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St. Francis’ Diego Ramirez named PCAL Scholar-Athlete Award winner | Local Roundup Mar 09, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

St. Francis High’s Diego Ramirez and Jayna Schalesky of Rancho San Juan were announced Thursday as the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s 2023 Central Coast Section Scholar-Athlete Award winners.

Harbor girls beach volleyball beats Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Mar 09, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Three of five matches were decided by a third set, as Harbor High’s girls beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 4-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.

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SC guard Moses Moody scores 25 in loss to Squadron | Local Roundup Mar 07, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

The Santa Cruz Warriors’ bid to make the NBA G League playoff took a disappointing hit Tuesday morning, when they suffered a 127-112 loss to the Birmingham Squadron, which entered with the worst record in the league.

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PV soccer alum Alan Bedolla earns All-America honors | Local Roundup Mar 03, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Hartnell College sophomore Alan Bedolla, a Pajaro Valley High alum, was named to the United Soccer Coaches Association’s 2022 Junior College Division III Men’s All-America team.

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MVC wrestler Rykin Resurreccion leads locals at PCAL Championships | Local Roundup Feb 05, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Monte Vista Christian School sophomore Rykin Resurreccion took second place at 132 pounds at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships at Salinas High on Saturday.

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St. Francis boys basketball hands host Watsonville its first league loss | Local Roundup Feb 03, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Nash Horton scored a team-high 15 points, and the St. Francis High’s boys basketball team got its revenge against host Watsonville with a 57-53 win on Thursday night to stay in the league title hunt.

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UCSC men’s volleyball breaks out broom at Slug Slam, records four sweeps | Local Roundup Jan 21, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team won two more matches Saturday at its tournament, UCSC Slug Slam, and finished the two-day event with a 4-0 record and four sweeps.

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Kaitlyn Murphy, Mariners soccer team knocks off Soquel in SCCAL action | Local Roundup Jan 20, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Kaitlyn Murphy had a goal and an assist, as Aptos High’s girls soccer team knocked off visiting Soquel 3-1 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.

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Kirby’s Anna Shelton named co-MVP of Santa Lucia Division | All-PCAL girls volleyball Nov 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kirby School girls volleyball player Anna Shelton, a 5-foot-9 senior setter/outside hitter, was named co-MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division with Greenfield senior setter Ariana Villagomez.

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Warriors fall to Clippers, drop to 1-1 in NBA G League | Local Roundup Nov 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Trevion Williams second double-double to open the season wasn’t enough to lead the Santa Cruz Warriors to victory on Saturday night.

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County trio sweeps podium at Bellarmine’s Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz County produced the top three individuals at Bellarmine’s 10-team Terry Ward Invitational in Sunnyvale on Saturday.

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Soquel girls water polo secures 12th straight league title | Local Roundup Oct 13, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Quinn Healy scored six goals and junior teammate Leah Murphy scored five goals, as the Soquel High girls water polo team beat host Aptos 21-4 and secured no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season title Wednesday.

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UCSC women’s soccer rallies for win over Redlands | Local Roundup Oct 09, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Angela Bradbury scored on a pass from Julia Hernandez in the 89th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team rallied past visiting Redlands 2-1 at Lower East Field on Saturday.

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Scotts Valley tops SC in SCCAL cross country meet | Local Roundup Sep 30, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High cross country runner Eli Fitchen-Young finished the 2.08-mile course at UC Santa Cruz with a time of 11:06 but Scotts Valley won the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet 23-32 on Thursday.

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Local runners dominate at Jackie Henderson Memorial in Castroville | Local Roundup Sep 18, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High sophomore Eli Fitchen-Young produced his third win on the young season, this time at the Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County on Saturday.

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Santa Cruz boys run to perfect score at Soquel | Local Roundup Sep 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High posted a perfect score of 15 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet win over host Soquel (48) and Harbor (76) on Thursday.

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Sophomore Holly Rejfir paces Harbor volleyball past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Sep 14, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore outside hitter Holly Rejfir had 17 kills, and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team defeated host Scotts Valley 25-15, 26-28, 25-22, 25-15 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday night.

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MVC girls volleyball team sweeps crosstown foe Watsonville Sep 13, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Hard serves that no one could touch. Hard serves that were shanked. And mix in some big blasts from the middle.

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Unmasking the favorites for league titles | 2022 Girls volleyball preview Sep 05, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

Setter Kayla Rhee-Pizano and outside hitter Jessie Dueck return for Soquel High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion. But 2021 runner-up Santa Cruz will again provide fierce competition.

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Mustangs have big goals with new head coach | Girls volleyball Sep 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

When Monte Vista Christian School girls volleyball program had an opening for its head coaching position in the offseason, Mustangs junior setter Avery Coleman had a good idea who she’d like to see at the helm: Natalie Picone, her coach at Main Beach Volleyball Club, also the head coach at Mount Madonna School.

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Soquel’s Jessie Dueck earns JVA’s Best In Beach Award | Local Roundup Jul 23, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel’s Jessie Dueck earned Junior Volleyball Association’s Best In Beach Award.

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Scotts Valley, Harbor baseball teams produce walk-off wins in SCCAL Tournament | Local Roundup May 10, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s baseball team pulled off a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Soquel on Monday to advance to the SCCAL Tournament semifinals.

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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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PCS’s Katharina Guth qualifies for CCS track and field semifinals in four events | Local Roundup May 07, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Pacific Collegiate School junior Katharina Guth placed in the top seven in four events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet on Friday at Gilroy High, meeting the criteria to advance to the Central Coast Section semifinals in all four events.

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Kirby boys volleyball falls to Palma in CCS play-in match | Local Roundup May 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kirby School’s boys volleyball team, the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division champion, lost 25-10, 25-27, 25-21, 25-20 to Palma in a Central Coast Section play-in game at Santa Cruz High on Thursday.

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