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Wildcatz remain in Gabilan Division title hunt with rout of Alvarez | Local Roundup Jan 31, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Freshman Isabella Alvarez scored a game-high 23 points, and the Watsonville High girls basketball team stomped Alvarez 70-16 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division action on Thursday.
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Javan Johnson scores 21 in Santa Cruz’s narrow, NBA G League loss to San Diego | Local Roundup Jan 30, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Forward Javan Johnson scored a team-high 21 points, but the Santa Cruz Warriors coughed up the lead late in their 102-98 loss to the San Diego Clippers in NBA G League action at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside on Wednesday night.
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Lia Gularte’s hat trick helps Santa Cruz girls soccer beat SLV | Local Roundup Jan 29, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Lia Gularte scored a hat trick, and Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team earned a 3-1 win over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play in Felton Tuesday.
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Aptos boys soccer ends Harbor’s 11-match unbeaten streak | Local Roundup Jan 25, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys soccer team helped its bid to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion by beating host Harbor 3-1 in Santa Cruz on Friday.
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Cardinals girls survive Aptos in overtime | Local Roundup Jan 24, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Karolina Espinosa made two free throws in the final 9.1 seconds, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team edged host Aptos 58-56 in overtime in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
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Seahawks top Mission, face San Jose City for sole possession of division lead next | Local Roundup Jan 22, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Freshman forward Gabby Brooks made two 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points, and the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team beat Mission 63-56 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game in Aptos on Wednesday.
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Four county wrestlers win tournament titles | Local Roundup Jan 19, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High sophomore wrestler Dominic Cabot, senior teammate Lucas Zuniga, and San Lorenzo Valley senior Grady Cloyd took first place in their respective weight classes at the 60th Overfelt Classic in San Jose on Saturday. … St. Francis senior Johnny Croghan took first at the 61st Jim Root Memorial in Saratoga.
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Mosiah Cumberbatch, Guerande Houssin help Santa Cruz slip past Soquel in overtime | Local Roundup Jan 18, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard Mosiah Cumberbatch scored a season-high 19 points, and Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team needed everyone of them to knock off relentless Soquel 58-54 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League overtime  thriller Friday night.
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St. Francis’ youth-laden girls basketball team keeps rolling in PCAL’s Cypress Division | Local Roundup Jan 17, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Freshmen guard Liliana Whitmeyer scored a game-high 21 points to help St. Francis High’s girls basketball team beat visiting Greenfield 67-38 and remain unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play Thursday.
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Aptos boys soccer begins title defense with win | Local Roundup Jan 16, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Josiah Siqueiros, Ivan Zavala, and Ricardo Ortiz scored, and Aptos High’s boys soccer team earned a 3-0 win over San Lorenzo Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Athletic League opener in Felton on Wednesday.
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Hanna Shehorn helps Scotts Valley storm past Aptos in SCCAL opener | Girls basketball roundup Jan 15, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Hanna Shehorn made two 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points, and Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team knocked off host Aptos 46-28 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Tuesday.
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Soquel girls open SCCAL soccer action with win over SLV | Local Roundup Jan 15, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Arden Salles set up a pair of goals, and Soquel High’s girls soccer team beat San Lorenzo Valley 3-0 to open Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
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Max Aceves scores 27 in Wildcatz’s win over MVC | Local Roundup Jan 13, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Max Aceves scored 27 points, and Watsonville High’s boys basketball team beat Monte Vista Christian 86-67 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action Monday.
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Dai’shaun Buie and Walzel Evans help Cabrillo men’s basketball team hold off Monterey Peninsula | Local Roundup Jan 11, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Junior forward Isis Tumanson had a pair of assists, and Soquel High’s girls soccer team beat Norte Dame of San Jose 3-1 to close their nonleague slate Friday.
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Max Aceves scores 21, as Watsonville blows past Stevenson on basketball court | Local Roundup Jan 09, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Max Aceves scored a team-high 21 points, and the Watsonville High boys basketball team beat visiting Stevenson 73-42 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game on Thursday.
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Nareni Carre Martinez scores twice in Cardinals’ win over PCS | Local Roundup Jan 09, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Nareni Carre Martinez scored twice for Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team, and the Cardinals edged crosstown foe Pacific Collegiate 2-1 in the teams’ physical nonleague match Wednesday. 
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St. Francis boys basketball team makes 21 3-pointers, produces 90-plus points for third time | Local Roundup Jan 07, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Robert Gomez made seven of St. Francis High’s 21 3-pointers to help the Sharks’ boys basketball team roll past King City 91-43 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener in Watsonville on Monday.
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Local Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Dominique Parrish had an unforgettable 2024 | Sports Newsmaker of the Year Dec 31, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz and Scotts Valley native Dominique “Domino” Parrish — both Olympic qualifiers — are the 2024 Sentinel Sports Newsmakers of the Year.
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Sophomore Maya Calfee lifts St. Francis with tightly defended buzzer beater | Local Roundup Dec 30, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High sophomore Maya Calfee made the game-winning jump shot as time expired, and the Sharks girls basketball team stunned Monterey 42-41 for the consolation championship at the Lady Sharks Shootout in Watsonville on Monday.
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Aptos beats Half Moon Bay to win Aptos/SC Warriors Invitational for first time in 11 tries | High school basketball roundup Dec 29, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys basketball team has pieced together three-game win streaks during preseason play often over the years, but none like it compiled over the past three days at Kaiser Permanente Arena, home of the NBA G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors.
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Aptos upsets Los Gatos in OT thriller, advances to tournament championship at KP Arena | High school basketball roundup Dec 28, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard/forward Isaiah Ackerman scored six points in overtime, and Aptos High’s boys basketball team earned its biggest win on the young season to advance from the semifinals at the 11th Aptos/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday.
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Valeria Acosta ties goals record as Pajaro Valley beats Watsonville on soccer pitch | Local Roundup Dec 22, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior forward/midfielder Valeria Acosta scored three goals to tie Pajaro Valley’s career scoring record, and the Grizzlies’ girls soccer team beat crosstown foe Watsonville 4-0 in nonleague action Saturday.
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Watsonville posts shutout against MVC in nonleague soccer action | Local Roundup Dec 20, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High’s girls soccer team received goals from three players and beat host Monte Vista Christian 3-0 in nonleague action on Friday.
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MVC girls soccer team shuts out Harbor in tight match | Local Roundup Dec 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior midfielder Mathea Marcucci scored in the 60th and 78 minutes, and the Monte Vista Christian School girls soccer team shut out host Harbor 2-0 in nonleague action Tuesday.
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Clippers beat down host Warriors in G League series opener | Local Roundup Dec 14, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Two-way center Quinten Post scored a game-high 22 points, and had seven rebounds and two assists, but Santa Cruz lost its series opener against San Diego, 123-89, in the teams’ NBA G League Showcase Cup game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
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