Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team dominated during the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, winning its third straight league title, and, unsurprisingly, dominated all-league selections.
The best season ever for Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball program ended Thursday night in the CIF Division I NorCal Regional semifinal with a heart-breaking defeat to Archbishop Mitty.
It’s the home stretch of the boys volleyball season, and Santa Cruz High doesn’t want its campaign to end. More than wins, though, the Cardinals seem inspired to play another day for their coaches and with their best friends.
Amid triumph and tragedy, private moments of grief and public spectacles of joy, Mercury News and East Bay Times’ photojournalists captured the resilience of the human spirit across the Bay Area this year.