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PCS girls soccer knocks off host Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls varsity soccer team opened its season with a 2-1 win at Santa Cruz on Tuesday night.
Local trio earns first-team honors | All-PCAL Girls Volleyball
Three local high school girls volleyball players, Watsonville’s Daisy Cornejo, Pacific Collegiate’s Jade Hausmann, and Pajaro Valley’s Kalia Maravilla, were honored as all-Pacific Coast Athletic League first-team selections.
Scotts Valley posts fourth shutout, secures PCAL Mission North title | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team did it again on defense, and, eventually, the win column.
Cabrillo football shuts out West Hills Coalinga to guarantee .500 record | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s football team posted its first shutout of the season, a 24-0 win over host West Hills Coalinga on Saturday, to assure itself of at least a .500 record in its second year removed from the death penalty.
Soquel rallies past Hollister, stays in hunt for Gabilan title | High school football roundup
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.
Sophomore Ava Decleve leads Scotts Valley runners in Daly City | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High sophomore Ava Decleve took second out of 83 runners in the girls’ varsity race No. 1 at the Westmoor Ram Invitational in Daly City on Saturday.
Randy Blankenship begins home stretch to legendary 50-year coaching career | High school football
Aptos High’s football team begins its quest this weekend to deliver legendary coach Randy Blankenship, 70, his ninth league title in his 14th and final season at the helm of the program.
Madalyn Price, Sae Ackerstein shine at International Surf Rescue Challenge in Texas | Local Roundup
Madalyn ‘Munchie’ Price (Capitola) and Sae Ackerstein (Santa Cruz City), competing for Team USA, turned in stellar performances at the week-long International Surf Rescue Challenge in South Padre Island, Texas, which ended Saturday.
Abigail Higgins scores 10 goals in Harbor’s girls water polo rout of Hollister | Local Roundup
Junior Abigail Higgins scored a career-high 10 goals to go along with two assists, and three steals, and the Harbor High girls water polo team routed Hollister 26-4 in the teams’ nonleague game in Santa Cruz on Thursday.
Harbor edges Soquel in five-set thriller | High school volleyball roundup
In a tight, thrilling match of mini surges, Harbor High’s girls volleyball team gained a lead and rival Soquel rallied back.
Limited-roster Santa Cruz cancels Friday’s game against rival Soquel | High school football
Santa Cruz High canceled this year’s varsity football game against rival Soquel on Wednesday.
SC native Lynden Gooch, 27, signs two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. | Local Roundup
Lynden Gooch, a 27-year-old Santa Cruz native and former Soquel High standout, has signed a two-year deal with Stoke City F.C. of the English Football League Championship.
Santa Cruz cancels PCAL crossover game against Hollister | High school football
Santa Cruz High’s football team, which suited 23 players in its 40-0 loss to Harbor on Friday, has cancelled its Sept. 16 home game against powerful Hollister, Cardinals brass said Wednesday evening.
SC skateboarder Judi Oyama, 63, takes second at US slalom championships | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz slalom skateboarder Judi Oyama, 63, placed second at the U.S. National Championships, held in Vista over the weekend.
MVC’s Joseph Keldsen named Mission Division MVP | All-PCAL baseball
Monte Vista Christian School baseball player Joseph “JoJo” Keldsen was an all-league first-team selection last season. He knew he was close to MVP material, but needed to work needed on his defense.
MVC trio named first-team all-Cypress Division | All-PCAL softball
Monte Vista Christian School had three softball players named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Cypress Division first team following its wildly successful season.
Aptos, PCS get pair of first-team honorees | All-PCAL boys lacrosse
Aptos High’s boys lacrosse team had two seniors, Quinn Kerko and Fabian Cortes, honored as first-team players in Pacific Coast Athletic all-Gabilan Division voting.
Two locals honored on all-league second team | PCAL boys volleyball
Pacific Collegiate School senior outside hitter Nolan Crane was a second-team selection in voting for the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Gabilan Division boys volleyball team, and Pajaro Valley junior libero Cin Chavez was a second-team selection in the Mission Division.
Pajaro Valley junior Isaac Rojas named Player of the Year in Cypress Division | All-PCAL boys soccer
Pajaro Valley High junior Isaac Rojas was voted the Player of the Year in Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division by division coaches after he led the Grizzlies to the title and Central Coast Section Division I final.
MVC’s Alexa Malaspina named Mission Division’s Defensive POY | All-PCAL girls soccer
Monte Vista Christian School’s Alexa Malaspina, a junior goalie on the girls soccer team, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division.
Harbor girls beach volleyball beats Scotts Valley | Local Roundup
Three of five matches were decided by a third set, as Harbor High’s girls beach volleyball team beat Scotts Valley 4-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday.
Watsonville’s Xitlali Montesino a first-team selection in Gabilan Division | All-PCAL girls basketball
Watsonville High girls basketball standout Xitlali Montesino was a first-team selection in the Gabilan Division, the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
St. Francis junior guard Sam Braun named MVP of Cypress Division | All-PCAL boys basketball
St. Francis High junior guard Sam Braun was named MVP of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division after leading the Sharks’ boys basketball team to the title.
11 local girls, 15 boys advance from CCS Southern Regional | High school wrestling
Scotts Valley High junior wrestlers Danica Kelley and Kayse Martinovsky won titles and 11 local girls advanced from the Central Coast Section Southern Regional at Watsonville High on Saturday to next weekend’s Masters Championships.
Wrestling seeds revealed for CCS Southern Regionals | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County has wrestlers seeded in the top eight in each of the 14 weight classes for the Boys’ Central Coast Section Southern Regionals at Watsonville High on Saturday.