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Soquel produces winning TD with 5 seconds left, beats Hillsdale | High school football roundup Sep 03, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High quarterback Cole Johnson passed for 145 yards and three touchdowns — the last coming with 5 seconds remaining — as the Knights did all their scoring in the second half and rallied for a 27-21 nonleague win over host Hillsdale on Friday night.
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St. Francis corrals Mustangs on Sharks’ new turf field | High school football Aug 27, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior quarterback Kyle Dyer ran for a pair of touchdowns and passed for two others to lead St. Francis HIgh’s football team to a 28-0 win over Monte Vista Christian in the teams’ season opener Saturday.
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Optimism high as county’s teams hit the field | 2022 PCAL Football Preview Aug 25, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Another year on the gridiron kicks off Friday, and Aptos High is still the top team in Santa Cruz County. What the Mariners really want, though, is to be referred to as the top team in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division — the top level of the four-tiered equity league.
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Santa Cruz, St. Francis and MVC advance to semifinals | CCS baseball roundup May 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Johann Brooks doubled home Langston Burkett, who reached on a double, for the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team made it hold up to beat Menlo-Atherton 3-2 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals Saturday.
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Harbor’s Gwen Grigsby, Isla Johnson win inaugural SCCAL beach volleyball title | Local Roundup May 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High sophomore Gwen Grigsby and freshman Isla Johnson defeated Scotts Valley’s Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman 21-11, 21-14 to win the inaugural Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Beach Volleyball Championships on Saturday at Harbor High.
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Santa Cruz stuns Aptos, sets up grudge match Thursday for SCCAL co-leaders | High school baseball roundup Apr 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High has three college committed arms in its starting rotation. Rival Santa Cruz proved Tuesday that it has some quality pitching, too.
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Cabrillo baseball scores season-high 19 runs in rout of De Anza | Local Roundup Apr 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kinsal Plunkett, Javier Felix and Lucas Rexin each had three hits, and Cabrillo College’s baseball team routed De Anza 19-5 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday in Aptos.
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Aptos’ offense unable to back Quinn Hocom in loss | High school baseball roundup Mar 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

There has been a lot of talk about Aptos High’s stellar starting rotation, which features a pair of future Division I pitchers in UC Santa Barbara-committed senior Reed Moring and UCLA-committed junior Gabe Gaeckle.
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Austin James leads Cabrillo men’s basketball team past MPC | Local Roundup Jan 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore guard Austin James scored a game-high 26 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Monterey Peninsula College 64-54 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Friday night.
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Central Coast All-Star Football Game set for Friday in Salinas | High school football Jan 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Football players from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will compete in the 36th annual Central Coast 2021 All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Friday at 7 p.m.
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St. Francis’ Joshua Alvarez, Santa Cruz’s Qwentin Brown awarded National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame scholarships Dec 17, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High lineman Joshua Alvarez and Santa Cruz running back Qwentin Brown were chosen as National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame scholarship winners for their contributions in the classroom, community and on the football field this season.
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Trio of Mariners named to all-PCAL Gabilan Division first team | High school football Dec 11, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s football team had three players named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Gabilan Division first team.
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Santa Cruz topples Leigh for sixth straight Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish. And both went incredibly well for Santa Cruz High’s basketball team at the Dad’s Club Tournament on Saturday night.
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Santa Cruz, Leigh to square off for Dad’s Club title Dec 04, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Josh Bendix had Santa Cruz High’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals held on for a 52-44 win over Monterey in the Dad’s Club semifinals at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Friday night.
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Santa Cruz stomps MVC in tournament opener | Dad’s Club Tournament Roundup Dec 03, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

A suffocating Cardinal defense recorded one dozen steals and rolled to a 70-15 rout of outmanned Monte Vista Christian.
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Pajaro Valley scores with 4 seconds left, stuns Harbor in homecoming thriller | PCAL football roundup Oct 29, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Pajaro Valley High’s football team needed to move 72 yards in less than 1 minute and 14 seconds if it hoped accomplish the unthinkable Friday night against host Harbor in the Pirates’ homecoming.
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Niko Iles runs for 6 TDs as Scotts Valley gains sole possession of Cypress Division lead | PCAL football roundup Oct 22, 2021 | By Gordon Kass

Sophomore fullback Niko Iles ran for six touchdowns and Scotts Valley ran past previously unbeaten King City 47-27 to gain sole possession of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division lead Friday night.
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Aptos annihilates Alisal, builds momentum for showdown with Hollister | PCAL football roundup Oct 14, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Kicker Jake Galster booted the touchbacks, Aptos High’s defense forced Alisal to punt shortly thereafter, and the Mariners’ offense took advantage of favorable field position. That was the theme of the Mariners’ Pacific Coast Athletic Gabilan Division game Thursday night, a 51-0 rout of the Trojans.
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Sharks use four interceptions to run past Harbor | High school football roundup Oct 09, 2021 | By Gordon Kass

If you go deep, the Sharks will bite you. That’s the St. Francis High Sharks, who intercepted four long passes from Harbor in the first half and built a three-touchdown lead by halftime Friday night.
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Aptos overwhelmed by Salinas’ balanced offense, swarming defense | High school football roundup Sep 18, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s high-octane, Wing-T offense ran into a wall named Salinas on Friday night in front of a hearty, vocal crowd at The Pit.
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Soquel, Santa Cruz post 42-0 wins over county foes | High school football roundup Sep 11, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel and Santa Cruz both earned 42-0 wins Friday night. SLV won in coach Andrew Milich’s coaching debut.
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