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.
Two Santa Cruz athletes, Sae Ackerstein and Madalyn “Munchie” Price, have been selected to represent the United States as part of the Youth National Team at the International Surf Rescue Challenge at South Padre Island, Texas, on Sept 17-24.
A pair of locals, Chapman University senior running back Marcos Reyes and University of Redlands senior defensive back Scott Tinsley, were named 2022 all-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team.
Gavin Keith and Eric Vazquez scored 12 minutes apart in the first half, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat Modesto 3-0 in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs at Cal State University Monterey Bay on Wednesday.
Aubree Westjohn scored twice, and the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team beat West Valley 4-0 — the Seahawks’ seventh straight win by shutout — to stay unbeaten in Coast Conference South Division play on Friday.
Aubree Westjohn produced a hat trick, and the Cabrillo College women’s soccer team routed host Skyline 6-0 to stay unbeaten in Coast Conference play Friday.
Senior Quinn Healy scored six goals and junior teammate Leah Murphy scored five goals, as the Soquel High girls water polo team beat host Aptos 21-4 and secured no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season title Wednesday.
Angela Bradbury scored on a pass from Julia Hernandez in the 89th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team rallied past visiting Redlands 2-1 at Lower East Field on Saturday.
Oscar Herrera scored on a pass from Eric Vazquez in the 90th minute to help Cabrillo College’s men’s soccer team secure a 2-all draw with visiting Monterey Peninsula on Friday night in Aptos.
Julian Garcia scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in the 44th minutes, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team knocked off host Foothill 2-1 in Coast Conference North Division action Friday.
Senior Sonja Ukropina and junior Zoe Ann Watson each scored four goals, and the Santa Cruz High girls water polo team beat host Harbor 13-1 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Wednesday night.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays advanced to the Round of 32 on Saturday at the 16th annual Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro at Oceanside Pier. It’s a 3,000-point event on the World Surf League’s Qualifying Series.
Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young and Scotts Valley junior Ashlyn Boothby won races at the 3-mile Monterey Bay Invitational at Toro Park on Saturday.
Sophomore forward Mohamed El Kaddouri scored three goals, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat Allan Hancock 5-2 in the teams’ nonconference game Tuesday in Aptos.
Santa Cruz’s Sam Coffey took 25th place at the World Surf League’s WRV Outer Banks Pro, a Qualifying Series 1,000-point event at Nags Head, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Freshman forward Jasmin Castillo, Pajaro Valley High alumna, scored twice to help the Hartnell College women’s soccer team beat Cypress 3-0 and claim its first CCCAA State Championship at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Sunday
Aptos High’s Annika Lee and Madison Phillips, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League doubles champion, were eliminated in the first round of the Central Coast Section doubles tournament Tuesday.
Five county girls volleyball players were given all-Pacific Coast Athletic League first-team honors Monday, including Kirby setter Anna Shelton, who was named co-MVP of the Arroyo Division.