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Mariah Segura hits three HRs, drives in 7 in Wildcatz’s walk-off win in ninth | Local Roundup May 04, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Mariah Segura hit three of Watsonville HIgh’s five home runs as the Wildcatz softball team earned a thrilling, 16-15 walk-off win over San Benito in nine innings Wednesday.

Harbor wins finale, earns share of SCCAL beach volleyball title | Local Roundup Apr 30, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s beach volleyball team used three forfeits for a 5-0 sweep of Mount Madonna on Friday to finish the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular season with a share of the title.

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Aptos’ boys golf team slips past SC, wins SCCAL title | Local Roundup Apr 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s golf team pulled out a 209-214 win over Santa Cruz to remain unbeaten and claim the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday at DeLaveaga Golf Course.

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Santa Cruz’s beach volleyball win over Harbor creates logjam atop standings | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s girls beach volleyball team knocked off host Harbor 4-1 on Wednesday and create a three-team tie atop the SCCAL standings.

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Alicia Mendez, Aaliysah Gomez combine efforts in St. Francis’ perfect game | Local Roundup Apr 14, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Alicia Mendez and Aaliysah Gomez combined to throw a perfect game in St. Francis High’s 11-0 softball win at Rancho San Juan on Wednesday in nonleague action.

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Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young will open against Kelly Slater in Australia | Local Roundup Apr 08, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young will face 11-time world champion Kelly Slater of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and Owen Wright of Australia in the Opening Round of the World Surf League’s Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

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Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill places in top 5 in three events at Stanford Invite | Local Roundup Apr 02, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos senior Elizabeth Churchill won the high jump and took fourth in the 100-meter hurdles on Day 2 of the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Saturday.

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Harbor beach volleyball sweeps Scotts Valley, moves to 4-0 | Local Roundup Mar 26, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Gwen Grigsby and Maren O’Farrell beat Hannah Fleming and Morgan Lipman, 21-13, 17-21, 15-8 in the No. 1 match, and Harbor High’s beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 5-0 on Friday.

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Aptos boys tennis rolls past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Mar 22, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High singles players Koosha Safari, Aaron Buchanan and Heath Hegna didn’t lose a game in their straight-sets wins, and the Mariners’ boys tennis team beat host Scotts Valley 6-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.

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St. Francis baseball produces back-to-back no-hitters | Local Roundup Mar 18, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Freshman Nash Horton’s dominant outing gave St. Francis High’s baseball team its second no-hitter in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play this week. Horton recorded nine strikeouts and gave up one walk over six innings as the Sharks won 10-0 over North Monterey County on Friday in a game shortened by the mercy rule. […]

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Kai Price throws no-hitter in St. Francis’ baseball win over North Salinas | Local Roundup Mar 16, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Kai Price threw a five-inning no-hitter as the St. Francis High baseball team beat host North Salinas 12-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule Wednesday.

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Watsonville midfielder Adrian Rebollar, 22, signs with Monterey Bay F.C. | Local Roundup Mar 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Midfielder Adrian Rebollar, a 22-year-old Watsonville High alum, signed a pro contract with Monterey Bay F.C. in advance of its inaugural USL Championship campaign, pending league and federation approval. A former Santa Cruz Breakers Academy player, Rebollar recorded 16 goals, including seven game-winners, and 14 assists in his four-year career at California State University Monterey […]

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Santa Cruz surfers Sam Coffey, John Mel eliminated from Dominican Republic contest | Local Roundup Mar 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Eddie Brooks and Logan Manildi won multiple races to help Harbor High’s boys swim team past Aptos 72-48 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Friday in Aptos.

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Wrestler Mike Pena leads Santa Cruz at Jim Root Memorial | Local Roundup Jan 15, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High senior wrestler Mike Pena took third place at 132 pounds, and the Cardinals finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 58th Jim Root Memorial at Prospect High on Saturday.

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UCSC men’s volleyball opens season with pair of losses | Local Roundup Jan 14, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team opened its season, as well as the UC Slug Slam, with a pair of losses Friday at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday, falling 3-1 to Westcliff in the morning and 3-2 to Cal Lutheran in the evening.

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Harbor girls soccer pulls away from St. Francis | Local Roundup Dec 14, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls soccer team scored twice in the second half to secure a 3-1 nonleague win over St. Francis on Monday night in Santa Cruz.

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Cabrillo women’s volleyball eliminated by Fresno City in second round of CCCAA NorCal playoffs | Local Roundup Nov 28, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

The No. 6 seed Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team was eliminated by No. 3 Fresno City 25-22, 25-17, 25-12 in the second round of the CCCAA NorCal playoffs Saturday in Fresno.

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Five county volleyball players named to all-PCAL first teams | Local Roundup Nov 09, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Five county girls volleyball players were given all-Pacific Coast Athletic League first-team honors Monday, including Kirby setter Anna Shelton, who was named co-MVP of the Arroyo Division.

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Scotts Valley runs to team titles at Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s girls and boys cross country teams won titles at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational at Baylands Park’s 5k course in Sunnyvale on Saturday.

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Aptos girls tennis tops Santa Cruz to remain atop standings | Local Roundup Oct 15, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Holly Hegna, Autumn Zaretsky and Ashley Lavender earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis beat host Santa Cruz 6-1 to remain atop the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings Thursday.

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Soquel rallies for revenge on SC, hands Cardinals first loss in five sets | Girls volleyball roundup Oct 05, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior outside hitter Ciara Cantlen had season-high 32 kills to help the Soquel High’s girls volleyball team rally for a 25-13, 21-25, 16-25, 25-19, 17-15 win over previously unbeaten Santa Cruz on Tuesday night in Santa Cruz.

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Soquel edges Aptos in rematch of girls tennis co-champs | Local Roundup Sep 30, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Senior tennis player Aly Kosek rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Ashley Lavender at No. 4 singles to clinch Soquel High’s 4-3 win over visiting Aptos in a matchup of defending co-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions Thursday.

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Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten post wins at Little Wharf 3-Miler | Local Roundup Sep 26, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, 26, edged Aptos High senior Trent Nosky, 17, for the overall title at the Little Wharf 3-Miler on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten, 41, was the top female, finishing 10th overall in 17:34.

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