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Versatile Kaitlin Seigle of SLV one of county’s best | Girls track and field preview Mar 15, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

As track-and-field runners go, Kaitlin Seigle is hard to classify. Whereas runners typically fit neatly into one of four categories – sprinters, hurdlers, or middle- or long-distance runners – the San Lorenzo Valley High junior straddles the line between sprints and middle-distance: She’s the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s reigning champion in both the 400- […]
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Santa Cruz rallies past Scotts Valley with timely hitting | High school baseball roundup Mar 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team is still putting things together as it hopes to make a run at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball title this season. It took a step forward in its latest game, thanks to some timely hitting and solid middle relief pitching in its 5-2 win over Scotts Valley on Friday.
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Watsonville midfielder Adrian Rebollar, 22, signs with Monterey Bay F.C. | Local Roundup Mar 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Midfielder Adrian Rebollar, a 22-year-old Watsonville High alum, signed a pro contract with Monterey Bay F.C. in advance of its inaugural USL Championship campaign, pending league and federation approval. A former Santa Cruz Breakers Academy player, Rebollar recorded 16 goals, including seven game-winners, and 14 assists in his four-year career at California State University Monterey […]
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Koosha Safari, Aptos look to defend titles | Boys tennis preview Mar 11, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

Koosha Safari isn’t just in the hunt for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s singles title in boys tennis this season. Having captured the league crown as a freshman last year, the Aptos High sophomore is now the one being hunted. In fact, consider him a big-game trophy – no SCCAL player has been able […]
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Kirby boys volleyball tops PCS for first time in over a decade | Local Roundup Mar 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior opposite Zack Stack had 12 kills, 10 digs and three aces as Kirby School’s boys volleyball team rallied for its first win over Pacific Collegiate in more than a decade, 22-25, 25-13, 27-25, 17-25, 15-9, on Tuesday night.
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Pitching talent, depth has Aptos as SCCAL title frontrunner | High school baseball preview Mar 07, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

A veritable parade of pitching talent has been marching through Aptos High’s baseball program in recent years – and the parade’s not over yet.
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SC surfer Nat Young takes 9th at Portugal’s Supertubos | Local Roundup Mar 06, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young took ninth place at the World Surf League’s MEO Pro Portugal at Supertubos in Peniche, Portugal, event No. 3 on the Championship Tour. The 30-year-old goofy-footer earned 3,320 points for his finish, boosting his season total to 7,970. Young, ranked No. 16 on the CT through two events, was eliminated by […]
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Santa Cruz surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel eliminated from Dominican Republic contest | Local Roundup Mar 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Eddie Brooks and Logan Manildi won multiple races to help Harbor High’s boys swim team past Aptos 72-48 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday in Aptos. 
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Bassel Faltas returns as Santa Cruz’s football coach Mar 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Bassel Faltas is returning for a second tenure as Santa Cruz High’s football coach, a school official announced Wednesday.
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Cabrillo wins NorCal basketball opener, faces No. 1 CCSF next | Local Roundup Mar 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Austin James scored 17 points to lead the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team past American River 83-64 in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Sacramento on Tuesday night. Alphonse Alfred scored 12 points for the Seahawks and Samy Buteau added 10 points in the win. The Seahawks (18-11) play at No. […]
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Scotts Valley sophomore Danica Kelley goes 3-2 at CIF State Wrestling Championships Feb 26, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High sophomore Danica Kelley, the Central Coast Section runner-up at 116 pounds, is 3-1 through two days of the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.
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Six county girls advance to semifinals | CCS Wrestling Championships Roundup Feb 18, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The local girls flexed their muscles on Day 1 of the Central Coast Section Girls Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High on Friday. Six Santa Cruz County wrestlers advanced to the semifinals.
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Soquel overtakes Aptos as SCCAL champ, makes playoffs after Harbor forfeits | CCS boys soccer Feb 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High received the No. 2 seed in the prestigious Central Coast Section Open Division and four boys soccer teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded Thursday for the upcoming playoffs, which begin with Saturday’s quarterfinals. Noticeably absent, though, was defending CCS Division IV champion Harbor, which ended the regular-season in second place in the […]
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Wildcatz’s boys basketball team wins share of PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division title | Local Roundup Feb 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

At the outset of each basketball season, Watsonville High coach Marcus Northcutt and assistant Mike Blum tell the Wildcatz how cool it would be if they won a league title: In addition to adding a championship banner to the school’s gymnasium walls, years later, they could come back and see their banner and cherish that […]
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Aptos, Santa Cruz celebrate despite ‘awkward’ trophy presentation | SCCAL Wrestling Championships Feb 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team was prematurely announced as the 2022 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions on Friday and had just finished posing for photographs as it celebrated with the trophy when a correction was made.
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Santa Cruz’s unbeaten girls soccer team earns SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup Feb 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Julia Moore had two goals and an assist to help Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team beat host Harbor 6-0 and win the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright Thursday night.
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Aptos streaks past Harbor for SCCAL boys soccer crown Feb 10, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Mariners’ relentless offense paid dividends early, Patrick Mackle scored in the 14th and 17th minutes, and Aptos repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion with its 3-1 win Wednesday night.
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Santa Cruz tops SLV in shortened match, clinches SCCAL girls soccer title | Local Roundup Feb 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Santa Cruz High girls soccer team clinched no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with its 8-0 win over host San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday.
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Danisha Nunez becomes first Watsonville female to win PCAL wrestling title | Local Roundup Feb 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Danisha Nunez became the first Watsonville High athlete to win a title at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Girls Wrestling Championships at Alvarez High on Saturday.
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UCSC women’s basketball scores school-record 117 points in rout of La Verne | Local Roundup Feb 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High junior wrestler Diallo Thomas won the title at 162 pounds at the 12th annual Colt Invitational at El Camino High in South San Francisco on Saturday.
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Renee Parker posts triple-double as Cabrillo gets first win streak | Local Roundup Feb 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Renee Parker recorded a triple-double, and Cabrillo College’s women’s basketball team crushed Hartnell 52-23 in Coast Conference South Division action on Friday night.
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Kaitlin Imai reaches 1,000-point milestone in Falcons’ win | Local Roundup Feb 01, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kaitlin Imai reached the 1,000-point milestone in her Scotts Valley High basketball career as the Falcons posted a 70-11 win over Harbor on senior night Tuesday.
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Wildcatz overcome monstrously huge deficit late, win in OT to stay unbeaten | Local Roundup Jan 30, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High’s boys basketball team rallied from a 19-point deficit in the final four minutes of its game against Rancho San Juan to force overtime and emerged with a thrilling, 79-72 win in front of dozens of energetic fans Saturday.
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Six county wrestlers win titles at Lynbrook | Local Roundup Jan 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Wrestlers Cristian Cruz of Harbor High, Daniel Evert of Santa Cruz and Lucas Zuniga-Marquez of Aptos won their respective weight divisions at the Lynbrook Second Man Challenge in San Jose on Saturday, while Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley and Kayse Martinovsky, and Harbor’s Amy Gray won titles at the Lynbrook Ladies Challenge.
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Austin James leads Cabrillo men’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup Jan 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
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