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Aptos baseball secures sole possession of second in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Freshman James Reilly had four hits and four RBI, and Aptos High’s baseball team routed host San Lorenzo Valley 19-3 in its regular-season finale on Friday to secure sole possession of second place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Aptos’ boys, girls earn team title repeats at SCCAL Track and Field Championships
Aptos High’s Ella Boyes and Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve went out with a bang at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships at Harbor High on Saturday. The seniors both earned three individual event wins.
Addie Somerville helps Soquel girls lacrosse secure win on senior night | Local Roundup
Soquel High senior midfielder Addie Somerville scored four goals, and the Knights girls lacrosse team beat visiting Santa Cruz 10-2 in Pacific Coast Athletic League action Friday.
Aptos earns 4×800 titles; Soquel’s Jack Cash, Harbor’s Elise Dawson crowned pole vault champs | SCCAL Track and Field Trials
Aptos High took first place in the 4×800 meter relay for both boys and girls, and Soquel senior Jack Cash and Harbor junior Elise Dawson won pole vault titles at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Trials at Harbor High.
Santa Cruz boys tennis wins first league title since 2015 | Local Roundup
Junior Jeremy Arulanantham, freshman Lukas Novotny, senior Ian Burchell, and sophomore Anders Laurberg won their singles matches in straight sets on Friday to help Santa Cruz High’s boys tennis team beat Harbor 6-1 in a make-up match and secure its first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team title since 2015.
Scotts Valley’s Ava Decleve, Aaron Weiss earn wins at CCS Top 8 Invitational | High school track and field
Some of the top high school track and field athletes in the Central Coast Section gathered at Los Gatos High on Saturday to test their mettle against top-notch competition at the 45th annual CCS Top 8 Invitational.
Two Scotts Valley seniors, UCLA-bound Ava Decleve and Aaron Weiss, earned victories, giving them a good idea of where they stand on a bigger scale before likely dominating at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at the end of the month.
Harbor baseball rallies past Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally past visiting Scotts Valley for a 4-2 win in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Friday.
Ella Boyes, Kenzie Culbertson earn wins as Aptos girls take third at Avis Kelley Invitational track meet | Local Roundup
Girls track and field athletes from Santa Cruz County took first place in five events at the 53rd Avis Kelley Invitational at Gilroy High on Saturday.
Aptos softball uses five-run seventh to top Soquel 7-2 | Local Roundup
Aptos High softball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning and the Mariners beat host Soquel 7-2 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Thursday.
Oliver Dooley, Jacob Jimenez, Lisandro Pantoja and Ella Boyes among double winners at Meet of Champions | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Ella Boyes, Kirby’s Oliver Dooley, St. Francis’ Jacob Jimenez, and Watsonville’s Lisandro Pantoja each earned a pair of individual wins at the Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions track and field competition at Aptos High on Saturday.
Aptos boys golf tops Santa Cruz at DeLaveaga | Local Roundup
Junior Nick Bjorn shot 6-over-par 40 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course to secure medalist honors and lead Aptos High’s boys golf team to a 227-236 win over Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Thursday.
Poor shooting night dooms SC in G League loss to host Cleveland | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Warriors shot 40.2% from the field (37 of 92) and an abysmal 15.4% (6 of 39) from beyond the arc in their 130-110 loss to the Cleveland Charge in NBA G League action Saturday night at Public Auditorium.
SCCAL softball champ Scotts Valley beats rival SLV, pushes win streak to 11 games | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s softball team remains intent on entering the postseason as one of the section’s hottest teams.
Logan Walters leads Soquel, but Aptos repeats at SCCAL Championships | Boys track and field
Burgeoning decathlete Logan Walters, a senior track and field talent for Soquel High, put on a proverbial clinic at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Aptos High on Saturday.
Sophomore Scarlett Stateler leads Mariners to title repeat at SCCAL Championships | Girls track and field
Aptos High sophomore Scarlett Stateler playfully flexed for a photographer while standing atop the podium with one of her four medals in hand at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships. Her pose was both justified and deserved.
SV’s Taylor Wilson hits sixth HR, as Falcons knock off Aptos in SCCAL softball action | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s softball team beat visiting Aptos 5-3 on Thursday, and the Falcons secured a big win in their bid to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion.
Records fall as Watsonville boys secure PCAL tri-meet win | High school track and field roundup
Watsonville High’s boys track and field team scored 78 points to win its Pacific Coast Athletic League tri-meet against Monterey (50) and host Pajaro Valley (6) on Thursday.
Santa Cruz’s Tiera O’Connor to continue basketball career at San Francisco State | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior guard Tiera O’Connor, who didn’t play for the Cardinals in the winter after helping lead the program to back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles, will continue her basketball and academic careers at NCAA Division II San Francisco State University.
Soquel baseball picks up another walk-off win | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s baseball team scored in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 2-1, walk-off win over visiting Hughson in nonleague action Saturday.
Eli Fitchen-Young breaks his own school record in CCS Top 8 Invitational win | Track and field
Whether Santa Cruz High senior Eli Fitchen-Young has a good showing or not at an out-of-town track and field competition, it has become a thing for his mom, Kim, to blare ABBA’s Dancing Queen on the car stereo and the family to sing along.
Aptos rolls in SCCAL tri-meet wins | Track and field roundup
Aptos High’s boys track and field team beat Scotts Valley 106-25 and Mount Madonna 131-0, and the Falcons beat the Hawks 77-0 in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tri-meet at Aptos on Thursday.
County’s top track and field athletes turn in stellar marks at Arcadia Invitational | Local Roundup
Some of Santa Cruz County’s top high school track and field athletes turned in stellar performances at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at Arcadia High.
Santa Cruz baseball knocks off Aptos in SCCAL action | Local Roundup
Damos Deworken doubled, drew a walk, had two RBI, and scored twice in Santa Cruz High’s 8-3 win over Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball action Friday.
Casey MacConnell, Andrew Pursley, and Logan Brantley pace Aptos’ boys in win over Soquel | High school track and field roundup
Seniors Casey MacConnell, Andrew Pursley, and Logan Brantley each won two individual events to lead Aptos High’s boys track and field team past Soquel 103-30 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet Thursday.
Santa Cruz softball holds off SLV, moves to 3-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s softball team held a five-run lead through four innings and held on for a 7-6 win over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Wednesday.