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Monster second half helps St. Francis storm past Stevenson | PCAL football roundup

St. Francis High’s football team scored five unanswered touchdowns in the second half to rally for a 42-12 win over Stevenson in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game on Saturday.

Soquel girls water polo knocks off NCS power Campolindo | Local Roundup

Arizona State-committed senior Kelsey Matthies had six goals, three assists and four steals to pace Soquel High’s girls water polo team to a 16-12 win over five-time North Coast Section champion Campolindo in Moraga on Friday.

Santa Cruz boys edge The King’s Academy for Puma Cowboy Classic title at Wilder Ranch | High school cross country roundup

Santa Cruz High’s Jim Ratliff, Eli Fitchen-Young and Will Trowbridge finished in the top six to help the Cardinals and win the eight-team Puma Cowboy Classic at Wilder Ranch’s 2.68-mile course on Thursday. 

Hannah Fleming’s triple-double helps SV volleyball sweep SLV | Local Roundup

Junior outside hitter Hannah Fleming recorded a triple-double in Scotts Valley High’s 25-7, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball match on Thursday.

Santa Cruz girls volleyball pushed to five sets by Harbor | Local Roundup

Sophomore right side Sadie Jeffreys came off the bench in the fourth set and provided a late spark as Santa Cruz High’s unbeaten girls volleyball team won an important league win Tuesday night.

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, Autumn Hays make first-round exits at U.S. Open of Surfing | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young and Autumn Hays were eliminated in their first-round heats at the U.S. Open of Surfing, a World Surf League Challenger Series event, in Huntington Beach.

Ryder Brabo leads Scotts Valley at prestigious Woodbridge Cross Country Classic | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley High senior Ryder Brabo shined under the lights Saturday night at the heralded 40th annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic at Silverlakes Sports Park in Norco.

Aptos overwhelmed by Salinas’ balanced offense, swarming defense | High school football roundup

Aptos High’s high-octane, Wing-T offense ran into a wall named Salinas on Friday night in front of a hearty, vocal crowd at The Pit.

Soquel closes out rival Harbor in tight, four-set match | SCCAL girls volleyball

A balanced offense and some timely defense for the Knights, combined with some hitting errors late by the Pirates, allowed Soquel to avoid another five-setter on its home turf as it prevailed 25-17, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22 in their third league match.

Harbor girls water polo tops Pioneer, continues hot start | Local Roundup

Junior Kaylee Gooch and senior Ava Carney each scored two goals and Harbor High’s girls water polo team beat Pioneer 7-4 in the teams’ nonleague game Tuesday in Santa Cruz.

Soquel girls water polo goes 4-0 at Autumn Invitational | Local Roundup

Soquel High’s girls water polo team won all four of its games at the Autumn Invitational, hosted by St. Francis of Mountain View over weekend.

SC boys, Soquel girls shine at Puma Cross Town Classic | High school cross country roundup

Santa Cruz High junior Jim Ratliff took first place and helped the Cardinals win the eight-team Puma Cross Town Classic at Wilder Ranch on Thursday.

Soquel has weapons to repeat as champ | SCCAL girls volleyball preview

Aptos and Mount Madonna won state titles during the last indoor volleyball season two years ago, but they aren’t the favorites this fall. Soquel, Santa Cruz and Harbor are among the favored squads in the competitive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League race.

Santa Cruz sweeps Scotts Valley in SCCAL volleyball opener | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday night.

Jeremy Kain, Falcons have high goals | Boys cross country preview

Jeremy Kain has set some mile-high goals for himself to achieve in cross country this season.

Boothby sisters make Scotts Valley a title frontrunner | Girls cross country preview

As sisters, Ashlyn and Amber Boothby are close. Not just in terms of the sisterly bond they share, though the Scotts Valley High runners are simultaneously each other’s biggest supporter and chief rival. They’re also close in terms of their cross-country times – and for the rest of the girls’ teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, that spells trouble.

Harbor blasts James Lick, moves to 2-0 | High school football roundup

From the beginning of the 2015 season until the current campaign, Harbor had compiled a 2-51 record. In the last eight days, the Pirates are 2-0.

SC surfers Nat Young, Autumn Hays advance in North Carolina | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young got off to a hot start at the WRV Outer Banks Pro, a World Surf League Men’s QS 1,000 event in Nags Head, North Carolina, on Friday.

SC’s Autumn Hays advances at WRV Outer Banks Pro | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat at the World Surf League’s WRV Outer Banks Pro, a QS1,000 event on Thursday in Nags Head, North Carolina.

Watsonville’s Chase Watkins strikes out side in pro baseball debut | Local Roundup

Watsonville native Chase Watkins made his professional baseball debut Monday and threw a scoreless inning of relief in the Arizona Complex League Cubs’ 8-6 loss to the ACL Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.