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Watsonville beats St. Francis, stays in hunt in tight Mission Division race | Local Roundup

The Watsonville boys basketball team used a balanced attack to beat host St. Francis 60-50 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Wednesday night.

Nico Downie, MVC mow down Greenfield on basketball court | Local Roundup

Nico Downie scored a game-high 20 points, and Monte Vista Christian School’s boys basketball team knocked off Greenfield 57-49 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division game Tuesday.

St. Francis boys soccer wins again, stays unbeaten in PCAL Santa Lucia Division | Local Roundup

Elias Garcia scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season, and St. Francis High’s boys soccer team beat Pacific Grove 2-0 to stay unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play Monday.

PV, Watsonville boys soccer teams call match after lights go out | Local Roundup

Crosstown rivals Pajaro Valley and Watsonville highs ended their rainy, nonleague soccer match prematurely after a the lights on the field went out with 15 minutes remaining Saturday night.

UCSC women’s basketball breaks school records in rout of Bethesda | Local Roundup

Four UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball players recorded double-doubles, and the Banana Slugs produced a school record for points scored in a game in their 120-53 win over visiting Bethesda at the West Field House on Friday.

PCS, Pajaro Valley girls soccer teams play to PCAL Mission draw | Local Roundup

Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team and visiting Pajaro Valley played to a 1-all draw in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division match at Depot Park in Santa Cruz on Wednesday.

Rhazelle Gonzales pushes MVC girls past Stevenson with late layup | Local Roundup

Senior Rhazelle Gonzales made the go-ahead layup with 10 seconds to go, and Monte Vista Christian School’s girls basketball team beat Stevenson 24-23 in their PCAL game Thursday night.

Scotts Valley boys upset defending co-champion Aptos in SCCAL basketball opener | Local Roundup

Will Shilling made four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, as Scotts Valley High’s boys basketball team opened Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play with a 66-44 home win over Aptos on Tuesday. 

Pat Spencer, Usman Garuba record double-doubles in Santa Cruz Warriors’ narrow loss | Local Roundup

Guard Pat Spencer and two-way center Usman Garuba each recorded double-doubles, but the Santa Cruz Warriors fell to Sioux Falls 105-102 in their NBA G League regular-season opener Thursday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.

Aptos wins by two touchdowns — on the soccer pitch | Local Roundup

Eddie Alvarez scored four goals in the first 16 minutes and he also recorded an assist, as the Aptos High boys soccer team routed visiting Anzar 14-0 in nonleague action on Thursday night.

UCSC’s Peyton Tazelaar, Kelly Ann Greene and Emily Pasion earn Academic All-District honors | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz women’s volleyball players Peyton Tazelaar, Kelly Ann Greene and Emily Pasion were named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators.

Cabrillo men’s basketball scores 100-plus again, reaches Saltwater Classic final | Local Roundup

Darius Best scored 19 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Folsom Lake 102-72 in the Saltwater Classic in Aptos on Saturday night.

PCS girls soccer knocks off host Santa Cruz | Local Roundup

Pacific Collegiate School’s girls varsity soccer team opened its season with a 2-1 win at Santa Cruz on Tuesday night.

Soquel’s girls water polo team secures 13th straight league title | Local Roundup

Senior Amelie Stotland had five goals, one assist, and one steal to lead Soquel High’s girls water polo team beat visiting Santa Cruz 19-6 to secure no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.

Sophomore Ava Decleve leads Scotts Valley runners in Daly City | Local Roundup

Scotts Valley High sophomore Ava Decleve took second out of 83 runners in the girls’ varsity race No. 1 at the Westmoor Ram Invitational in Daly City on Saturday.

GoFundMe page set up for injured MVC football player Taylor Fernandez | Local Roundup

Several Monte Vista Christian School parents have created a GoFundMe page to help support Mustangs football player Taylor Fernandez: “Support Taylor Fernandez Road to Recovery #51.”

Pajaro Valley football ends shutout skid, but St. Francis prevails in nonleague game | Local Roundup

Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.

Locals showcase talent at Soquel Invitational | High school track and field

Four female athletes from Santa Cruz County — SLV seniors Colleen Murata and Mia Hamilton, Aptos junior Ella Shoemaker, and Mariners senior Lena Manchester — posted top-three finishes in three individual events at the 26-team Soquel Invitational at Soquel High on Saturday.

UCSC’s Shea Wissler qualifies for NCAA Indoor Championships | Local Roundup

UC Santa Cruz senior Shea Wissler qualified for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships with his first-place finish in the heptathlon at the Midwest Qualifier at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, on Saturday.

Pajaro Valley clinches Cypress Division boys soccer title in final match | Local Roundup

It came down to the final game of the regular-season, but Pajaro Valley High’s boys soccer team secured the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division title with its 4-1 win over host North Monterey County on Tuesday night.

Elias Golino, PCS pull away from Anthony Toriz-led Ceiba | Local Roundup

Two of the top boys basketball scorers in Central Coast Section, Ceiba’s Anthony Toriz and Pacific Collegiate School’s Elias Golino, squared off again Friday at Gateway School in Santa Cruz on Friday night. And neither did anything to disappoint. 

Wrestling seeds revealed for CCS Southern Regionals | Local Roundup

Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.

Cypress Division boys basketball leader St. Francis pushes win streak to seven games | Local Roundup

Junior Ibarra scored a team-high 14 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team beat host North Salinas 63-45 on Wednesday to remain in first place in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play.

PV boys soccer edges Rancho San Juan on PK in stoppage time | Local Roundup

Kristof Garcia scored on a pair of penalty kicks, including the winner in stoppage time, as Pajaro Valley High’s boys soccer team, the leader in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division, edged second-place Rancho San Juan 3-2 on Monday.

Santa Cruz girls basketball records its first unbeaten SCCAL campaign in 20-plus years | Local Roundup

Senior guard Madison Yazalina had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists, and four steals, and Santa Cruz High’s girls basketball team beat Harbor 69-6 to finish Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play unbeaten on Friday.