The Soquel High and Santa Cruz baseball teams both traveled four-plus hours, round trip, to play in the CIF NorCal Regional playoffs in the Greater Sacramento area on Tuesday, and both saw their seasons come to a close in tough-to-swallow losses.
Soquel High’s baseball team, enjoying one of the finest seasons in Santa Cruz County history, gave powerhouse Valley Christian all it could handle in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs Saturday.
Top-seeded Harbor High’s girls volleyball team moved closer in its bid to defend its Central Coast Section Division lV championship by defeating No. 4 Scotts Valley 25-12, 19-25, 25-17, 25-14 in the semifinals on Thursday night.
Soquel High’s football team looked like it may be a spectator in its debut season in the prestigious Gabilan Division after being shut out by Salinas in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League opener three weeks ago.
Marcus Northcutt’s first win as a varsity football coach was a big one: Watsonville High beat crosstown foe Pajaro Valley 12-0 in the Belgard Kup rivalry game Friday night in front of 1,500 fans.