Aptos High senior right-hander Gabe Gaeckle struck out 17 batters in his compete-game, two-hit shutout Tuesday, a 4-0 win over visiting Harbor to repeat as Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion.
Matt Lawton had three hits with a walk, double, home run, two RBI, and two runs scored, but the Cabrillo College baseball team blew an early lead in their 9-7 loss to Mission in Coast Conference South Division play Thursday.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.
Junior Andrew Cox and sophomore Ben Nowark shared medalist honors after each shot 4-over-par 38 on the front nine at DeLaveaga Golf Course on Wednesday to lead the Mariners to a 200-247 win over Santa Cruz.
Senior Tosh Woods took first in the 100-meter run (11.46), long jump (19 feet, 5 inches) and high jump (5-8) and Aptos High’s track and field team took first in every event Thursday in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet against visiting San Lorenzo Valley.
Aptos High’s Ben Nowark and Harbor’s Matt Munro each shot 39 to share medalist honors, but the Mariners knocked off the Pirates 213-227 in their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match at Seascape Golf Club on Monday.
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.
Scotts Valley High senior golfer Elana McGrew was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year, and the Falcons’ John Surbridge was named Coach of the Year.
Ashley Gettleman lost a bet with Scotts Valley High golf coach John Surbridge at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Golf Championship on Tuesday. She didn’t break 70, as she had hoped.
Scotts Valley High’s girls tennis team won all seven matches in straight sets in a 7-0 sweep of Harbor in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday.
Sophomore outside hitter Holly Rejfir had 17 kills, and Harbor High’s girls volleyball team defeated host Scotts Valley 25-15, 26-28, 25-22, 25-15 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday night.
Santa Cruz County had 14 golfers qualify for the Central Coast Section Regionals, held on a cold and windy Tuesday at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch. Two remain.
Few, if any, of the boys competing in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Golf Championship on Tuesday know Pasatiempo Golf Club better than Santa Cruz High senior Myles Statsky.
Sophomore Alyssa Struthers hit two doubles, had three RBI and scored twice as the San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team rolled Aptos 15-1 in its mercy-rule shortened, five inning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Thursday.
Ben Pearson had 36 kills and 14 aces, and Mount Madonna School’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 23-25, 30-28, 25-20, 25-23 win over Soquel on the Knights’ senior night.
Aptos High’s golf team pulled out a 209-214 win over Santa Cruz to remain unbeaten and claim the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Thursday at DeLaveaga Golf Course.
San Lorenzo Valley High’s softball team had two hits and four walks, as well as Amelia Sizemore in the circle, and that was enough to post a 4-2 win over Aptos on Tuesday in Felton.
Ella Giguiere had a hit and three RBI, and the Cabrillo College softball team beat Chabot 10-0 in five innings in the teams’ Coast Conference game Tuesday in Aptos.
Taylor Santos, Siena Wong and Ellie Raffo each scored four goals as Scotts Valley High’s girls lacrosse team defeated Monte Vista Christian 16-2 on Thursday.