Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
Seniors Cooper Lastition and Josh Rejfir each made eight kills, and the No. 1 seed Harbor High boys volleyball team swept No. 4 San Lorenzo Valley 25-19, 25-18, 25-14 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Harbor High on Tuesday night.
Nikowa D’Costa Hemp made 24 kills, and the No. 3 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team earned a 25-22, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of No. 6 Soquel in the first round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament in Watsonville on Monday night.
Santa Cruz’s Jesse Dueck helped the No. 3 seed UCLA’s beach volleyball team win the NCAA Division I championship at Gulf Beach Place in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sunday.
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.
Senior Jake Escalante hit two doubles and drove in three runs, and Soquel High’s baseball team beat visiting Aptos 9-3 in a matchup of the top two teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday.
Chicago White Sox rookie Tanner Murray suffered a left shoulder dislocation and fracture making a diving catch on Sunday and will likely miss the remainder of the season, MLB.com reported.
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.
Senior midfielder Addie Somerville scored the decisive goal with 32 seconds remaining, and Soquel High’s girls lacrosse team edged host Harker 8-7 in the teams’ nonleague match in San Jose on Thursday.
Aptos High’s baseball team handed host Harbor a 10-4 loss to secure its grip on second place in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League make-up game on Wednesday.
Senior setter Troy Thompson served seven aces, and made 28 assists, four digs, and two kills to help Scotts Valley High’s boys volleyball team earn a 25-9, 25-8, 25-18 sweep of visiting Watsonville in the teams’ nonleague match Tuesday.
Freshman James Reilly had three hits, five RBI, and scored a run, as Aptos High’s baseball team beat visiting Santa Cruz 18-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Saturday.
Freshman Kiyomi Dunlap threw a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts, and Soquel High’s softball team shut out San Lorenzo Valley 4-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
Scotts Valley High’s girls track and field team posted three top-10 finishes at the two-day Stanford Invitational, which ended Saturday night at Stanford University.
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.
Aptos High’s softball team held a six-run lead through four innings, but feisty San Lorenzo Valley battled back with five unanswered runs, as the Mariners held on for narrow, 6-5 win to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
Watsonville High’s boys and girls championship soccer programs will be among four local teams honored at Monterey Bay FC’s home match against San Antonio FC at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside on Saturday at 7 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong took third place and led the Banana Slugs to second place out of 14 teams at the two-day UC Santa Cruz Invite, which concluded Sunday at Pacific Grove Golf Links.
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.
Three local collegiate women’s beach volleyball players return to their old stomping grounds to compete in the West Coast Challenge at Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Friday and Saturday.
Harbor High’s baseball team trailed Aptos 4-0 through three innings, but rallied with a seven-run fourth inning and beat the host Mariners 11-9 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Tuesday.