The No. 5 seed UC Santa Cruz men’s soccer team beat visiting No. 4 Wisconsin-Whitewater 5-4 in a penalty kick shootout on Thursday to advance to the Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament semifinals.
UC Santa Cruz will host the Coast-To-Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament on its Lower East Field, with matches taking place Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Monte Vista Christian School junior Justin McCullick (17:14.90) took first place and led the Mustangs to the team title at the PCAL Mission Division Championships on Saturday at Palo Corona Regional Park’s 5,000-meter course.
Santa Cruz’s Brendan Bobo, a 6-foot-3, 207-pound infielder out of Harbor High, broke the Northwoods League’s career home run record in the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters’ 7-6 win over the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders on Thursday.
Two local baseball players, Monte Vista Christian School senior Joseph Keldsen and Aptos senior Gabe Gaeckle, were named to Cal-Hi Sports’ all-state teams.
Soquel High senior Tenaya Winter posted two of her fastest finishes at the 2023 CIF State Swimming Championships at Clovis West High on Friday. Unfortunately, her competition was up to task.
The Cabrillo College women’s beach volleyball team was eliminated by Grossmont 3-2 in pool play at the 2023 CCCAA Beach Volleyball State Championships at West Valley College on Thursday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young tied for 17th place and earned 1,900 points at the World Surf League’s Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro, the season opener on the Challenger Series in Queensland, Australia.
Aptos High senior right-hander Gabe Gaeckle struck out 17 batters in his compete-game, two-hit shutout Tuesday, a 4-0 win over visiting Harbor to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion.
Scotts Valley High’s unbeaten girls lacrosse team received the No. 3 seed in the Central Coast Section playoffs, and Monte Vista Christian qualified as the No. 9 seed.
MVC senior James Ponzio earned two wins and a runner-up finish to lead Santa Cruz County boys at the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Track and Field Masters Meet at Pacific Grove on Saturday.
Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s regular season and tournament champion, was awarded the No. 6 seed in the prestigious Open Division for the Central Coast Section at the seeding meeting on Saturday.
Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team capped its perfect run through Pacific Coast Athletic League play with a decisive, 22-8 win over Stevenson on Thursday.
Scotts Valley High’s (Ashlyn Boothby, Diana Alivov, Ava Decleve, and Rafaela Putnam) won the 4×800-meter relay title in 9:37.34 at the SCCAL Prelims at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday. Scotts Valley (Aiden Boothby, Spencer George, Ben George, and Mason Lantz) won the boys’ 4×800-meter relay title in 8:06.75.
Aptos High’s boys tennis team, repeat champion in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, earned its first-round opponent for the Central Coast Section team tournament at Monday’s seeding meeting.
Santa Cruz High alumna Maya Letona, the No. 6 seed out of New York City RTC, took third place at the 2023 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships on Saturday at South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Senior James Ponzio took first in the 1,600-meter race (4:37.28) and 3,200 (10:00.62), and Monte Vista Christian School placed third (85 points) at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division Finals at Alvarez High on Friday.
Matt Lawton had three hits with a walk, double, home run, two RBI, and two runs scored, but the Cabrillo College baseball team blew an early lead in their 9-7 loss to Mission in Coast Conference South Division play Thursday.
Aptos High’s boys tennis team — the unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion — produced three of the four finalists on opening day at the league tournament Tuesday.
Championship matches will be held at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
The Cabrillo College baseball team scored five runs in the ninth inning, but fell short in its 7-6 loss to Ohlone in Coast Conference South Division play Saturday.
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team was eliminated by defending national champion Carthage, 25-21, 28-30, 25-21, 25-20 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.