Gabe Porter paces Harbor to first league title since ’06 | Boys’ SCCAL Swimming Championships Apr 30, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High senior speedster Gabe Porter contributed top-two finishes in four events to pace the Pirates to the boys title at Saturday’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Swimming Championships on Saturday in their pool.
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Harbor wins finale, earns share of SCCAL beach volleyball title | Local Roundup Apr 30, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s beach volleyball team used three forfeits for a 5-0 sweep of Mount Madonna on Friday to finish the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular season with a share of the title.
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Cougars softball team pounces on Mariners in Felton | Local Roundup Apr 29, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Alyssa Struthers hit two doubles, had three RBI and scored twice as the San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team rolled Aptos 15-1 in its mercy-rule shortened, five inning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
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Mount Madonna boys volleyball rallies past Soquel | Local Roundup Apr 27, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Ben Pearson had 36 kills and 14 aces, and Mount Madonna School’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 23-25, 30-28, 25-20, 25-23 win over Soquel on the Knights’ senior night. 
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Santa Cruz’s Nat Young competes in final CT event before midseason cut | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young will compete in the World Surf League’s Margaret River Pro this week at Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia. It’s the final event before the WSL makes its newly implemented midseason cut.
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James Gaynor replaces retiring Hollis O’Brien as Harbor’s athletics director Apr 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

James Gaynor Jr. has stepped down as Harbor High’s football coach and will take over as interim athletics director, a replacement for retiring Hollis O’Brien. 
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Santa Cruz’s beach volleyball win over Harbor creates logjam atop standings | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s girls beach volleyball team knocked off host Harbor 4-1 on Wednesday and create a three-team tie atop the SCCAL standings.
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SCCAL tennis champion Mariners hold off Soquel | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aaron Buchanan and Heath Hegna earned singles wins in straight sets, and the Aptos High boys tennis team knocked off Soquel 4-3 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
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Wildcatz’s three HRs help edge crosstown rival St. Francis in softball | Local Roundup Apr 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Rylee Gomez had two home runs and three RBI, and Watsonville High’s softball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to rally past St. Francis 5-4 in the Watsonville Tournament on Saturday. Junior outfielder Abreanna Alba hit for the cycle in a win over Stevenson.
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Harbor boys swimming slips past Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Gabe Porter and Conall Barber each won two individual events to lead Harbor High’s boys swim team slip past Santa Cruz 81-80 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Friday.
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Scotts Valley High to host memorial service for late football star Carlton Keegan on Saturday | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

A memorial service for Scotts Valley High senior Carlton Keegan, 18, will be held on the school’s football field on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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Amelia Sizemore, SLV sneak past Aptos in SCCAL softball action | Local Roundup Apr 13, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team had two hits and four walks, as well as Amelia Sizemore in the circle, and that was enough to post a 4-2 win over Aptos on Tuesday in Felton.
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Aptos senior goalie Ulises Hernández named MVP | All-SCCAL boys soccer Apr 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High senior goalie Ulises Hernández was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
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St. Francis’ Julian Vargas, Scotts Valley’s DMR take third at Stanford Invitational | Local Roundup Apr 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High senior Julian Vargas took third in the 3,200-meter race at the prestigious Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Friday, and Scotts Valley’s girls took third in the Distance Medley Relay.
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Santa Cruz surfer Autumn Hays advances in Barbados | Local Roundup Apr 01, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays on Thursday advanced from her opening heat at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 3,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
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Cabrillo softball routs Chabot | Local Roundup Mar 29, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Ella Giguiere had a hit and three RBI, and the Cabrillo College softball team beat Chabot 10-0 in five innings in the teams’ Coast Conference game Tuesday in Aptos.
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Harbor beach volleyball sweeps Scotts Valley, moves to 4-0 | Local Roundup Mar 26, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Gwen Grigsby and Maren O’Farrell beat Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman, 21-13, 17-21, 15-8  in the No. 1 match, and Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 5-0 on Friday.
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Falcons’ girls lacrosse team blasts MVC | Local Roundup Mar 24, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Taylor Santos, Siena Wong and Ellie Raffo each scored four goals as Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team defeated Monte Vista Christian 16-2 on Thursday.
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Adam Hazel steps down as St. Francis athletic director | Local Roundup Mar 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Adam Hazel will step down as athletic director of St. Francis High at the end of the 2021-22 school year, the school announced Wednesday.
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Aptos boys tennis rolls past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Mar 22, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High singles players Koosha Safari, Aaron Buchanan and Heath Hegna didn’t lose a game in their straight-sets wins, and the Mariners’ boys tennis team beat host Scotts Valley 6-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
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St. Francis baseball produces back-to-back no-hitters | Local Roundup Mar 18, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Freshman Nash Horton’s dominant outing gave St. Francis High’s baseball team its second no-hitter in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play this week. Horton recorded nine strikeouts and gave up one walk over six innings as the Sharks won 10-0 over North Monterey County on Friday in a game shortened by the mercy rule. […]
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Aptos boys tennis tops Soquel, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup Mar 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sean Spencer and Nick Hambright won 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 at No. 2 doubles to help Aptos High’s tennis team beat host Soquel to stay unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Thursday.
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Kai Price throws no-hitter in St. Francis’ baseball win over North Salinas | Local Roundup Mar 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kai Price threw a five-inning no-hitter as the St. Francis High baseball team beat host North Salinas 12-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule Wednesday.
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Adan Rivas hoping to be X factor for Wildcatz | Boys track and field preview Mar 16, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

Before misfortune cruelly intervened and deprived him of one full track and field season and part of another, Adan Rivas appeared headed to become an elite sprinter for Watsonville High. Judging by the junior’s performance at last spring’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet, he still could. He’s just not as far along in his […]
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