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Soquel water polo star Rafael Suarez-Abraham thrilled about his momentous month
After Soquel High water polo star Rafael Suarez-Abraham was named the 2025 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League MVP in the fall, Knights coach Ryan Chapatte said his junior goalie as a “phenomenal talent.”
County’s baseball teams go 5 for 5 in CCS quarterfinals
Pitchers Cole McGillicuddy and Jacob Kissinger threw a combined four-hitter, and the No. 5 seed Aptos High baseball team slipped past No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep 3-1 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals on Saturday.
Wharf to Wharf race organization launches grant program | Local Roundup
The Wharf to Wharf race organization on Wednesday announced the launch of a formal community grant program to fund schools, organizations, and programs working to increase access to youth running and athletics throughout Santa Cruz County.
Five county baseball teams make CCS playoffs
Five Santa Cruz County high school baseball teams — Soquel, Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, and St. Francis — qualified for the 2026 Central Coast Section playoffs.
Soquel’s Hudson Ward wins CCS singles opener, gets ousted in second round by No. 2 seed | Local Roundup
Gannon Buhr and Ohn Scoggins repeated as champions at the 2026 Santa Cruz Masters Cup professional tournament, a three-day event at DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course that concluded Sunday.
Soquel’s historic season ends in NorCal Regional quarterfinals | Boys basketball
Soquel High’s boys basketball saw its historic season end Thursday night, as No. 2 seed Sacred Heart Prep defeated the No. 10 Knights 59-48 in the CIF State NorCal Regional Division IV quarterfinals.
Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley advance to section championships | CCS girls basketball roundup
Junior wing Mila Conn scored 17 points, and the No. 2 seed Santa Cruz High girls basketball team beat No. 3 Pioneer 54-47 in the Division III semifinals in Santa Cruz on Thursday night.
CCS boys basketball playoffs: Palma downs Pinewood, returning to Division V finals
Palma is headed to the CCS Division V finals; Pacific Grove falls in the Division IV semifinals
CCS soccer playoffs: Redler-Medina’s two goals propel Monterey past Scared Heart
Monterey and Salinas advance in girls’ soccer playoffs; Alvarez, Monterey and Soledad extend seasons in boys postseason
High School football: Digesting this past season
While the milestones in the regular season were historic, for just the third time in 17 years, no team in the county played for a CCS title
Aptos sophomore Kiana Safari earns win, falls in QF to No. 2 seed | CCS girls tennis
Aptos High sophomore Kiana Safari, the repeat Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League singles champion, showed progress and met her goal of earning at least one win at the Central Coast Section Singles Championships at Bay Club Courtside on Wednesday.
Soquel, Santa Cruz suffer heartbreaking losses in CCS girls water polo finals
Soquel High’s girls water polo team came oh so close to winning the program’s third Central Coast Section Open Division title Saturday.
CCS Division III playoffs: Carmel falls to Sacred Heart Prep in shootout
A two-point conversation late in the fourth quarter lifts Sacred Heart Prep to a 49-48 win over Carmel in the CCS Division III playoffs
Soquel falls to dynasty Sacred Heart Prep in Open semifinals | Boys water polo
Soquel High’s boys water polo team came up short in its bid to topple dynasty Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton in the Central Coast Section playoffs on Thursday.
CCS football playoffs: Carmel seeded No. 2 in DIII, Palma No. 4 in Open
Alisal, Carmel, King City, North Salinas, Palma, Salinas and Stevenson all seeded into the CCS football playoffs
Soquel boys overcome early deficit to reach Open semifinals; Knights and SC girls also advance | CCS water polo roundup
In the teams’ second meeting this season, and equally grueling, the No. 5 seed Soquel High boys water polo team slipped past No. 4 Los Gatos 12-11 in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Saturday.
Four of county’s five CCS qualifiers make prestigious Open Division | High school water polo
Santa Cruz County had five high school water polo teams, two boys and three girls, qualify for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs, including four in the prestigious Open Division.
As football season begins, UCSF announces study aiming to diagnose CTE in living people
Currently, the only way to diagnose CTE is posthumously, by taking a slice of brain tissue and dying it to identify the tau protein associated with the neurodegenerative disease.
Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve commits to UCLA | High school track and field
Family first. That’s why Scotts Valley High star junior runner Ava Decleve planned to wear a special shirt to a recent track and field practice, revealing her college decision to teammates before she announced it on social media earlier this week.
SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young continues to amaze with another record run | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High star senior runner Eli Fitchen-Young broke another school record in as many weeks.
Soquel girls soccer team sees historic postseason run end in D-IV NorCal semis
Soquel High’s girls soccer team saw its historic postseason run come to a close on Thursday night, when the Knights suffered a 3-0 loss to Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton in the CIF Division IV NorCal Regional semifinals.
NorCal high school boys basketball playoffs: Blut, Brown, led Carmel past Central
Carmel has extended its season into the NorCal Division III boys basketball tournament after a 58-49 win over Central of Fresno.
SC Warriors lose to Memphis in NBA G League battle | Local Roundup
Guard Yuri Collins recorded his 10th double-double of the season, but the Santa Cruz Warriors lost 125-117 to Memphis in NBA G League action at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Saturday night.
CCS DII girls’ soccer finals: Salinas falls in record setting season to Homestead
Salinas fails to produce a goal for the first time all year in a 1-0 loss to Homestead in the CCS Division II girls’ soccer finals.