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Cabrillo softball sees season end in first-round NorCal playoff series | Local Roundup
The No. 7 seed Cabrillo College softball team lost 8-1 to No. 10 Cosumnes River in Game 3 of the teams’ 3C2A NorCal Regional first round playoff series on Saturday and saw its season come to a close.
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.
Harbor volleyball sweeps SC, celebrates first league title since 2009 | Local Roundup
Cooper Lastition, a 6-foot-4 outside hitter, shined on senior night, and Harbor High’s boys volleyball team won the 2026 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright with its 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 sweep of visiting Santa Cruz in the teams’ regular-season finale on Thursday.
Aptos baseball rebounds from loss to SC with rout of Cardinals | Local Roundup
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.
Harbor beach volleyball spikes visiting MVC | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team defeated Monte Vista Christian 4-1 in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crossover dual match on Friday.
Soquel freshman Kiyomi Dunlap pitches no-hitter against SLV | Local Roundup
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.
No. 11 UCSC men’s volleyball falls to No. 4 Cal Lutheran in regular-season finale | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 11 in the AVCA Division III Poll, lost to No. 4 Cal Lutheran 25-22, 26-24, 16-25, 25-22 in their regular-season finale in Santa Cruz on Saturday.
Cabrillo baseball falls to visiting Monterey Peninsula | Local Roundup
Ferris Vitali had two hits and two RBI for Cabrillo College’s baseball team in its 5-2 loss to visiting Monterey Peninsula in Coast Conference South Division action Friday.
Scotts Valley girls track and field posts three top-10 finishes at Stanford Invitational | Local Roundup
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 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.
Aptos softball holds off SLV, stays unbeaten in SCCAL | Local Roundup
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.
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.
No. 11 UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball avenges five-set loss to No. 9 Aurora | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team had a 0.389 kill percentage in the fifth set, and the No. 11 nationally ranked Banana Slugs beat No. 9 Aurora 26-24, 20-25, 25-17, 20-25, 15-10 in their tightly contested NCAA Division III match in Naperville, Illinois, on Monday,
UC Santa Cruz golfer Samantha Shaw posts top-five finish at Westbrook Village Invitational | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz sophomore golfer Samantha Shaw tied for fifth place at the Westbrook Village Invitational with a 3-over-par 145 total, and the Banana Slugs women took seventh out of nine teams in Peoria, Arizona, on Sunday.
Cabrillo softball posts 20-0 win for DH split with Feather River | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College softball team earned a doubleheader split with Feather River in Aptos on Friday, losing 4-2 in seven innings and winning 20-0 in five innings.
Nikki Hiltz runs to 3,000 win at ASICS Sound Invite in NC | Local Roundup
Runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native competing for Lululemon, took first place in the women’s 3,000-meter ASICS race at the ASICS Sound Invite in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday.
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.
Kayla Fullalove-Silveira, Ava Alvarado homer in third straight game for MVC softball | Local Roundup
Senior Kayla Fullalove-Silveira and sophomore Ava Alvarado each homered for the third straight game, and Monte Vista Christian School’s softball team beat Santa Cruz 15-4 in the teams’ nonleague contest, which was called on the 10-run rule after five innings on Monday.
Cabrillo baseball ousted from NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball season came to a close Friday, when the No. 21 seed Seahawks lost 11-5 to No. 4 Feather River in the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs in Quincy.
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.
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.
Santa Cruz baseball moves to 7-0 in SCCAL with rout of crosstown foe Harbor | Local Roundup
Senior Owen Rogers had a hit and four RBI, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team remained unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with its 14-2 win over crosstown foe Harbor on Friday.
Sentinel’s Jim Seimas awarded fifth place, Raul Ebio eighth at APSE national contest | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz Sentinel Sports Editor Jim Seimas was awarded fifth place and freelance photographer Raul Ebio received eighth place from the Associated Press Sports Editors in its annual national contest for work published in 2024.
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 holds off Westmont for nonleague win | Local Roundup
Seniors Fernando DaCosta and Seth Jin each had three hits, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team totaled 11 in its 8-6 nonleague win over Westmont on Friday.