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SLV golf team stays unbeaten with narrow win over Aptos | Local Roundup Mar 28, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

High school golfers at Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club dealt with rain as they teed off and were treated to rainbows when they finished on Thursday.

SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young continues to amaze with another record run | Local Roundup Mar 22, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High star senior runner Eli Fitchen-Young broke another school record in as many weeks.

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SLV softball edges Soquel in SCCAL action | Local Roundup Mar 20, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Cheyenne Owen had two hits, including a solo home run, and the San Lorenzo Valley High softball team edged visiting Soquel 5-4 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game on Thursday.

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UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson, Elena Stanciu post top-10 finishes at D-III Indoor Track and Field Championships | Local Roundup Mar 15, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu posted top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz edged by Wisconsin ahead of Sunday’s Chase Center game | Local Roundup Mar 07, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz saw Wisconsin’s Stephen Thompson make a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left, and the Warriors were edged by the Herd, 112-110, in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.

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Cabrillo basketball talents Dai’shaun Buie, Walzel Evans earn multiple all-conference honors | Local Roundup Mar 03, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College basketball talents Dai’shaun Buie and Walzel Evans earned All-Coast Conference South Division first-team honors.

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SC Warriors lose to Memphis in NBA G League battle | Local Roundup Mar 02, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Guard Yuri Collins recorded his 10th double-double of the season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 125-117 to Memphis in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.

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SLV’s Gabriel Attia, Aptos’ Cruz Contreras meet goals at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Local Roundup Feb 28, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

A pair of locals, San Lorenzo Valley High junior Gabriel Attia and Aptos High sophomore Cruz Contreras, met their goals of earning a win at the CIF State Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Friday.

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Scotts Valley boys volleyball opens season with five-set win over PCS | Local Roundup Feb 25, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Senior defensive specialist Neo Ciotti had a total of 25 perfect passes, 10 digs, and two aces, and Scotts Valley High’s boys volleyball team earned a 25-21, 25-17, 19-25, 22-25, 15-8 win over Pacific Collegiate School in their nonleague match on Monday.

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County trio set for CIF State Track and Field finals Saturday | Local Roundup May 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High senior Jonelle Scott was one of 12 athletes to qualify for the final in the girls’ pole vault at the 104th CIF State Championships at Buchanan High in Clovis at Buchanan High on Friday.

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Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup May 16, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

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Scotts Valley softball beats SLV, wins SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup May 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.

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Cabrillo baseball wins Chabot Super Regional opener | Local Roundup May 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College’s baseball team continued its postseason magic Thursday in the opening game of the Chabot Super Regional in Hayward.

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Santa Cruz boys volleyball rolls into Open semifinals; hosts Archbishop Mitty next | Local Roundup May 08, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The No. 1 seed Santa Cruz High boys volleyball team swept visiting No. 8 Lynbrook of San Jose, 25-17, 25-15, 25-20, in the the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Tuesday.

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Cabrillo softball talent Kasydi Bennett named to all-state, all-conference teams | Local Roundup May 01, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College sophomore utility softball player Kasydi Bennett earned NFCA all-state team honors, and was named an all-Coast Conference first-team selection.

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SC surfer Nat Young scores stellar 9.33 wave in heat win in Australia | Local Roundup Apr 28, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young won his opening heat at the World Surf League’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro, the season opener on the Challenger Series, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on Saturday.

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Cabrillo baseball edges Monterey Peninsula to close regular season | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

First baseman Matt Morrison singled home outfielder Jacob Pappas with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held off host Monterey Peninsula 3-2 to close the teams’ regular season Thursday.

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Unbeaten Harbor beach volleyball wins SCCAL title | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat visiting Soquel 5-0 to finish unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Wednesday.

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Aptos wrestler Janie Houser wins junior freestyle state title | Local Roundup Apr 22, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s Janie Houser took first place and Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley took second at the California USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle State Championships at Selland Arena in Fresno on Sunday.

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Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold prevails with KO in Karate Combat 45 | Local Roundup Apr 22, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold, 39, a former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion, earned a third-round knockout of Joe Schilling in the main event of Karate Combat 45 in Dubai on Saturday.

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Cabrillo baseball falls to Ohlone in Coast Conference battle | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.

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Sofia Niklaus leads Scotts Valley girls lacrosse past Salinas | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had six goals and one assist, and Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team beat Salinas 11-3 on Wednesday.

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Soquel girls lacrosse knocks off Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 17, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Haylie Kennedy scored four goals and teammate Ashby Weeks scored three to help Soquel High girls lacrosse team beat Santa Cruz, 13-6, on Tuesday.

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Medalist Keenan Buntz paces unbeaten SLV in latest golf win | Local Roundup Apr 11, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Match medalist Keenan Buntz shot even-par 31 at Boulder Creek Golf and Country Club, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys golf team beat Soquel 176-203 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.

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No. 16 Cabrillo softball stuns No. 3 San Mateo for 13th straight win | Local Roundup Apr 09, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Pitcher Alicia Mendez shined in the circle, and the No. 16 state-ranked Cabrillo College softball team knocked off No. 3 San Mateo 5-1 in the teams’ Coast Conference game in Aptos on Tuesday.

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