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Central Coast High School All-Star football game rosters Jan 29, 2025 | By John Devine

Rosters for the 39th Central Coast High School All-Star football game, slated for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Salinas High
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Inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game exceeds expectations Jan 27, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

No one beats the NFL. No one. But ask any of the 300-plus fans who skipped watching the NFL’s Championship Sunday to attend a piece of local history at Santa Cruz High — the inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations — and they’d tell you they chose correctly.
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High School football: Central Coast all-star roster Jan 26, 2025 | By John Devine

Players selected to the Central Coast High School All-Star football game
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Locals celebrate flag football’s massive growth with first All-Star game Jan 24, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

The inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations, takes place at Santa Cruz High on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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High School girls flag football: North-South all-star football game rosters Jan 23, 2025 | By John Devine

Rosters for the Central Coast high school all-star girls flag football game
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Locals preparing for Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game | Local Roundup Jan 20, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

More than a dozen student-athletes from Santa Cruz County have been chosen to compete in the 39th annual Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game.
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High School football: Central Coast all-star game rosters Jan 18, 2025 | By John Devine

Players selected to the Central Coast High School All-Star football game
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High School girls flag football: North-South all-star game Jan 02, 2025 | By John Devine

Central Coast Flag Football all-star girls’ game
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Local Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Dominique Parrish had an unforgettable 2024 | Sports Newsmaker of the Year Dec 31, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz and Scotts Valley native Dominique “Domino” Parrish — both Olympic qualifiers — are the 2024 Sentinel Sports Newsmakers of the Year.
Parrish qualifies for OlympicsOthers considered for Sports Newsmaker of the YearAptos High

Whelan and dealing: Soquel junior QB among four county athletes who receive special honors | All-PCAL football Dec 31, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Quarterback Sam Whelan helped the Soquel High’s football team win the CIF Division 4AA state title as a sophomore in 2023. For an encore, he accomplished an equally impressive feat: He helped the Knights become the first team from Santa Cruz County to go unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division play.
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Scotts Valley’s Claire Skinner, Aptos’ Izzy Graff named co-MVPs | All-SCCAL flag football Dec 26, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Two girls flag football standouts, Scotts Valley High senior Claire Skinner and Aptos senior Izzy Graff, were named Co-MVPs of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
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Soquel’s 22-point lead evaporates in narrow loss to defending state champ Monterey | Boys basketball Dec 08, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s boys basketball team turned in a stellar first half against defending CIF State Division IV champion Monterey in the third-place game at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday.
Scotts Valley 44Central Catholic 43Valley Christian 74San Luis Obispo 52BasketballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Soquel falls to Valley Christian, will play for third place in Dad’s Club | Boys basketball Dec 07, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

With leading scorer Nico Ramirez sidelined by an eye injury sustained a day earlier, Soquel HIgh’s boys basketball team was unable to match the firepower of Valley Christian and fell 68-35 in the semifinals of the Dad’s Club Tournament at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday.
Santa Cruz 51Central Catholic 44Santa Teresa 77Scotts Valley 51San Luis Obispo 52Monterey 37BasketballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Soquel edges Santa Teresa, moves into Dad’s Club semifinals | Boys basketball Dec 06, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Hard to believe, but Soquel High’s boys basketball team, which finished 8-of-20 shooting from free-throw line, beat Santa Teresa at the charity line in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener on Thursday.
San Luis Obispo 69Santa Cruz 62OTValley Christian 68Scotts Valley 39Monterey 61Central Catholic 60OTBasketballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

High School football: PCAL all-league teams Dec 02, 2024 | By John Devine

The Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league football teams
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Sammy Rebbert scores winning TD to lift SV’s flag football team to SCCAL Tournament title | Local Roundup Nov 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior receiver Sammy Rebbert scored in the final minute, and the No. 2 seed Scotts Valley High girls flag football team topped No. 3 Aptos 12-7 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship at Harbor High on Saturday.
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Soquel beats Aptos, becomes first county team to go unbeaten in Gabilan Division | High school football roundup Nov 09, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High football coach Dwight Lowery hadn’t had an ice bath since he last played defensive back in the NFL, close to a decade ago.
North Monterey County 34Watsonville 13Alisal 33Scotts Valley 14FootballAptos HighSoquel High

Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke wins her third WCAL cross country title | Local Roundup Nov 07, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Archbishop Mitty High senior Evangeline “Evie” Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won her third West Catholic Athletic League individual cross country championship on Wednesday.
Girls flag footballWomen’s volleyballCross CountrySanta Cruz High

Ava Morrison, Hayden Smith pace Scotts Valley past MVC, into D-IV semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 06, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Outside hitters Ava Morrison and Hayden Smith combined for 38 kills, and the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team beat No. 5 Monte Vista Christian 25-14, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
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Watsonville’s Katelynn Ruiz, PCS’s Iris Paten run to PCAL cross country titles | Local Roundup Nov 03, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High senior Katelynn Ruiz and Pacific Collegiate freshman Iris Paten won division titles at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships at Palo Corona Regional Park in Carmel on Saturday.
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Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup Oct 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
Girls cross countryGirls tennisBoys water poloGirls water poloGirls flag footballAptos HighHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

St. Francis rallies past Scotts Valley with second-half surge | High school football roundup Oct 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High football players had every reason to hang their heads in a key league battle against Scotts Valley on Thursday night at Cabrillo College.
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Santa Cruz Warriors trade for returning player rights to forwards Kevin Knox II, Aaron Wheeler | Local Roundup Oct 24, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The Santa Cruz Warriors, the NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, acquired the returning player rights to 6-foot-7 forward Kevin Knox II and 6-9 forward Aaron Wheeler in a three-team trade with the Rip City Remix and Westchester Knicks on Wednesday.
Girls flag footballGirls volleyballWomen’s soccerMen’s soccerMen’s water poloWomen’s volleyballSanta Cruz High

Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Oct 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
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SLV beats Gonzales, moves to 7-0 overall | High school football roundup Oct 20, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Quarterback Jack Dagan rushed for a pair of touchdowns, including a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s unbeaten football team beat Gonzales 22-8 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game at Alisal High on Saturday night.
Scotts Valley 48Watsonville 14At Stevenson 37Pajaro Valley 7FootballSan Lorenzo Valley High