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Half of county’s teams to battle in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2023 Aug 22, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Five high school football teams Santa Cruz County — Monte Vista Christian, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, St. Francis, and Watsonville — help make up the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s newly created Mission North Division this season.
Monte Vista ChristianScotts ValleySanta CruzSt. FrancisWatsonvilleFootballScotts Valley HighSanta Cruz High

Santa Cruz County high schools have inconsistent concussion care Aug 13, 2023 | By Anna Marie Yanny

Santa Cruz County schools lack consistent standards to accommodate student learning after a concussion, also known as return-to-learn protocols. The Sentinel asked high schools and school districts across the county to provide any return-to-learn protocols and statistics tracking concussions among their students.
What’s happening in Santa Cruz County?Who reports concussions?Athlete vs. non-athleteWhat’s next?Aptos High

Pair of walk-off wins help county go 3 for 5 in quarterfinals | CCS baseball roundup May 20, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Matt Hood singled and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh inning to kickoff a party at home plate, as the No. 1 seed Aptos High baseball team earned a 5-4 win over No. 8 Pioneer in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals on Saturday.
Bellarmine 4Santa Cruz 0St. Francis 5Los Altos 0MVC 1Gilroy 0Hillsdale 4Harbor 0BaseballAptos High

No. 3 seeded Soquel girls knock off SLV; will face No. 1 SC in final | SCCAL Basketball Tournament Roundup Feb 10, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Gianna Winterhalder and Amelie Stotland were consistent in their barrage of 3-point attempts in the Santa Cruz Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals on Thursday. So was Lily Thayer on the offensive glass.
Santa Cruz 52Aptos 37BOYSAptos 49Soquel 39Santa Cruz 80SLV 27BasketballSoquel HighSan Lorenzo Valley HighScotts Valley HighSanta Cruz High

Soquel drops Dad’s Club opener to Pioneer | Boys basketball Dec 01, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s boys basketball team is playing for now and the future, and that takes some of the sting off results like the one it endured Thursday in its Dad’s Club Tournament opener.
Santa Cruz 81NMC 29Menlo-Atherton 75Monterey 60Leigh 48Saratoga 47BasketballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Aptos, Santa Cruz ousted in D-II semifinals | CCS girls water polo roundup Nov 09, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Ciera Puente and Fiona Carey each scored two goals for Aptos High’s girls water polo team, but the No. 3 seed Mariners fell to No. 2  Stevenson 12-7 in the Central Coast Section Division II semifinal on a chilly Wednesday night at Saint Francis High.
Harker 9Santa Cruz 8Water PoloAptos HighSanta Cruz High

Soquel stuns No. 1 seed Stevenson, reaches first section final since 2002 | CCS boys water polo roundup Nov 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s boys water polo team picked a great time to peak.
St. Ignatius 11Santa Cruz 5Water PoloSoquel High

5-0: County teams go unbeaten in first round of playoffs | CCS water polo roundup Nov 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Quinn Healy had five goals, two assists and four steals, as the top-seeded Soquel High girls water polo team crushed No. 8 Castilleja 19-9 in the first round of the CCS D-II playoffs Saturday at Aptos High.
Aptos 15Burlingame 8Santa Cruz 9Valley Christian 6BoysSoquel 11Willow Glen 10Santa Cruz 12Pioneer 7Water PoloAptos HighSoquel High

Harbor rallies for thrilling five-set win, reaches first CCS final in 10 years | Girls volleyball roundup Nov 04, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High girls volleyball coach Matthew Schutz wrote a list of the Pirates’ recent results in the Central Coast Section playoffs on a whiteboard and showed his players.
Santa Cruz 3Capuchino 1SHC 3Soquel 0VolleyballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Knights advance to semifinals with sweep of Saratoga | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 01, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

The No. 2 seed Soquel High’s girls volleyball team defeated visiting No. 10 Saratoga 25-11, 25-22, 25-17 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Tuesday night. Santa Cruz (D-III) and Harbor (D-IV) also earned wins.
Santa Cruz 3Westmoor 0Capuchino 3Aptos 0Harbor 3The King’s Academy 0Santa Catalina 3Mount Madonna 1VolleyballHarbor HighSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

St. Francis, Aptos stay in title hunt with wins | High school football roundup Oct 29, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High’s football team kept its perfect season and league title hopes alive as it pulled away from Pacific Grove with three unanswered touchdowns in the second half for a 34-14 win Friday night.
Aptos 34Alisal 21Palma 38Santa Cruz 3Rancho San Juan 49Watsonville 7Greenfield 42Pajaro Valley 0FootballAptos High

Falcons stay in playoff hunt with narrow win over MVC | High school football roundup Oct 22, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Scotts Valley High’s football team ran through Monte Vista Christian’s defense for a 10-play, 64-yard touchdown drive on the first series of the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday night.
Hollister 56Santa Cruz 0Pacific Grove 24Watsonville 0FootballScotts Valley High

Aptos stuns previously unbeaten Salinas to stay perfect in Gabilan Division | High school football roundup Oct 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos HIgh’s Caden Prichard clenched his fists and yelled emphatically after producing his third touchdown run of the second half, which essentially sealed the Mariners’ huge, 44-41 win over previously unbeaten Salinas on Friday night.
Scotts Valley 41Carmel 20Santa Cruz 12Alvarez 7Gonzales 50SLV 0FootballAptos High

