Ten Santa Cruz groms made finals at the four-day National Scholastic Surfing Association West Coast Championships, which concluded Sunday at Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach.
More than two dozen athletes from Santa Cruz County took part in the Wildflower, a three-day party celebrating multi-sport, music wellness and outdoor adventure, held in Bradley over the weekend.
Santa Cruz beach volleyball talent Ciara Cantlen has transferred from University of Hawaii to compete for Santa Clara University, the Broncos announced Friday.
Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.
A pair of senior track and field talents, Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby and Soquel’s Jonelle Scott, earned top-three finishes at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz repeated as champ in the 1,500-meter race at the USATF Indoor Championships at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday.
Lululemon runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native, took first place in the women’s 1,500-meter race at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday.