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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.
Taevion Kinsey scores game-high 24 points, but Santa Cruz suffers another Showcase Cup loss | Local Roundup
Guard Taevion Kinsey scored a game-high 24 points for Santa Cruz, but the Warriors, who led by as many as 12 points, fell to the Valley Suns 114-106 in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Sunday.
Local groms shred at NSSA West Coast Championships | Local Roundup
Ten Santa Cruz groms made finals at the four-day National Scholastic Surfing Association West Coast Championships, which concluded Sunday at Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach.
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.
Locals shine at Wildflower in Bradley | Local Roundup
More than two dozen athletes from Santa Cruz County took part in the Wildflower, a three-day party celebrating multi-sport, music wellness and outdoor adventure, held in Bradley over the weekend.
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’s Joy Roberts, St. Francis’ Peyton Orradre win multiple events at O’Condon Invitational | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County girls track and field athletes produced nine event wins at the 22-team O’Condon Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday.
SC surfer Adam Bartlett eliminated on opening day in Barbados | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett was eliminated on the opening day of action at the World Surf League’s BTMI Barbados Surf Pro at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, Barbados, on Monday.
Harbor volleyball talent Sabine Kemos commits to NCAA D-III C-M-S | Local Roundup
Harbor High volleyball talent Sabine Kemos announced on social media that she will continue her athletic career at NCAA Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps while studying at Claremont McKenna College.
Former Soquel star Ciara Cantlen transfers from Hawaii to Santa Clara for beach volleyball | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz beach volleyball talent Ciara Cantlen has transferred from University of Hawaii to compete for Santa Clara University, the Broncos announced Friday.
Scotts Valley softball beats SLV, wins SCCAL title outright | Local Roundup
Junior Abby Howell doubled, homered, drove in four runs, and scored a run, and the Scotts Valley High softball team beat San Lorenzo Valley 9-4 to lock up the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright on Friday.
SC surfer Nat Young scores stellar 9.33 wave in heat win in Australia | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young won his opening heat at the World Surf League’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro, the season opener on the Challenger Series, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on Saturday.
Athletes represent county well on eventful track and field weekend | Local Roundup
A pair of senior track and field talents, Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby and Soquel’s Jonelle Scott, earned top-three finishes at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday.
Aptos thrower Logan Brantley, SV’s boys DMR team earn big wins | Local Roundup
Aptos High junior Logan Brantley won two events at the Bob Pryor Memorial Invite at Veterans Stadium in Merced on Friday.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz repeats as 1,500 champ at USATF Indoor Championships | Local Roundup
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz repeated as champ in the 1,500-meter race at the USATF Indoor Championships at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday.
Cabrillo softball talent Dillyn Vasconcellos named JC All-American | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College softball player Dillyn Vasconcellos was named to the NFCA California JC All-America team on May 10.
MVC’s James Ponzio, PCS’s Katharina Guth get two wins at PCAL Masters Meet | Local Roundup
MVC senior James Ponzio earned two wins and a runner-up finish to lead Santa Cruz County boys at the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Track and Field Masters Meet at Pacific Grove on Saturday.
MVC girls lacrosse beats Harker, moves to 2-0 | Local Roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s girls lacrosse team beat Harker 17-8 in its nonleague game in San Jose on Monday.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz wins women’s 1,500 race at USATF Indoor Championships | Local Roundup
Lululemon runner Nikki Hiltz, an Aptos native, took first place in the women’s 1,500-meter race at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday.
Cabrillo baseball gets three players named first-team all-conference | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s baseball team had three players receive all-Coast Conference South Division first-team honors: starting pitcher David Eichhorn, infielder Kinsal Plunkett and outfielder Dominic Giuffre.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays, John Mel take fifth at Jack’s Surfboards Pro | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays tied for fifth place Sunday at the World Surf League’s Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a Women’s Qualifying Series 1,000-point event in Huntington Beach.
Wildcatz’s three HRs help edge crosstown rival St. Francis in softball | Local Roundup
Rylee Gomez had two home runs and three RBI, and Watsonville High’s softball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to rally past St. Francis 5-4 in the Watsonville Tournament on Saturday. Junior outfielder Abreanna Alba hit for the cycle in a win over Stevenson.
St. Francis wins softball opener with walk-off double against Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Alicia Mendez hit an RBI double to give St. Francis High’s softball team a 5-4, walk-off win against Scotts Valley in its season opener Monday.