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Santa Cruz falls in 3 sets to powerful Salinas | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team suffered a 25-18, 25-17, 26-24 loss to visiting Salinas in nonleague action Tuesday.

Scotts Valley tops Santa Cruz, but Cardinals end scoring drought | High school football roundup

Santa Cruz High’s football team snapped its scoreless streak in a 40-20 nonleague loss to visiting Scotts Valley to open the 2024 season Friday.

SLV boys, Harbor girls win water polo openers | Local Roundup

Freshmen Forrest McKinley-Newby scored six goals, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys water polo team beat York 13-7 in its season opener Thursday.

Several teams turn in solid showings at football jamboree | Jim Seimas, Airing It Out

More than half of the high school football programs in Santa Cruz County saw their first action of the season at the annual jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening. A couple of them, Aptos and Scotts Valley, looked in midseason form.

County teams set for scrimmages | High school football

Aptos, Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville will compete in the annual varsity football jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening.

Defending champ Scotts Valley faces challenges from MVC, Watsonville, St. Francis and others in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2024

Scotts Valley High’s football team looks to defend its Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division title in 2024, but to do so it’ll have to overcome some internal challenges as well as challenges from the usual suspects.

Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup

Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

Soquel’s Braylon Noble takes second in decathlon at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup

Soquel senior Braylon Noble, an all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League talent in football and basketball, continued to prove himself as one of Santa Cruz County’s top all-around athlete. He took second place in the decathlon on Day 2 of the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday.

Soquel’s Cade Petersen, SV’s Colton Duerson win National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholarships

Soquel High lineman Cade Petersen and Scotts Valley receiver/defensive back Colton Duerson represented Santa Cruz County at the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame awards banquet for their contributions in the classroom, community, and on the football field.

Three county football players named to Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State teams | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz County had three athletes garner Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football honors.

Soquel LB Justice Grauel-Tebong named Defensive MVP in Gabilan Division | All-PCAL football

Soquel High senior linebacker Justice Grauel-Tebong was named Defensive MVP in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Gabilan Division voting. 

Aptos boys basketball rallies, but falls short against Wilcox | Local Roundup

Isaiah Ackerman scored 25 points, but Aptos High’s boys basketball team lost 65-58 to visiting Wilcox in a nonleague game Monday night.

Five Seahawks earn all-conference football honors | Local Roundup

The Cabrillo College football team had five players named to the 2023 All-Golden Coast Conference first team.

Falcons’ bid to make first section final slips away in loss to Alisal | CCS football

Before the Central Coast Section football playoffs began, Scotts Valley High wanted a home playoff game more than anything, a reward for winning a league title and posting a stellar regular season.

SC’s Maya Letona to wrestle in Bill Farrell Memorial International in NYC | Local Roundup

Current U.S. Senior National Team wrestler Maya Letona will compete at 62 kg in the women’s freestyle division at the Bill Farrell Memorial International at New York Athletic Club in New York City on Friday. 

Soquel pulls away from previously unbeaten Carmel with dominant second half | CCS football roundup

Soquel High’s football team looked like it was going through the motions for much of the first half of its Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinal on Friday.

Local athletes solidify college plans on first day of NLI signing period | Local Roundup

The first day of National Letter of Intent signing period for all student-athletes competing in sports other than football opened Wednesday. The early signing period runs through Division I basketball runs through Wednesday. The period for all other athletes runs through Aug. 1.

Soquel, Scotts Valley to represent county in section football playoffs | CCS seeding

Only two football teams from Santa Cruz County, Soquel and Scotts Valley, qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.

Singles, doubles finals set for SCCAL Girls Tennis Tournament | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz High sophomore tennis player Francesca Garces and Aptos senior Tiana Smith will square off for the girls singles title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Scotts Valley stomps Seaside, gains sole possession of division lead | High school football roundup

SEASIDE — Scotts Valley High made sure the outcome didn’t justify the hype Saturday night, when the last two unbeaten football teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission North Division squared off.

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.

Soquel rallies past Hollister, stays in hunt for Gabilan title | High school football roundup

Soquel High’s football team looked like it may be a spectator in its debut season in the prestigious Gabilan Division after being shut out by Salinas in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League opener three weeks ago.

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.

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.