Aptos thumps Alvarez, sets stage for battle against unbeaten Salinas | High school football roundup Oct 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s football team beat Alvarez 54-24 to set the stage for its anticipated Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division showdown with Salinas by surpassing 50-plus points for the third straight game Friday night.
MVC 34North Salinas 24At Monterey 18Scotts Valley 14Alisal 42Santa Cruz 19King City 35Watsonville 0FootballAptos High

Harbor rallies past upset-minded Aptos | Girls volleyball roundup Sep 29, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

The logjam of contenders for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball title is beginning to thin.
Santa Cruz 3San Lorenzo Valley 0Pacific Collegiate School 3Seaside 2VolleyballAptos HighHarbor HighSanta Cruz High

Coast Line | Harbor volleyball assists Second Harvest Sep 26, 2022 | By Donald Fukui

The Harbor High School girls volleyball program is hosting a fundraiser to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.
SANTA CRUZHarbor volleyball assists Second HarvestVolleyballAptos HighHarbor HighSan Lorenzo Valley HighScotts Valley High

Soquel wins battle in trenches, surprises Scotts Valley 21-3 | High school football roundup Sep 24, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Jordan McCord, a junior wide receiver and cornerback for Soquel High’s football team, was his usual sensation self Friday night. He tacked two more touchdown receptions onto his rapidly growing season total, and caused a fumble on defense
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Knights earn solid road win at Harbor | SCCAL girls volleyball roundup Sep 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s girls volleyball team is starting to find itself with talented outside hitter Jessie Dueck playing libero as she recovers from bicep tendinitis.
Santa Cruz 3Mount Madonna 0Aptos 3Scotts Valley 1VolleyballHarbor HighSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Aptos’ offense unable to back Quinn Hocom in loss | High school baseball roundup Mar 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

There has been a lot of talk about Aptos High’s stellar starting rotation, which features a pair of future Division I pitchers in UC Santa Barbara-committed senior Reed Moring and UCLA-committed junior Gabe Gaeckle.
Monte Vista Christian 9Summerville 4Alisal 4Scotts Valley 3Los Altos 5Santa Cruz 2Fremont 15Harbor 9Willow Glen 16Soquel 4BaseballAptos High

No. 15 Aptos loses lead late, falls short in upset bid at No. 2 Oakland | NorCal Regional Roundup Mar 02, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

OAKLAND — Six-time NBA All-star Damian Lillard roamed the hallways and basketball court at Oakland High 14 years ago. “Dame Time” refers to Lillard’s history of making clutch shots. On the same floor on Tuesday night, it was “Cam Time” as Aptos senior point guard Cameron Saldana led his 15th-seeded Mariners to the precipice of […]
Pleasant Valley 70Santa Cruz 42BasketballAptos High

Kaitlin Imai scores 35 points in Scotts Valley’s D-IV win over Carmel | CCS basketball roundup Feb 22, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz 66El Camino 47Aptos 60Saratoga 49Mills 65Soquel 25BoysSanta Cruz 71Monterey 56No. 4 Aptos 45No. 5 Half Moon Bay 42SLV 71Terra Nova 63BasketballScotts Valley High

Sports Newsmakers 2021 | Pandemic didn’t limit massive accomplishments Dec 31, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz County produced dozens of magnificent sports feats in ’21, and it’s no surprise that surfing was among the sports that dominated headlines. The following is a recap of some of the most memorable feats of the year.
Peter Mel’s epic waveNat Young qualifies for Championship TourSanta Cruz surfer Brody Price12wins national titleTyler Gilbert promotedthrows historic no-hitterNatalia Grossman crowned IFSC Bouldering World ChampionHaley Jones wins Final Four honorNCAA titleGabe Discipulo helps UCLA claim NCAA water polo titleNikki Hiltz makes 1500 final at Olympic TrialsTriathlete Katie Zaferes wins Olympic bronzeWalmer Martinez signs with Monterey Bay F.C.High school teammates drafted on same dayJeremy Lin helps Santa Cruz Warriors reach G League semifinalsSanta Cruz Seahawks win Pop Warner Super BowlSanta Cruz football posts first unbeaten regular season since 1993SLV makes county history with first outdoor wrestling meetSLV cross countrytrack coach Jay Avenmarg fired over violationAptos’ stunning football wins CampolindoPalmaThe CCS champs are here

Leah Murphy’s late heroics lift Soquel past Clovis West in 2 OTs in NorCal D-I quarterfinals | Girls water polo roundup Nov 16, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Leah Murphy scored two goals 27 seconds apart in the first of two mandatory overtimes and the No. 3 seed Soquel High girls water polo team survived No. 6 Clovis West 16-15 in the teams’ physical and thrilling CIF NorCal Division I regional quarterfinal Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz 17Porterville 4Water PoloSoquel High

Soquel, Santa Cruz and Aptos advance to CCS girls water polo finals Nov 09, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s girls water team didn’t flinch when it faced a four-goal deficit against Leland early in the second quarter of the Central Coast Section Open Division semifinals on Tuesday night at Saint Francis High.
Santa Cruz 11Harker 3Water PoloAptos HighSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Pajaro Valley scores with 4 seconds left, stuns Harbor in homecoming thriller | PCAL football roundup Oct 29, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Pajaro Valley High’s football team needed to move 72 yards in less than 1 minute and 14 seconds if it hoped accomplish the unthinkable Friday night against host Harbor in the Pirates’ homecoming.
Hollister 41MVC 6Watsonville 22Rancho San Juan 6Santa Cruz-GilroycanceledFootballHarbor HighSanta Cruz High