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Locals showcase talent at Soquel Invitational | High school track and field

Four female athletes from Santa Cruz County — SLV seniors Colleen Murata and Mia Hamilton, Aptos junior Ella Shoemaker, and Mariners senior Lena Manchester — posted top-three finishes in three individual events at the 26-team Soquel Invitational at Soquel High on Saturday.

Scotts Valley boys tennis edges Santa Cruz in tight match | Local Roundup

The Scotts Valley High boys tennis team edged Santa Cruz 4-3 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match that features four third-set tiebreakers Friday.

MVC rolls to nonleague softball win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup

Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team earned a 23-3 nonleague win over host Santa Cruz on Thursday.

St. Francis baseball goes 4-0 at Nipomo Tournament | Local Roundup

St. Francis High’s baseball team won two more games Wednesday, beating Cabrillo of Lompoc 7-3 and Pioneer Valley 6-1, to go 4-0 at the Nipomo Tournament.

SLV softball slips past Aptos in 10 innings | Local Roundup

Gracie Poston scored on an error in the 10th inning to lead San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team over Aptos 8-7 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

Locals Ashlyn Boothby, Evie Marheineke run to school marks at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley junior Ashlyn Boothby took fourth in the 1-mile Invitational race in a school-record 4:47.59 at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday.

Cabrillo softball team upsets No. 4 state ranked MPC | Local Roundup

Cabrillo College’s softball team used a three-run fourth inning to rally past No. 4 state ranked Monterey Peninsula College 3-2 in the teams’ Coast Conference game in Aptos on Tuesday.

Locals athletes shine on big weekend for track and field | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby took second place in the 1,600-meter race at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday. She finished in 4 minutes, 52.49 seconds.

Quinn Turowski’s grand slam helps SV baseball hand Harbor first loss | Local Roundup

Quinn Turowski hit a grand slam in the sixth inning — his second home run of the season — to help Scotts Valley High’s baseball team beat previously unbeaten Harbor 12-4 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Friday.

Gabe Gaeckle-led Mariners hold off feisty Cardinals | High school baseball

Aptos High’s baseball team has stranded base runners early and often in games this season. Gabe Gaeckle made sure the Mariners didn’t strand any in the fourth inning of their 6-4 win over rival Santa Cruz in the teams Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.

Scotts Valley rallies for five-set win over Aptos | Boys volleyball

Someone was going to step up from the packed middle of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings when Scotts Valley High’s boys volleyball team visited Aptos on Thursday night.

SC surfer Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals in Barbados | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro on Thursday at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.

Santa Cruz surfer Autumn Hays wins her opening heat in Barbados | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat Tuesday at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Qualifying Series 5,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.

SJSU commit Langston Burkett strikes out 14 in SC’s narrow baseball win over SLV | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team scored twice in the first inning, and San Jose State committed pitcher Langston Burkett made the lead hold up in the Cardinals’ 2-1 win over San Lorenzo Valley on Monday.

Unbeaten Harbor slips past Aptos for sole possession of SCCAL lead | High school baseball

If Harbor High’s baseball team keeps turning in gritty, detail-oriented efforts like it did Monday, there’s a good chance the Pirates will be celebrating their first league title in 36 years at the end of the season.

MVC’s JoJo Keldsen throws no-hitter, homers twice in DH sweep of Watsonville | Local Roundup

Senior JoJo Keldsen threw a no-hitter as Monte Vista Christian opened its doubleheader sweep with a 14-0 win in five innings over visiting Watsonville on Saturday.

Sidelined for two seasons, Aptos volleyball talent Jordyn Waite-Ward makes college commitment

After the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S. and the NCAA granted athletes another year of eligibility, fear spread throughout the high school ranks as talented athletes were told of decreased odds of landing a scholarship due to impacted college rosters. 

Aptos softball slips past Scotts Valley in eight innings | Local Roundup

Sophomore Lilly McGee and freshman Lanies Nunez each had a hit, two RBI, and a run scored as the Aptos High softball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 10-9 in the teams’ eight inning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Friday.

Aptos’ Gabe Gaeckle strikes out 14 in complete-game one-hitter | High school baseball

With nearly a dozen MLB scouts watching his every move, Aptos High senior pitcher Gabe Gaeckle was nothing short of phenomenal in his second Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League start Friday.

Tosh Woods paces Aptos in track meet against SLV | Local Roundup

Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.

Scotts Valley girls lacrosse hands MVC first loss | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team knocked Monte Vista Christian from the unbeaten ranks with its 17-8 win over the host Mustangs on Wednesday night.

Aptos favored with Gabe Gaeckle on mound | High school baseball preview

Even with three other college-bound pitchers on the Aptos High baseball team’s stacked pitching staff last season, Gabe Gaeckle stood out.

Harbor’s Raul Calles named SCCAL MVP | Boys soccer

Harbor High senior soccer talent Raúl Calles was named MVP of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after leading the Pirates to the league title and the Central Coast Section D-II playoffs.

Aptos boys golf knocks off Harbor | Local Roundup

Aptos High’s Ben Nowark and Harbor’s Matt Munro each shot 39 to share medalist honors, but the Mariners knocked off the Pirates 213-227 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match at Seascape Golf Club on Monday.

More than 4,000 runners turn out for She.Is.Beautiful races | Local Roundup

More than 4,000 runners competed in the 13th annual She.is.beautiful Santa Cruz 5k and 10k races on Saturday.