Junior center Violet Rubin scored seven goals and drew two exclusions, and the Santa Cruz High girls water polo team emptied its bench in a 21-9 win over Harbor in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match on Thursday night.
Seniors Giulia D’Souza and Daphne Olson each scored three goals to lead Santa Cruz High’s girls water polo team past Aptos 10-7 in the teams’ physical Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League battle Thursday.
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division IV champion, held off Scotts Valley 13-25, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 15-11 in the teams’ league match Tuesday.
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.
Kit DeForest hit a solo home run in Scotts Valley High’s four-run sixth inning, and the Falcons rallied past visiting Santa Cruz 8-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.
Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.
Senior Henry Spitzer edged Julian Arulanantham 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 3 singles to clinch Scotts Valley High’s 4-3 boys tennis win Thursday.
Pitcher Alicia Mendez shined in the circle, and the No. 16 state-ranked Cabrillo College softball team knocked off No. 3 San Mateo 5-1 in the teams’ Coast Conference game in Aptos on Tuesday.
Jorden Espinoza recorded 11 strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings, and Aptos High’s baseball team gained sole possession of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League lead with its 4-2 win over visiting Santa Cruz on Thursday.
James Dahlen was medalist with a 1-over-par 36 over nine holes in San Lorenzo Valley High’s 211-260 win over Soquel in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action at Pasatiempo Golf Club on Tuesday.
Aptos High senior Tiana Smith, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s newly crowned singles tennis champion, was still letting her unexpected title victory sink in when she heard cheers from her teammates a few courts away.
Santa Cruz High sophomore tennis player Francesca Garces and Aptos senior Tiana Smith will square off for the girls singles title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Senior Malloy Wiens had four goals, two assists, and two field blocks, and Soquel High’s boys water polo team earned a 13-1 win over visiting Aptos on Thursday in the teams’ regular-season finale.
All four scorers for Scotts Valley High’s girls golf team shot 33 or better at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Tuesday, and the Falcons beat Soquel 120-157 to post a perfect season in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
Aptos High tennis teammates Natalie Victory and Neci Hoeptner won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to clinch the Mariners’ narrow, 4-3 win over visiting Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Tiana Smith, Coral Collins, and Aviana Andrews earned singles wins in straight sets, and Aptos High’s girls tennis team beat visiting Soquel 5-2 to stay unbeaten in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
Amanda Scott scored in the 75th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team knocked of host Menlo 2-1 in Atherton on Friday for its third straight win.
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.
If the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament doubles tennis championship match was held on a basketball court, perhaps the outcome would’ve been different.
Aptos High’s boys tennis team — the unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion — produced three of the four finalists on opening day at the league tournament Tuesday.
Championship matches will be held at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Koosha Safari, John McGowan and John Hickey earned singles wins, and Aptos High’s boys tennis team repeated as champion of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Tuesday.
UC Santa Cruz senior forward Kaylee Murphy was named an NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday.