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Local groms shred at NSSA West Coast Championships | Local Roundup May 19, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Ten Santa Cruz groms made finals at the four-day National Scholastic Surfing Association West Coast Championships, which concluded Sunday at Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach.

Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team ousted in CCS D-II quarterfinals | Local Roundup May 14, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had three goals and one assist, but the No. 8 seed Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team suffered a 13-5 loss to No. 1 Archbishop Mitty in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals in San Jose on Tuesday.

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Unbeaten Pirates’ duo claims SCCAL pairs beach volleyball title | Local Roundup May 10, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High seniors Isla Johnson and Maren O’Farrell defeated Santa Cruz senior Shelby Leonardich and freshman Haisley Flanagan 21-15, 21-12 in the finals to win the Mark Brewer SCCAL Beach Volleyball Pairs Tournament.

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Watsonville’s Cypress champion boys volleyball team swept in CCS play-in match | Local Roundup May 09, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High’s boys volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss to visiting Alisal in a Central Coast Section play-in match on Thursday night.

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Soquel’s boys tennis team falls to Burlingame in CCS Team Tournament | Local Roundup May 08, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s first loss during its historic 2025 boys tennis campaign was also its last.

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Kayla Fullalove-Silveira, Ava Alvarado homer in third straight game for MVC softball | Local Roundup May 05, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Kayla Fullalove-Silveira and sophomore Ava Alvarado each homered for the third straight game, and Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team beat Santa Cruz 15-4 in the teams’ nonleague contest, which was called on the 10-run rule after five innings on Monday.

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Harbor’s unbeaten beach volleyball team repeats as SCCAL champ | Local Roundup May 03, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept Soquel 5-0 to cap a perfect regular season at Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Friday.

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SV’s Taylor Wilson hits sixth HR, as Falcons knock off Aptos in SCCAL softball action | Local Roundup May 02, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s softball team beat visiting Aptos 5-3 on Thursday, and the Falcons secured a big win in their bid to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion.

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Harbor, Santa Cruz have multiple sports teams honored for academic success | Local Roundup May 01, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

When it comes to balancing athletics and athletics, multiple Harbor and Santa Cruz high teams more than made the grade.

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SC, Soquel set to square off in SCCAL tennis tournament finals | Local Roundup Apr 30, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High and Santa Cruz have shots to earn a sweep of the singles and doubles tennis finals at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships on Wednesday.

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Cabrillo baseball qualifies for NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup Apr 27, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Cabrillo College’s baseball team qualified for the California Community College Athletic Association NorCal Regional playoffs, it was announced Sunday at the seeding meeting.

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Soquel baseball shuts out Santa Cruz for sole possession of SCCAL lead | Local Roundup Apr 26, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Junior Dylan Hull hurled a complete-game shutout, and Soquel High’s baseball team posted its second convincing win over rival Santa Cruz in the span of four days Friday, winning 9-0, to take sole possession of first place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.

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Cabrillo baseball wins regular-season finale, awaits word on playoffs | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Kaiden Hoapili had three hits, three RBI, and scored a run, and Cabrillo College’s baseball team beat visiting Monterey Peninsula 10-5 in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division finale Thursday.

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Santa Cruz’s Tiera O’Connor to continue basketball career at San Francisco State | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High senior guard Tiera O’Connor, who didn’t play for the Cardinals in the winter after helping lead the program to back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles, will continue her basketball and academic careers at NCAA Division II San Francisco State University.

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Sofia Niklaus scores six goals as Scotts Valley girls lacrosse mauls Monterey | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had six goals and three assists, and Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team beat visiting Monterey 19-2 In Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Divison match on Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz baseball moves to 7-0 in SCCAL with rout of crosstown foe Harbor | Local Roundup Apr 19, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Owen Rogers had a hit and four RBI, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team remained unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with its 14-2 win over crosstown foe Harbor on Friday.

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Nash Horton lifts St. Francis past Carmel with walk-off home run | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Nash Horton hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to help St. Francis High’s baseball team knock off division leading Carmel 6-5 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division game Thursday,

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Watsonville baseball posts another rout, remains unbeaten in PCAL’s Cypress Division | Local Roundup Apr 16, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville High’s baseball team beat visiting Seaside 16-0 in the teams’ five inning game, and the Wildcatz remained unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division on Tuesday.

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County’s top track and field athletes turn in stellar marks at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup Apr 12, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Some of Santa Cruz County’s top high school track and field athletes turned in stellar performances at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at Arcadia High.

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Santa Cruz’s Joy Roberts, St. Francis’ Peyton Orradre win multiple events at O’Condon Invitational | Local Roundup Apr 07, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz County girls track and field athletes produced nine event wins at the 22-team O’Condon Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz baseball knocks off Aptos in SCCAL action | Local Roundup Apr 04, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Damos Deworken doubled, drew a walk, had two RBI, and scored twice in Santa Cruz High’s 8-3 win over Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball action Friday.

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SLV golf stays unbeaten with win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 04, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

James Dahlen shot 35 and earned medalist honors to lead San Lorenzo Valley High’s golf team past Santa Cruz 204-219 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Thursday.

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Santa Cruz softball holds off SLV, moves to 3-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Apr 03, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s softball team held a five-run lead through four innings and held on for a 7-6 win over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Wednesday.

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Tobin Ortiz-McClendon leads SC golf past Harbor at Pasatiempo | Local Roundup Apr 02, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s Tobin Ortiz-McClendon shot 37 on the front nine at Pasatiempo Golf Club for medalist honors, and helped the Cardinals beat Harbor 226-237 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.

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UC Santa Cruz women’s golf team takes seventh in tournament at Pacific Grove | Local Roundup Mar 31, 2025 | By Jim Seimas

The UC Santa Cruz women’s golf team, led by freshman Samantha Shaw, took seventh place out of 12 teams at the UC Santa Cruz Invite at Pacific Grove Golf Links on Saturday.

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