Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones, a 6-foot-1 junior for Stanford University’s national champion women’s basketball team, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award, given annually to the nation’s best small forward.
Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 15 kills to lead the Santa Cruz High girls volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19 win over Harbor in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night.
Elana McGrew shot 3-over-par 26 over six holes to help Scotts Valley High’s girls golf team to a 133-144 win over Aptos at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday.
Junior outside hitter Hannah Fleming recorded a triple-double in Scotts Valley High’s 25-7, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball match on Thursday.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays and Keanna Miller are set to compete in the World Surf League’s Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro, a Women’s QS 3,000 event in Oceanside. The competition window opens Friday and runs through Sunday.
Watsonville native Chase Watkins made his professional baseball debut Monday and threw a scoreless inning of relief in the Arizona Complex League Cubs’ 8-6 loss to the ACL Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.