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Aptos, Soquel girls water polo teams to square off in SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup Oct 31, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

The No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team edged No. 2 Santa Cruz 5-4 in the SCCAL Tournament semifinals at Soquel High on Wednesday.

Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup Oct 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.

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Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup Oct 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High’s Lauren Ohlsson earned medalist honors, and the Falcons’ girls golf team beat Soquel 138-161 to finish 10-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz boys, Soquel girls lock up water polo titles | Local Roundup Oct 17, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior Pa’ kalani Vaka-Saxton had six goals and one steal, and Santa Cruz High’s boys water polo team beat Soquel 13-10 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday.

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Three matches go to third-set tiebreakers as Aptos girls tennis knocks off Scotts Valley | Local Roundup Oct 16, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s girls tennis team won three singles matches and two doubles matches to secure a 5-2 win over Scotts Valley in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Tuesday.

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Aptos boys turn in photo finish in SCCAL cross country race | Local Roundup Oct 11, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s boys cross country team is fast and still improving.

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Elizabeth Penny helps Soquel’s girls water polo team double up on Aptos | Local Roundup Oct 09, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sophomore Elizabeth Penny stuffed the stat sheet with three goals, five assists, six steals, and four ejections drawn, and Soquel High’s girls water polo team started and finished strong in their 14-7 win over visiting Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday.

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Ava Decleve, Scotts Valley’s girls team take second at Artichoke Invitational | Local Roundup Oct 07, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Scotts Valley High junior Ava Decleve and Monte Vista Christian’s Kylie Brunelli posted top-five finishes in the small school division cross country race at the Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay on Saturday.

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Violet Rubin scores seven goals in Cardinals’ water polo win over Harbor | Local Roundup Oct 04, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Junior center Violet Rubin scored seven goals and drew two exclusions, and the Santa Cruz High girls water polo team emptied its bench in a 21-9 win over Harbor in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Thursday night.

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Yoan Ponio lifts Cabrillo men’s soccer with second-half tally | Local Roundup Oct 02, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Yoan Ponio scored in the 65th minute, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team beat visiting Gavilan 1-0 in the teams’ Coast Conference crossover match on Tuesday.

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Aptos’ Jack Rose, SC’s Mari Friedman win Little Wharf 3-Miler titles | Local Roundup Sep 29, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos’ Jack Rose took first out of 2,915 runners in the 2024 Little Wharf 3-Miler in Capitola on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Mari Friedman took ninth overall and repeated as the women’s champ.

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Santa Cruz slips past Aptos in girls water polo | Local Roundup Sep 27, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Seniors Giulia D’Souza and Daphne Olson each scored three goals to lead Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team past Aptos 10-7 in the teams’ physical Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.

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Harbor volleyball rallies past Scotts Valley for five-set win | Local Roundup Sep 24, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division IV champion, held off Scotts Valley 13-25, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 15-11 in the teams’ league match Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz girls water polo rallies big, edges Leigh | Local Roundup Sep 14, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Senior attacker Kat Fanni scored the game-winning goal with six seconds left, and Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team overcame a five-goal deficit to beat visiting Leigh of San Jose 8-7 on Saturday.

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Harbor unveils CCS volleyball banner, tops Soquel in tight league match | Local Roundup Sep 13, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Harbor High’s girls volleyball team unveiled its 2023 Central Coast Section championship banner in its first home match of the season Thursday, and added to its feel-good evening with a 26-28, 25-22, 25-20, 26-24 win over Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match.

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Aptos’ Brady Bliesner, MVC’s Kylie Brunelli lead local cross country runners at Jackie Henderson Memorial | Local Roundup Sep 08, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s Brady Bliesner took seventh and teammate Sam Hansen was eighth at the fifth annual Jackie Henderson Memorial Cross Country Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday..

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Sadie Holden an ace in Soquel’s volleyball sweep of Hollister | Local Roundup Sep 05, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sadie Holden served nine aces, and Soquel High’s girls volleyball team swept host Hollister 25-15, 26-24, 25-18 in the teams’ nonleague match Thursday.

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SLV boys, Harbor girls win water polo openers | Local Roundup Aug 30, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Freshmen Forrest McKinley-Newby scored six goals, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s boys water polo team beat York 13-7 in its season opener Thursday.

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SV’s Nathaniel Guillory, Soquel’s Jonelle Scott crowned as champions at CCS Finals | High school track and field May 19, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

On a breezy afternoon great for flying kites, Scotts Valley resident Nathaniel Guillory and Soquel High senior Jonelle Scott were both flying high after they won events at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Finals at Gilroy High on Saturday.

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Cabrillo baseball edges Monterey Peninsula to close regular season | Local Roundup Apr 25, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

First baseman Matt Morrison singled home outfielder Jacob Pappas with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Cabrillo College baseball team held off host Monterey Peninsula 3-2 to close the teams’ regular season Thursday.

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Scotts Valley baseball rallies for win over Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 23, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Kit DeForest hit a solo home run in Scotts Valley High’s four-run sixth inning, and the Falcons rallied past visiting Santa Cruz 8-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.

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SC baseball explodes for 13 runs in win over Soquel | Local Roundup Apr 20, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

All nine Cardinals scored at least once in Santa Cruz High’s 13-8 win over visiting Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball game Friday.

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Cabrillo baseball falls to Ohlone in Coast Conference battle | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.

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Sofia Niklaus leads Scotts Valley girls lacrosse past Salinas | Local Roundup Apr 18, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Sofia Niklaus had six goals and one assist, and Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team beat Salinas 11-3 on Wednesday.

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Soquel girls lacrosse knocks off Santa Cruz | Local Roundup Apr 17, 2024 | By Jim Seimas

Haylie Kennedy scored four goals and teammate Ashby Weeks scored three to help Soquel High girls lacrosse team beat Santa Cruz, 13-6, on Tuesday.

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