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Cabrillo football routs Gavilan to snap losing skid | Local Roundup

Freshman running back Peyton Hatten made himself a fixture in the end zone, and Cabrillo College’s football team shined in all three phases in its 43-7 rout of visiting Gavilan to pick up its first Coast Conference win Saturday.

Aptos girls tennis edges SV, stays unbeaten in SCCAL play | Local Roundup

Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

Soquel alum Walmer Martínez rejoins El Salvador National Team | Local Roundup

Monterey Bay F.C. wingback Walmer Martínez has been selected to join the El Salvador National Team for its two upcoming matches in the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League group stage.

UCSC men’s cross country team runs to first invitational win since 2019 | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz cross country runners Casey Orton and Eric Jackson led the Banana Slugs to the Pacific Collegiate Invitational title on Friday in Lodi.

Santa Cruz knocks off Soquel 12-10 in boys water polo | Local Roundup

Senior goalie Lucas Primovera made nine saves to help Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 12-10 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Tuesday.

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz immortalized with ‘World Record Way’ in Des Moines | Local Roundup

To commemorate the inaugural records Nikki Hiltz and Sam Prakel set at the championship on April 25, the City of Des Moines along with Drake Athletics has renamed 13th Street to “World Record Way.”

Aptos girls water polo team sails past Harbor in SCCAL match | Local Roundup

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.

Pajaro Valley football ends shutout skid, but St. Francis prevails in nonleague game | Local Roundup

Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.

Santa Cruz sweeps Aptos in SCCAL volleyball action | Local Roundup

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.

SF’s Tom De Bruyn, SJ’s Anna Guzman win Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz titles | Local Roundup

San Francisco’s Tom De Bruyn and San Jose’s Anna Guzman won Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz titles on Sunday.

UCSC volleyball climbs into national rankings, wins again | Local Roundup

The nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team opened its 14-match road trip with a 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 of host Caltech on Wednesday in Pasadena.

UCSC women’s volleyball goes 5-0 at Slugfest to open season | Local Roundup

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.

SC native Lynden Gooch, 27, signs two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. | Local Roundup

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.

Harbor girls volleyball takes second at Rumble at the Rock in Morro Bay | Local Roundup

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

James Wiseman posts double-double in Santa Cruz’s loss to South Bay | Local Roundup

Center James Wiseman produced a double-double in his season debut for Santa Cruz on Saturday night, but the Warriors fell 111-91 to the South Bay Lakers in front of 2,488 fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.

UCSC women’s volleyball upset in Coast-To-Coast semifinals | Local Roundup

The No. 22 ranked UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team was swept 27-29- 22-25, 24-26 by Salisbury in the Coast-To-Coast Tournament semifinals in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Friday.

Santa Cruz resident Evie Marheineke wins WCAL cross country title | Local Roundup

Archbishop Mitty sophomore Evie Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won the individual title at the West Catholic Athletic League Cross Country Championships on Wednesday in Belmont.

Santa Cruz secures first SCCAL volleyball title since ’02 | Local Roundup

Gigi Brown led Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team with seven kills and eight digs in its 25-15, 25-16, 25-10 sweep of host Aptos on Tuesday to lock up no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season crown.

County trio sweeps podium at Bellarmine’s Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz County produced the top three individuals at Bellarmine’s 10-team Terry Ward Invitational in Sunnyvale on Saturday.

Santa Cruz volleyball stuns host Soquel in five-set thriller | Local Roundup

“Crazy” might be an understatement in describing Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball victory over host Soquel on Monday.

SC’s Kees Van Der Meer, Sae Ackerstein victorious at Lifesaving World Championships | Local Roundup

Two locals, Santa Cruz’s Kees Van Der Meer and Sae Ackerstein, won events in the FIN Rescue World Cup at the Lifesaving World Championships, which began Sept. 18 and run though Monday in Riccione, Italy.

SC’s Nat Young helps Team USA secure title in Huntington Beach | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young helped Team USA win the title at the 2022 ISA World Surf Games, securing the Americans one extra slot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Local runners dominate at Jackie Henderson Memorial in Castroville | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.

UCSC women’s volleyball goes 3-1 at Oregon Trail Classic | Local Roundup

The UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball team earned a split in their matches Saturday to finish 3-1 at the Oregon Trail Classic in Forest Grove, Oregon.