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Local Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Dominique Parrish had an unforgettable 2024 | Sports Newsmaker of the Year Dec 31, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos native Nikki Hiltz and Scotts Valley native Dominique “Domino” Parrish — both Olympic qualifiers — are the 2024 Sentinel Sports Newsmakers of the Year.
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Harbor teammates Isla Johnson, Maren O’Farrell share MVP honor | All-SCCAL girls volleyball Dec 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The impact that two teammates — best friends, at that — had on Harbor High’s girls volleyball team is undeniable.
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Soquel moves into second round; Harbor’s season comes to a close | CIF NorCal girls volleyball roundup Nov 13, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

Soquel High’s girls volleyball team has been almost unbeatable at home this year, losing just once on Randy Peck Court. 
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Photo | Harbor High upset in division championship Nov 10, 2024 | By Shmuel Thaler

Harbor High’s Callahan Stone, Liberty Niesen, Cecile Novembre, Dylan Schutz and Tea Stockwell react on Saturday to a point late in the Pirates’ Central Coast Section D-IV girls volleyball championship match against Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. The thrilling match went down to the wire, and No. 3 […]
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Top-seeded Harbor falls short in five-set, Division IV thriller | CCS volleyball championships roundup Nov 10, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

In a thrilling girls volleyball championship match that went down to the wire, No. 3 seed Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton upset No. 1 Harbor 25-20, 25-14, 21-25, 27-29, 15-13 to claim the Central Coast Section Division IV title at Gunn High on Saturday.
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Harbor, Soquel advance to section finals, qualify for NorCal | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 08, 2024 | By Scott Goodrich

Top-seeded Harbor High’s girls volleyball team moved closer in its bid to defend its Central Coast Section Division lV championship by defeating No. 4 Scotts Valley 25-12, 19-25, 25-17, 25-14 in the semifinals on Thursday night.
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Ava Morrison, Hayden Smith pace Scotts Valley past MVC, into D-IV semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 06, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Outside hitters Ava Morrison and Hayden Smith combined for 38 kills, and the No. 4 seed Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team beat No. 5 Monte Vista Christian 25-14, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
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Harbor earns No. 1 seed in D-IV; eight county teams make playoffs | CCS girls volleyball Nov 01, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team received the No. 1 seed in Division IV, and eight teams from Santa Cruz County were seeded in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
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Harbor sweeps SV, repeats as SCCAL Tournament champ | Girls volleyball Oct 30, 2024 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was perfect in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action last season. It was so rewarding, the veteran Pirates were intent on accomplishing the feat again.
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Pajaro Valley girls volleyball team wins PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division with perfect record | Local Roundup Oct 30, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Olivia Contreras had eight kills, three aces, and three digs, and the Pajaro Valley High girls volleyball team closed Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play with a perfect record Tuesday.
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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.
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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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Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll wins Westside Half Marathon | Local Roundup Oct 12, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll took first out of 541 runners in the Westside Half Marathon in Santa Cruz on Saturday.
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MVC’s Kylie Brunelli, boys cross country team earn wins in Fresno | Local Roundup Oct 12, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School senior Kylie Brunelli took first place out of 168 runners in the Medium Blue race during the 45th annual Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday.
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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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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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Harbor rallies past Soquel, strengthens title repeat bid | Girls volleyball Oct 08, 2024 | By Gordon Kass

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team took on Soquel, the team right behind the loop-leading Pirates in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday night. It was “Dig Pink” night at Soquel and the home team came out red hot, eager for an upset.
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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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Soquel knocks off Aptos, remains in second in competitive SCCAL | Girls volleyball Oct 02, 2024 | By Gordon Kass

Soquel High girls volleyball team traveled six miles down the road and defeated Aptos 25-15, 25-23, 20-25, 25-21 on Tuesday to keep its hold on second place in the competitive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
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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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Aptos’ Maya Schiro, SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young run to Tom Leikam Invitational titles | Local Roundup Sep 21, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High junior Maya Schiro took first out of 66 runners at the nine-team Tom Leikam Invitational at Pinto Lake County Park, in Watsonville on Saturday.
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