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Top squads take advance of pitching batteries | High school softball preview Mar 02, 2022 | By Ray Hacke

Much like Tesla automobiles, Santa Cruz County’s top high school softball teams will rely on industrial-strength battery power to go far this season. Three of the top four teams from last season’s temporarily expanded Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League – Aptos, Soquel, and St. Francis – have their top pitcher and catcher returning. In each […]
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Cabrillo wins NorCal basketball opener, faces No. 1 CCSF next | Local Roundup Mar 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Austin James scored 17 points to lead the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team past American River 83-64 in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Sacramento on Tuesday night. Alphonse Alfred scored 12 points for the Seahawks and Samy Buteau added 10 points in the win. The Seahawks (18-11) play at No. […]
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No. 15 Aptos loses lead late, falls short in upset bid at No. 2 Oakland | NorCal Regional Roundup Mar 02, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

OAKLAND — Six-time NBA All-star Damian Lillard roamed the hallways and basketball court at Oakland High 14 years ago. “Dame Time” refers to Lillard’s history of making clutch shots. On the same floor on Tuesday night, it was “Cam Time” as Aptos senior point guard Cameron Saldana led his 15th-seeded Mariners to the precipice of […]
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Aptos, Santa Cruz boys basketball teams seeded in D-III | CIF NorCal Playoffs Feb 27, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

If there’s to be a fourth meeting between the Aptos High and Santa Cruz boys basketball teams, it’ll be one heck of a story. The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League co-champions were both seeded in the CIF NorCal Regional Division III playoffs on Sunday — as the two lowest seeds. So, if they’re to meet, […]
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Cameron Saldana’s heroics not enough for Mariners to unseat Burlingame as champ | CCS boys basketball Feb 27, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Not even one of the most spectacular individual outings in Central Coast Section playoff history could lead the No. 4 seed Aptos High’s boys basketball team past the defending D-III champions.
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Santa Cruz surfer Sam Coffey ties for ninth in Morro Bay | Local Roundup Feb 26, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz surfer Sam Coffey tied for ninth place at the World Surf League’s SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay, a Men’s Qualifying Series 1,000-point event, on Saturday.
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Scotts Valley sophomore Danica Kelley goes 3-2 at CIF State Wrestling Championships Feb 26, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High sophomore Danica Kelley, the Central Coast Section runner-up at 116 pounds, is 3-1 through two days of the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.
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Aptos edges Santa Cruz in grudge match, advances to D-III championship | CCS boys basketball Feb 25, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

SANTA CRUZ — With its top two players, senior guard Cameron Saldana and center Jack Spinelli, fouled out, Aptos High turned to its unsung heroes to deliver Aptos High’s boys basketball team its biggest win of the season in front of a capacity crowd. Senior forward Marcel Martin made a wide-open layup on an inbounds […]
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Aptos ousted by No. 1 seed Capuchino in D-III semifinals | CCS girls basketball Feb 25, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

SAN BRUNO — Aptos High’s girls basketball season ended with a spirited performance in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals, as talented Capuchino prevailed 60-45 on Thursday night. The locker room door opened after the Mariners’ post-game meeting and the players were greeted with applause. They embraced their parents and fans, tears were shed, […]
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Kaitlin Imai scores 35 points in Scotts Valley’s D-IV win over Carmel | CCS basketball roundup Feb 22, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior guard Kaitlin Imai made nine 3-pointers and finished with 35 points as the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls basketball team beat the No. 5 Carmel 51-32 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday.
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Aptos’ upset bid derailed on penalty kicks | CCS Soccer Roundup Feb 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys soccer team, the No. 8 seed, nearly stunned top-seeded Aragon in the Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals Saturday night in San Mateo.
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Six county girls advance to semifinals | CCS Wrestling Championships Roundup Feb 18, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The local girls flexed their muscles on Day 1 of the Central Coast Section Girls Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High on Friday. Six Santa Cruz County wrestlers advanced to the semifinals.
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Santa Cruz seeded No. 2 in D-I, as only three county teams qualify for CCS girls soccer playoffs Feb 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team — one of six teams to enter the Central Coast Section playoffs unbeaten — earned the No. 2 seed in Division I and will open postseason action with a home game.
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Soquel overtakes Aptos as SCCAL champ, makes playoffs after Harbor forfeits | CCS boys soccer Feb 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High received the No. 2 seed in the prestigious Central Coast Section Open Division and four boys soccer teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded Thursday for the upcoming playoffs, which begin with Saturday’s quarterfinals. Noticeably absent, though, was defending CCS Division IV champion Harbor, which ended the regular-season in second place in the […]
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Trio of county teams out for bragging rights, CCS title in D-III playoffs | Girls basketball Feb 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Three of the four girls basketball teams who took turns beating each other up in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League will compete in the same division for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. In all, five county teams qualified for postseason.
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Santa Cruz seeded No. 1 in D-III; Five county teams make CCS playoffs | Boys basketball Feb 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Aptos High and Santa Cruz boys basketball teams, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, could square off in the Central Coast Section semifinals, if they win their playoff openers. The rivals split their regular-season meetings.
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Wildcatz’s boys basketball team wins share of PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division title | Local Roundup Feb 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

At the outset of each basketball season, Watsonville High coach Marcus Northcutt and assistant Mike Blum tell the Wildcatz how cool it would be if they won a league title: In addition to adding a championship banner to the school’s gymnasium walls, years later, they could come back and see their banner and cherish that […]
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UCSC rally falls short against nation’s top-ranked D-III women’s basketball team | Local Roundup Feb 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Junior guard/forward Ashley Kowack scored 25 points, but the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 loss to Christopher Newport, the nation’s top-ranked NCAA Division III team, on Saturday.
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Aptos, Santa Cruz celebrate despite ‘awkward’ trophy presentation | SCCAL Wrestling Championships Feb 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s wrestling team was prematurely announced as the 2022 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions on Friday and had just finished posing for photographs as it celebrated with the trophy when a correction was made.
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Santa Cruz’s unbeaten girls soccer team earns SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup Feb 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Julia Moore had two goals and an assist to help Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team beat host Harbor 6-0 and win the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright Thursday night.
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Aptos streaks past Harbor for SCCAL boys soccer crown Feb 10, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Mariners’ relentless offense paid dividends early, Patrick Mackle scored in the 14th and 17th minutes, and Aptos repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion with its 3-1 win Wednesday night.
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Santa Cruz tops Soquel, earns share of SCCAL boys basketball title with Aptos | Local Roundup Feb 10, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aden Cury and Kosi Warren-House posted double-doubles to help Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team beat Soquel 76-25 on Tuesday and earn a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with Aptos.
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Santa Cruz tops SLV in shortened match, clinches SCCAL girls soccer title | Local Roundup Feb 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Santa Cruz High girls soccer team clinched no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title with its 8-0 win over host San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday.
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UCSC women’s basketball scores school-record 117 points in rout of La Verne | Local Roundup Feb 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High junior wrestler Diallo Thomas won the title at 162 pounds at the 12th annual Colt Invitational at El Camino High in South San Francisco on Saturday.
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Renee Parker posts triple-double as Cabrillo gets first win streak | Local Roundup Feb 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Renee Parker recorded a triple-double, and Cabrillo College’s women’s basketball team crushed Hartnell 52-23 in Coast Conference South Division action on Friday night.
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