Already crowned a Central Coast Section swimming champion and CIF State Meet qualifier as a freshman, Monte Vista Christian School’s Easton Alanis was back for more at Independence High on Saturday. And things went, well, swimmingly.
Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
The top-seeded Harbor High’s boys volleyball team received a furious challenge No. 2 Santa Cruz in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship match at Cabrillo College on Thursday.
Wave by wave, foursomes made their way to the scorer’s table on Wednesday afternoon to sign their scorecards. They did so with smiles on their faces and a bounce in their step.
Seniors Cooper Lastition and Josh Rejfir each made eight kills, and the No. 1 seed Harbor High boys volleyball team swept No. 4 San Lorenzo Valley 25-19, 25-18, 25-14 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Tuesday night.
Soquel High sophomore Riley Shank, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s individual golf champion, shot 7-over-par 78 to lead Santa Cruz County’s contingent at Central Coast Section Qualifying. He tied for 41st.
Nikowa D’Costa Hemp made 24 kills, and the No. 3 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team earned a 25-22, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of No. 6 Soquel in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament in Watsonville on Monday night.
Santa Cruz’s Jesse Dueck helped the No. 3 seed UCLA’s beach volleyball team win the NCAA Division I championship at Gulf Beach Place in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sunday.
The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Swimming Championships featured a site change since Aptos High’s boilers continue to short out, which meant the temperature in the Mariners’ pool dropped from its usual, cozy 80 degrees to a chilly 73.
Aptos High’s Ella Boyes and Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve went out with a bang at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships at Harbor High on Saturday. The seniors both earned three individual event wins.
No matter what Aptos High’s boys lacrosse team does the rest of the season, at least the Mariners know they accomplished something no other team could this season, they knocked off previously unbeaten Soquel and did so on the Knights’ home turf.
Cooper Lastition, a 6-foot-4 outside hitter, shined on senior night, and Harbor High’s boys volleyball team won the 2026 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright with its 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 sweep of visiting Santa Cruz in the teams’ regular-season finale on Thursday.
Aptos High took first place in the 4×800 meter relay for both boys and girls, and Soquel senior Jack Cash and Harbor junior Elise Dawson won pole vault titles at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Trials at Harbor High.
A pair of tennis thrillers took place at Imperial Courts to decide the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singles and doubles champions — as well as Central Coast Section individual qualifiers — on Wednesday.
Soquel High sophomore Riley Shank not only turned in his best round at Pasatiempo Golf Club, he secured the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys golf individual championship in stunning fashion Tuesday evening.
Senior Jake Escalante hit two doubles and drove in three runs, and Soquel High’s baseball team beat visiting Aptos 9-3 in a matchup of the top two teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday.
The Reggie Stephens Foundation (RSF), in partnership with the Gino Panelli Foundation, will host the inaugural Central Coast Senior Girls Soccer All-Star Game at Santa Cruz High on Sunday.
Chicago White Sox rookie Tanner Murray suffered a left shoulder dislocation and fracture making a diving catch on Sunday and will likely miss the remainder of the season, MLB.com reported.
Junior Jeremy Arulanantham, freshman Lukas Novotny, senior Ian Burchell, and sophomore Anders Laurberg won their singles matches in straight sets on Friday to help Santa Cruz High’s boys tennis team beat Harbor 6-1 in a make-up match and secure its first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team title since 2015.
Senior midfielder Addie Somerville scored the decisive goal with 32 seconds remaining, and Soquel High’s girls lacrosse team edged host Harker 8-7 in the teams’ nonleague match in San Jose on Thursday.
Aptos High’s baseball team handed host Harbor a 10-4 loss to secure its grip on second place in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League make-up game on Wednesday.
Santa Cruz mountain biker Tobin Ortenblad, 31, took fourth place out of 535 riders in the prestigious Fuego XL at the 2026 Sea Otter Classic in Salinas on Sunday.