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Photos | Santa Cruz County flag football All-Stars show off their skills
In the pre-game skills competition, Aptos High School senior Izzy Graff and Hollister’s Jasayla Mariscal tied for the fastest 40-yard dash with marks of 5.0 seconds. Scotts Valley’s Taylor Wilson, competing for the North, won the passing accuracy event and Alisal’s Jasmine Estrada, competing for the South, won longest throw contest with a chuck of 38 yards. The skills competition winners won gift cards from Erik’s Deli Cafe.
Inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game exceeds expectations
No one beats the NFL. No one.
But ask any of the 300-plus fans who skipped watching the NFL’s Championship Sunday to attend a piece of local history at Santa Cruz High — the inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations — and they’d tell you they chose correctly.
Locals celebrate flag football’s massive growth with first All-Star game
The inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game, presented by the Reggie Stephens and Gino Panelli foundations, takes place at Santa Cruz High on Sunday at 2 p.m.
High School girls flag football: North-South all-star football game rosters
Rosters for the Central Coast high school all-star girls flag football game
High School girls flag football: North-South all-star game
Central Coast Flag Football all-star girls’ game
Scotts Valley’s Claire Skinner, Aptos’ Izzy Graff named co-MVPs | All-SCCAL flag football
Two girls flag football standouts, Scotts Valley High senior Claire Skinner and Aptos senior Izzy Graff, were named Co-MVPs of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Santa Cruz’s Evie Marheineke wins her third WCAL cross country title | Local Roundup
Archbishop Mitty High senior Evangeline “Evie” Marheineke, a Santa Cruz resident, won her third West Catholic Athletic League individual cross country championship on Wednesday.
Aptos, Soquel girls water polo teams to square off in SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup
The No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team edged No. 2 Santa Cruz 5-4 in the SCCAL Tournament semifinals at Soquel High on Wednesday.
Eli Fitchen-Young sets course record in Cardinals’ race at UCSC | Local Roundup
Senior Eli Fitchen-Young broke Santa Cruz High’s 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz and led the Cardinals to a 15-50 win over Harbor, 15-50, on Thursday. Mount Madonna had an incomplete squad in the tri-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet.
Aptos girls tennis tops Santa Cruz, moves to 5-0 in SCCAL | Local Roundup
Kiana Safari, Aviana Andrew, Coral Collins and Isabella Calderon earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team beat Santa Cruz 7-0 to remain unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Wednesday.
‘Quakes roll after Santa Cruz’s Jeff Kendall fires ceremonial siren | Local Roundup
Apparently, Santa Cruz’s Jeff Kendall is good luck for the San Jose Earthquakes.
Ella Porter leads Aptos past Soquel in flag football | Local Roundup
Junior Ella Porter completed 20 of 29 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns, and Aptos High’s girls flag football team beat Soquel 31-8 on Wednesday night.
Aptos rolls past SC in flag football action | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s flag football team beat Santa Cruz 54-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game at Harbor High on Wednesday night.
MVC’s unbeaten girls volleyball team rallies past Scotts Valley for 5-set win | Local Roundup
Senior Elizabeth McCuistion had 11 kills, nine coming on tips, and three service aces, and Monte Vista Christian School rallied for a 15-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-9 nonleague win over Scotts Valley on Wednesday.
Aptos boys basketball rallies, but falls short against Wilcox | Local Roundup
Isaiah Ackerman scored 25 points, but Aptos High’s boys basketball team lost 65-58 to visiting Wilcox in a nonleague game Monday night.
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.
Cabrillo football routs Gavilan to snap losing skid | Local Roundup
Freshman running back Peyton Hatten made himself a fixture in the end zone, and Cabrillo College’s football team shined in all three phases in its 43-7 rout of visiting Gavilan to pick up its first Coast Conference win Saturday.
Soquel alum Walmer Martínez rejoins El Salvador National Team | Local Roundup
Monterey Bay F.C. wingback Walmer Martínez has been selected to join the El Salvador National Team for its two upcoming matches in the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League group stage.
St. Francis football shuts out visiting Santa Cruz | Local Roundup
St. Francis High junior quarterback Javier Fonseca passed for three touchdowns in the first half, and the Sharks knocked off visiting Santa Cruz 39-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division game Saturday.
Gridiron Girls | Glimpse of the Action
Flag football teams show off their skills in sports’ inaugural season.