Aptos High’s boys tennis team, repeat champion in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, earned its first-round opponent for the Central Coast Section team tournament at Monday’s seeding meeting.
The trio of Matthew Elliot, Sam Arrigoni and Oliver Santana each won two individual races and participated in two winning Soquel relay teams to lead the Knights to the team title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Swimming Championships.
Tenaya Winter and the rest of Soquel High’s aquatic talent were stellar at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Swimming Championships on Saturday. Quinn Healy and the Knights’ water polo players produced, too. It also takes depth to win the team title and the Knights showcased plenty.
Santa Cruz High alumna Maya Letona, the No. 6 seed out of New York City RTC, took third place at the 2023 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships on Saturday at South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
San Lorenzo Valley High softball players have plenty reason to spend the weekend dancing. In addition to the school’s prom Friday night, the Cougars get to celebrate as newly crowned Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions.
Matt Lawton had three hits with a walk, double, home run, two RBI, and two runs scored, but the Cabrillo College baseball team blew an early lead in their 9-7 loss to Mission in Coast Conference South Division play Thursday.
If the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament doubles tennis championship match was held on a basketball court, perhaps the outcome would’ve been different.
Aptos High’s boys tennis team — the unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion — produced three of the four finalists on opening day at the league tournament Tuesday.
Championship matches will be held at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Appetizers were served before the main course Tuesday, when Santa Cruz High’s baseball team hosted rival Aptos in a matchup pitting the top two baseball programs in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. Moreover, two of the top pitchers in the Central Coast Section.
Santa Cruz’s Bob Berry, a quarterback who helped the Minnesota Vikings reach three Super Bowls in the mid-1970s, died in Santa Cruz on Wednesday at the age of 81.
The Cabrillo College baseball team scored five runs in the ninth inning, but fell short in its 7-6 loss to Ohlone in Coast Conference South Division play Saturday.
The best track and field athletes in the Central Coast Section assembled at Los Gatos High on breezy Friday for the 44th annual CCS Top 8 Classic, as the Los Gatos Mountains and cirrus clouds graced a Bob Ross-painted backdrop.
After earning a narrow, five-set win over host Aptos High last week, Harbor’s boys volleyball team took some of the suspense out of their rematch against the Mariners on Thursday night in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action.
Aptos High’s baseball team avenged its lone loss in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday, but the feisty Harbor Pirates hung with the Mariners til the end.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.
Junior Andrew Cox and sophomore Ben Nowark shared medalist honors after each shot 4-over-par 38 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Wednesday to lead the Mariners to a 200-247 win over Santa Cruz.
Koosha Safari, John McGowan and John Hickey earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s boys tennis team repeated as champion of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
Aptos High’s softball team visited Scotts Valley, with the winner staying close to league leader San Lorenzo Valley and improving their chances of postseason play. And it was the Mariners who carried the day.
Santa Cruz High ace Langston Burkett wasn’t at his best Tuesday. Still, he was good enough for the Cardinals earn some revenge against Soquel in their 5-0 win and help them post their fourth straight shutout.
Every Saturday over the past month some of the biggest high school track and field invitationals have taken place minus Aptos High senior Trent Nosky, one of Santa Cruz County’s top athletes.
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, an independent program, was selected on Monday to compete in NCAA Division III Tournament for a fifth time in school history.