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Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup Oct 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.

Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Oct 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.

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Harbor girls volleyball repeats as SCCAL champ with sweep of SV | Local Roundup Oct 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior outside hitter Isla Johnson had 16 kills and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season champion with its 25-17, 25-11, 27-25 sweep of Scotts Valley on Thursday.

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Three matches go to third-set tiebreakers as Aptos girls tennis knocks off Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s girls tennis team won three singles matches and two doubles matches to secure a 5-2 win over Scotts Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.

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MLB pitcher Jared Koenig recognized for stellar 2024 season | Local Roundup Oct 15, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Left-handed pitcher Jared Koenig, an Aptos High alum, was among the Milwaukee Brewers recognized for their efforts in 2024 by a panel from the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America on Monday.

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Aptos boys turn in photo finish in SCCAL cross country race | Local Roundup Oct 11, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys cross country team is fast and still improving.

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Aptos girls tennis tops Santa Cruz, moves to 5-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Oct 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Kiana Safari, Aviana Andrew, Coral Collins and Isabella Calderon earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team beat Santa Cruz 7-0 to remain unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Wednesday.

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Elizabeth Penny helps Soquel’s girls water polo team double up on Aptos | Local Roundup Oct 09, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Elizabeth Penny stuffed the stat sheet with three goals, five assists, six steals, and four ejections drawn, and Soquel High’s girls water polo team started and finished strong in their 14-7 win over visiting Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday.

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Violet Rubin scores seven goals in Cardinals’ water polo win over Harbor | Local Roundup Oct 04, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior center Violet Rubin scored seven goals and drew two exclusions, and the Santa Cruz High girls water polo team emptied its bench in a 21-9 win over Harbor in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Thursday night.

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Yoan Ponio lifts Cabrillo men’s soccer with second-half tally | Local Roundup Oct 02, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Yoan Ponio scored in the 65th minute, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat visiting Gavilan 1-0 in the teams’ Coast Conference crossover match on Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz slips past Aptos in girls water polo | Local Roundup Sep 27, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Seniors Giulia D’Souza and Daphne Olson each scored three goals to lead Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team past Aptos 10-7 in the teams’ physical Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.

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Harbor volleyball rallies past Scotts Valley for five-set win | Local Roundup Sep 24, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division IV champion, held off Scotts Valley 13-25, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 15-11 in the teams’ league match Tuesday.

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PCS senior Addie Payne commits to Saint Mary’s in a sport she has never competed in | Local Roundup Sep 20, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Pacific Collegiate School senior Addie Payne, who plays basketball and volleyball for the Pumas, committed to Saint Mary’s College of California on her official visit last weekend. She’ll compete on the crew team.

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Harbor unveils CCS volleyball banner, tops Soquel in tight league match | Local Roundup Sep 13, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team unveiled its 2023 Central Coast Section championship banner in its first home match of the season Thursday, and added to its feel-good evening with a 26-28, 25-22, 25-20, 26-24 win over Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match.

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Harbor’s unbeaten girls water polo team holds on for win with Kallista Whitmore’s clutch save | Local Roundup Sep 11, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore goalie Kallista Whitmore made four saves, including a crucial stop in the last minute, and Harbor High’s girls water polo team held on for a 10-9 nonleague win over visiting Pioneer of San Jose on Tuesday.

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Scotts Valley volleyball sweeps St. Francis, moves to 4-1 | Local Roundup Sep 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s girls volleyball team swept St. Francis 25-5, 25-13, 25-16 in the teams’ nonleague match Monday.

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Sadie Holden an ace in Soquel’s volleyball sweep of Hollister | Local Roundup Sep 05, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sadie Holden served nine aces, and Soquel High’s girls volleyball team swept host Hollister 25-15, 26-24, 25-18 in the teams’ nonleague match Thursday.

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MVC’s unbeaten girls volleyball team rallies past Scotts Valley for 5-set win | Local Roundup Sep 05, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Elizabeth McCuistion had 11 kills, nine coming on tips, and three service aces, and Monte Vista Christian School rallied for a 15-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-9 nonleague win over Scotts Valley on Wednesday.

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Scotts Valley softball beats SLV, wins SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup May 10, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.

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Cabrillo baseball rallies for upset over Fresno City in playoff series opener | Local Roundup May 03, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College’s baseball team scored 10 runs over the final three innings and rallied past host Fresno City 14-11 to open its best-of-three NorCal Regional playoffs opener Thursday.

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Scotts Valley baseball rallies for win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Kit DeForest hit a solo home run in Scotts Valley High’s four-run sixth inning, and the Falcons rallied past visiting Santa Cruz 8-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold prevails with KO in Karate Combat 45 | Local Roundup Apr 22, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold, 39, a former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion, earned a third-round knockout of Joe Schilling in the main event of Karate Combat 45 in Dubai on Saturday.

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Aptos edges Scotts Valley 4-3 in playoff, qualifies for CCS Team Tournament | Boys tennis Apr 20, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

John McGowan, one of the team captains for Aptos High’s boys tennis team, won his match at No. 3 singles to lift the Mariners over Scotts Valley 4-3 in the teams’ playoff at Imperial Courts on Friday to qualify for the Central Coast Section Team Tournament.

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Cabrillo baseball falls to Ohlone in Coast Conference battle | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.

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Sofia Niklaus leads Scotts Valley girls lacrosse past Salinas | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had six goals and one assist, and Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team beat Salinas 11-3 on Wednesday.

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