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Santa Cruz’s Judi Oyama, 63, named to 2024 USA Slalom Skateboarding Team | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz’s Judi Oyama, who turns 64 on Sunday, has been named to the 2024 USA Slalom Skateboarding Team and will represent the U.S. at the World Skate Games in Rome in September.

Cabrillo football routs Gavilan to snap losing skid | Local Roundup

Freshman running back Peyton Hatten made himself a fixture in the end zone, and Cabrillo College’s football team shined in all three phases in its 43-7 rout of visiting Gavilan to pick up its first Coast Conference win Saturday.

Cabrillo earns pair of routs of San Mateo in water polo | Local Roundup

Belene Rodriguez had six goals and two assists and Sadie Bigler had five goals and two assists as the Cabrillo College women’s water polo team routed San Mateo 19-4 on Wednesday in Aptos.

St. Francis football shuts out visiting Santa Cruz | Local Roundup

St. Francis High junior quarterback Javier Fonseca passed for three touchdowns in the first half, and the Sharks knocked off visiting Santa Cruz 39-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division game Saturday.

Gridiron Girls | Glimpse of the Action

Flag football teams show off their skills in sports’ inaugural season.

Falcons post another shutout to top Wildcatz | High school football roundup

Scotts Valley High’s football team still has four games remaining in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division, but the Falcons continue to look like the title is their’s to lose.

Former UCSC basketball star Kaylee Murphy to play professionally in Portugal | Local Roundup

Kaylee Murphy, a former two-time Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-American at UC Santa Cruz, will continue her playing career in Europe.

Aptos annihilates Alvarez for second straight win | High school football roundup

Aptos High’s football team produced one of its trademark Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League blowouts in its Pacific Coast Athletic League opener Saturday in front of 1,200-plus fans at Trevin Dilfer Memorial Field.

GoFundMe page set up for injured MVC football player Taylor Fernandez | Local Roundup

Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”

Santa Cruz knocks off Soquel 12-10 in boys water polo | Local Roundup

Senior goalie Lucas Primovera made nine saves to help Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 12-10 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Tuesday.

Pajaro Valley knocks off SLV to deliver coach first win | High school football roundup

A week after scoring its first points of the season, the improving Pajaro Valley High football team produced its first win Saturday.

UCSC women’s soccer team sneaks past Menlo for third straight win | Local Roundup

Amanda Scott scored in the 75th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team knocked of host Menlo 2-1 in Atherton on Friday for its third straight win. 

Visit from injured Taylor Fernandez among MVC’s few highlights in blowout loss to Monterey | High school football roundup

Monte Vista Christian School’s football team dropped from the unbeaten ranks Friday. But the Mustangs’ decisive loss, a 55-19 nonleague setback to powerful Monterey, started and ended with an emotional appearance from injured lineman Taylor Fernandez.

Harbor, MVC move to 3-0 behind stellar outings | High school football roundup

Running back Jeovany Linares wasn’t at full strength Friday, when Harbor High’s football team attempted to secure yet another early-season accolade.

Harbor edges Soquel in five-set thriller | High school volleyball roundup

In a tight, thrilling match of mini surges, Harbor High’s girls volleyball team gained a lead and rival Soquel rallied back.

Harbor scores school-record 70 points in rout of Yerba Buena | High school football

Harbor High senior receiver Michael Servin knew exactly what was at stake as he gathered a shovel pass from quarterback James Veiga, and cut up the right sideline with an empty lane to the end zone Saturday night.

SC native Lynden Gooch, 27, signs two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. | Local Roundup

Lynden Gooch, a 27-year-old Santa Cruz native and former Soquel High standout, has signed a two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. of the English Football League Championship.

Harbor assistant removed from staff after role in scuffle | High school football

The two Harbor High’s football assistants who were ejected from the Pirates’ abbreviated, scuffle-marred, 40-0 win over rival Santa Cruz on Friday won’t be on the sidelines in the near future.

Santa Cruz cancels PCAL crossover game against Hollister | High school football

Santa Cruz High’s football team, which suited 23 players in its 40-0 loss to Harbor on Friday, has cancelled its Sept. 16 home game against powerful Hollister, Cardinals brass said Wednesday evening.

Photo | Calm before storm on prep gridiron

Dusk falls over Harbor High School’s Bob Enzweiler Field as Harbor hosts Santa Cruz on Friday in both teams’ season opening football game.

Harbor’s rout of SC called at halftime, following sideline scrap | High school football

After serving as punching bag for the majority of its 52-year existence, Harbor High was poised to put an all-time thumping on crosstown foe Santa Cruz on Friday night in front of a capacity crowd.  

Local football programs look to make some noise in PCAL Santa Lucia Division | KICKOFF 2023

High school football programs at Harbor, Pajaro Valley and San Lorenzo Valley all look to make some noise in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division this season. All three will attempt to do so with new head coaches.

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.

James Wiseman scores career-high 31 points in Santa Cruz’s loss to Lakers | Local Roundup

James Wiseman had a career-high 31 points to go along with six rebounds, but the short-handed Santa Cruz Warriors suffered a 128-116 loss to the South Bay Lakers in their NBA G League game in front of 353 fans at UCLA Health Training Center on Wednesday night.

Four local players receive special honors | All-PCAL football

Aptos High’s Caden Prichard, Soquel’s Jordan McCord and Justice Grauel Tebong, and St. Francis’ Miguel Orozco received special honors in their respective PCAL football divisions this season.