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Soquel goalie Rafael Suarez-Abraham selected MVP | All-SCCAL boys water polo
When boys water polo coaches in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League gather each fall to conduct all-league voting, it has been rare to see a goalie chosen as MVP.
Santa Cruz talent Violet Rubin caps four-year career with MVP honor | All-SCCAL girls water polo
All eyes were on Santa Cruz High water polo talent Violet Rubin from the outset of the season.
Aptos stuns SV, will face Santa Cruz for SCCAL Tournament crown | Local Roundup
The Aptos High and Santa Cruz girls volleyball teams will square off for the SCCAL Tournament title at Cabrillo College on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Aptos flag football repeats as SCCAL champ after sharing title in ’24 | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s flag football team beat Harbor 30-2 to win their third straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Wednesday.
Harbor, Aptos volleyball teams win titles at Harbor Tournament | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team picked up two more wins on Saturday to claim the Gold Division title at the two-day Harbor Tournament in Santa Cruz.
Soquel boys water polo beats Serra in battle of CCS ranked teams | Local Roundup
Senior Stryder Stelck had six goals, two assists, and two steals, and Soquel High’s boys water polo team, ranked No. 3 in the Central Coast Section by maxpreps.com, beat No. 10 Junipero Serra 14-9 in nonleague action Friday.
Cabrillo men’s soccer stuns No. 3 state-ranked Hartnell | Local Roundup
Oh là là! French midfielder Nathan Prevoteaux had two goals and an assist, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team stunned No. 3 state-ranked Hartnell 3-0 in Coast Conference North Division match in Salinas on Tuesday.
Aptos girls tennis team beats Soquel, stays perfect in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Neci Hoeptner and Julie Blevins beat Lucy Federspiel and Ayla Hymes 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2) at No. 1 doubles to help Aptos High’s unbeaten girls tennis team secure a 6-1 win over Soquel in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
Aptos girls water polo holds off Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Senior Madi Knudsen made three goals, including a 5-meter penalty shot, and an assist, and Aptos High’s girls water polo team beat Santa Cruz 7-4 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.
SCYC’s Kilian Kesting, Reuben Wax win Club Flying Junior class at U.S. Junior Olympic Sailing Regatta | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz Yacht Club’s Kilian Kesting and Reuben Wax teamed up for the title in the Club Flying Junior (CFJ) class at the U.S. Junior Olympic Sailing Regatta — also the 2025 Bay Area Youth Sailing Winter Series opener — on the Monterey Bay over the weekend.
Aptos flag football pulls away for SCCAL win | Local Roundup
Senior quarterback Ella Porter ran for four touchdowns and threw for another, and Aptos High’s flag football team earned a 33-12 win over Harbor in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play at Soquel High on Wednesday.
Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold, 40, retires from competitive fighting | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold, a former UFC middleweight champion, is stepping away from combat sports.
Local Olympians Nikki Hiltz, Dominique Parrish had an unforgettable 2024 | Sports Newsmaker of the Year
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz and Scotts Valley native Dominique “Domino” Parrish — both Olympic qualifiers — are the 2024 Sentinel Sports Newsmakers of the Year.
Santa Cruz’s Matthias Cruz earns second MVP honor | All-SCCAL boys water polo
Senior water polo talent Matthias Cruz didn’t lead Santa Cruz High in any statistical categories this season. A team captain, Cruz led with a number of intangible skills.
Soquel goalie Madison Barwick plays big, earns top honor | All-SCCAL girls water polo
Soquel High water polo talent Madison Barwick loves blocking 5-meter shots. The senior goalie, considered undersized for the position at 5-foot-6, also loves shining in 1-on-1 situations. She knows it hypes up her teammates.
Pajaro Valley girls volleyball team wins PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division with perfect record | Local Roundup
Junior Olivia Contreras had eight kills, three aces, and three digs, and the Pajaro Valley High girls volleyball team closed Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play with a perfect record Tuesday.
Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup
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.
Lauren Ohlsson wins medalist honors as Scotts Valley girls golf team goes 10-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
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.
Harbor girls volleyball repeats as SCCAL champ with sweep of SV | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Isla Johnson had 16 kills and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team repeated as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season champion with its 25-17, 25-11, 27-25 sweep of Scotts Valley on Thursday.
Three matches go to third-set tiebreakers as Aptos girls tennis knocks off Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
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.
Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll wins Westside Half Marathon | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Raymond Valadez Ingersoll took first out of 541 runners in the Westside Half Marathon in Santa Cruz on Saturday.
MVC’s Kylie Brunelli, boys cross country team earn wins in Fresno | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School senior Kylie Brunelli took first place out of 168 runners in the Medium Blue race during the 45th annual Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday.
Aptos boys turn in photo finish in SCCAL cross country race | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys cross country team is fast and still improving.
Elizabeth Penny helps Soquel’s girls water polo team double up on Aptos | Local Roundup
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.
Rio Cruz scores twice in Cabrillo’s football loss to San Jose City | Local Roundup
Quarterback Jamari Vaughns threw a pair of touchdown passes to receiver Rio Cruz, but the Cabrillo College football team suffered a 32-13 loss to San Jose City in Aptos on Saturday night.