The Reggie Stephens Foundation (RSF), in partnership with the Gino Panelli Foundation, will host the inaugural Central Coast Senior Girls Soccer All-Star Game at Santa Cruz High on Sunday.
Aptos High soccer talent Alexa Castaneda, a two-time All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Player of the Year and four-time first-team honoree, announced on social media that she has committed to NCAA Division I Fresno State University.
Watsonville High senior forward Diego Guillen was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Mission Division during 2025-26 All-Pacific Coast Athletic League boys soccer voting.
Striker Josiah Siqueiros finished off an assist from midfielder Nicolas Topete in the 52nd minute, and Aptos High’s boys soccer team made it hold up in its 1-0 win over Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Harbor on its senior night Friday.
Sophomore Sai Nguyen scored the lone goal in the 64th minute, and Harbor High’s boys soccer team edged rival Santa Cruz 1-0 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Wednesday night.
The newly crowned repeat champion Aptos High girls soccer team jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first half and received goals from four players in its 4-1 victory over host Soquel in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Thursday.
Senior Diego Guillen had five goals and one assist, and the Watsonville High boys soccer team rolled past host King City 7-2 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday.
Sophomore forward Mike Carson scored 17 points, and the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team beat Foothill 77-73 to conclude the first round of Coast Conference South Division action Wednesday.
Isabella Hartnett scored two goals and made an assist, and the Aptos High girls soccer team beat visiting Scotts Valley 3-0 to remain unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Thursday.
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team topped Watsonville 1-0 in a battle of unbeaten teams in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action at Soquel High on Tuesday night.
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team scored twice in the final 12 minutes and rally for a 2-1 win over Stevenson in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division match Friday.
Stefan Ciesiolkiewicz scored on an assist from Desmond Boutelle early in the second half to help Santa Cruz High’s boys soccer team play to a 2-all draw against host Aptos in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener on Wednesday night.
Two local wrestlers, Soquel High freshman Aliyah Marcus and Santa Cruz sophomore Vera Bentley, won titles at the fifth annual La Manazanita Ladies Classic at Watsonville High on Thursday.
Harbor High’s boys basketball team, which earned seven wins last season, picked up its eighth win before opening the 2026 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season.
To mark the end of 2025, Santa Cruz Sentinel staff photographer Shmuel Thaler is sharing some of his favorite Santa Cruz County high school sports photos from the previous year.
Senior guard Max Aceves scored a career-high 31 points, but Watsonville High’s boys basketball team suffered a 68-52 loss to Saint Francis of Mountain View in the teams’ rare nonleague meeting Tuesday.
Senior center Connor Corlett had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Soquel High’s boys basketball team beat visiting Watsonville 77-42 in the teams’ nonleague game Friday night.
Freshman Juna Diaz scored three times, and the Soquel High girls soccer team beat Cristo Rey 8-0 to win the 10th annual Fremont Firebird Classic title in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Soquel High boys basketball team battled back with a solid fourth quarter, but suffered a 59-52 loss to host Palma in the semifinals of the Luis & Lucille Scattini Memorial Tournament in Salinas on Friday night.
Michaela Garcia scored on a shot from 20 yards out in the 22nd minute, and Harbor High’s girls soccer team beat visiting Stevenson 1-0 in nonleague action Thursday night.
Junior forward Kat Buckley produced another double-double, and Pacific Collegiate School’s girls basketball team beat Pescadero 43-16 in the championship of the Pescadero Hoop Dreams tournament on Saturday.
Sophomore guard Emilie Ngo continued her offensive ways, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team, an NCAA Division III squad, rallied past D-II UC Merced 79-72 at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday.