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Caden Prichard powers Aptos past Mission Prep of SLO | High school football roundup Sep 10, 2022 | By Richard de Give

Caden Prichard did a little bit of everything for Aptos High on Friday night.
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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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Blake LaRiviere’s fumble return helps Scotts Valley knock off Santa Cruz | High school football Aug 27, 2022 | By Gordon Kass

As a middle infielder on the Scotts Valley High’s baseball team, Blake LaRiviere knows how to catch pop flies. He utilized that skill to launch the Falcons’ football team to a 17-0 shutout victory over Santa Cruz on Friday night. 
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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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Highlights, lowlights galore at Santa Cruz County Jamboree | High school football Aug 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

The Santa Cruz County Jamboree was a different kind of emotional for each football player who suited up and saw action Friday at Cabrillo College’s Carl Conelly Stadium.
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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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County quartet makes college commitments | High school football Apr 22, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High football players Caden Stratton, Nolan Smith and Matthew O’Brien-Rojo, as well as St. Francis’ Garrett Lee made college commitments this week.
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Scotts Valley High to host memorial service for late football star Carlton Keegan on Saturday | Local Roundup Apr 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

A memorial service for Scotts Valley High senior Carlton Keegan, 18, will be held on the school’s football field on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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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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Santa Cruz’s bid for D-III section title repeat ends against unheralded Mills | CCS basketball roundup Feb 25, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Every year in the Central Coast Section basketball playoffs, there’s a team that slips under the radar. A program that gets hot late in the regular season, slips into postseason play and pulls off a massive upset or two.
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SC’s Qwentin Brown, SV’s Nolan Smith receive all-state football honors | Local Roundup Jan 28, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s Qwentin Brown and Scotts Valley’s Nolan Smith were named to Cal-High Sports’ All-State football team for small schools.
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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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Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young places fifth at Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships | Local Roundup Dec 12, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young, representing Santa Cruz Track Club, posted a top-five finish at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday.
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Falcons sweep top postseason honors in Cypress Division | All-PCAL Football Dec 09, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s football team swept top honors when it came time for Pacific Coast Athletic League coaches to select the top players in the Cypress Division.
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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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St. Francis stuns Cupertino, records first postseason win | CCS football roundup Nov 13, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The underdog St. Francis High football team didn’t let its No. 7 seed or the fact it had to open the playoffs on the road crush its will Saturday. Instead, the Sharks turned it into an opportunity to open some eyes.
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Five county teams seeded in CCS football playoffs; four open on the road as underdogs | Local Roundup Nov 07, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The good news: Five Santa Cruz County football teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. The bad news: Four of them are the lower seed and will play on the road.
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Scotts Valley beats SLV, goes 6-0 in Cypress Division | PCAL football roundup Nov 06, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Niko Iles, Isaiah Velez and Caden Stratton ran for touchdowns in the first quarter, and the Scotts Valley High football team beat rival San Lorenzo Valley 32-14 on Saturday to post a perfect record in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division.
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Santa Cruz downs Del Mar, moves into D-III semifinals | CCS girls volleyball roundup Nov 03, 2021 | By Gordon Kass

The No. 2 seed Cardinals (21-5) advance to Thursday’s semifinal at home against No. 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral (19-14), a West Catholic Athletic League power from San Francisco. A victory over the Fightin’ Irish will propel Santa Cruz into its first section championship match appearance in school history.
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