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Aptos, Soquel move into CCS semifinals with offensive outbursts | High school softball
Junior Nova Neu doubled and homered for Aptos High’s softball team, and the No. 3 seed Mariners made quick work of No. 6 Palo Alto in Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals.
Four county softball teams seeded for CCS playoffs
Four Santa Cruz County high school softball teams — Aptos, Soquel, SLV and Watsonville — qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs, which begin with Saturday’s quarterfinals.
Clipboard: Kosmont sprints to Yale school record in 60-meter dash
Former Santa Catalina sprinter Juliette Kosmont has broken the Yale school record in the 60-meter dash
Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez named Mission Division Pitcher of the Year | All-PCAL softball
Watsonville High’s Amelia Martinez was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division Pitcher of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to the title.
MVC trio named first-team all-Cypress Division | All-PCAL softball
Monte Vista Christian School had three softball players named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Cypress Division first team following its wildly successful season.
Scotts Valley runs to pair of 4×800 relay titles at SCCAL Prelims | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s (Ashlyn Boothby, Diana Alivov, Ava Decleve, and Rafaela Putnam) won the 4×800-meter relay title in 9:37.34 at the SCCAL Prelims at Santa Cruz High on Wednesday. Scotts Valley (Aiden Boothby, Spencer George, Ben George, and Mason Lantz) won the boys’ 4×800-meter relay title in 8:06.75.
St. Francis’ Mariah Montalvo named Mission Division’s Best Defensive Player | All-PCAL softball
St. Francis High senior catcher Mariah Montalvo was named Best Defensive Player in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division.
PCS’s Katharina Guth qualifies for CCS track and field semifinals in four events | Local Roundup
Pacific Collegiate School junior Katharina Guth placed in the top seven in four events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet on Friday at Gilroy High, meeting the criteria to advance to the Central Coast Section semifinals in all four events.
Hot bats help SLV baseball earn first win streak | Local Roundup
Blaine Mitchell had two hits, two RBI and a run scored in San Lorenzo Valley High’s 11-3 win over Monte Vista Christian in nonleague baseball action Tuesday.
Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day
Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports.