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SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young withdraws from World Athletics U20 Championships with injury | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz track and field talent Eli Fitchen-Young suffered an ill-timed injury that forced him to withdraw from the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Santa Cruz soccer talent Cassandra Travers commits to Duke
Santa Cruz soccer talent Cassandra Travers, a member of the U.S. U-16 Girls’ National Team, followed in her sister Jocelyn’s footsteps and committed to Duke University.
Max Aceves scores career-high 31 points in ‘Catz loss to Saint Francis Lancers | Local Roundup
Senior guard Max Aceves scored a career-high 31 points, but Watsonville High’s boys basketball team suffered a 68-52 loss to Saint Francis of Mountain View in the teams’ rare nonleague meeting Tuesday.
MVC girls basketball slips past Soquel for first win | Local Roundup
Freshman Karina Fromm scored a game-high 15 points, and the Monte Vista Christian School girls basketball team slipped past visiting Soquel 37-35 in nonleague action Monday to earn its first win.
Freshman defender Jocelyn Travers scores first collegiate goal for No. 3 Duke | Local Roundup
Freshman defender Jocelyn Travers, a Santa Cruz High alumna, scored her first collegiate goal, and the No. 3 ranked Duke University women’s soccer team trounced Virginia Military Institute 9-0 victory Thursday night at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
Accomplished Scotts Valley runner Jessica Kain signs with Saucony
Scotts Valley High alumna Jessica Kain was one of the 11 athletes added to Saucony’s 2025 North American Roster of Professional Runners.
Athletes represent county well on eventful track and field weekend | Local Roundup
A pair of senior track and field talents, Scotts Valley High’s Ashlyn Boothby and Soquel’s Jonelle Scott, earned top-three finishes at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday.
PV, Watsonville boys soccer teams call match after lights go out | Local Roundup
Crosstown rivals Pajaro Valley and Watsonville highs ended their rainy, nonleague soccer match prematurely after a the lights on the field went out with 15 minutes remaining Saturday night.
Locals’ excitement grows for 51st Wharf to Wharf race
The lineup of elite talent will be deep and the storylines numerous when runners of all ages and skill levels line up for the start of the 51st running of the Wharf to Wharf race Sunday morning.
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones named to Cheryl Miller Award preseason watch list | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones, a 6-foot-1 junior for Stanford University’s national champion women’s basketball team, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award, given annually to the nation’s best small forward.