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Soquel earns two surfing titles at 26th High School State Championships
Soquel High earned the women’s longboard title and Knights freshman Riviera Hunter was crowned women’s shortboard champion at the 26th High School State Championships at Oceanside South Jetty on March 21.
Cabrillo men, women earn soccer wins over Feather River | Local Roundup
Sophomore forward Yoan Ponio had two goals and one assist, and the Cabrillo College men’s soccer team upset No. 1 state ranked Feather River 4-1 in the teams’ nonconference in Aptos on Monday.
UC Santa Cruz track talents Eric Anderson, Elena Stanciu advance to finals at D-III Indoor Championships | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz’s Eric Anderson and Elena Stanciu advanced from the prelims to the finals on the opening day of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, on Friday.
UC Santa Cruz men, women earn basketball wins | Local Roundup
Joseph Espy had 23 points, six rebounds, and three blocks, and the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team beat Whitman 83-79 at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Sunday.
Aptos, Soquel girls water polo teams to square off in SCCAL Tournament final | Local Roundup
The No. 3 seed Aptos High girls water polo team edged No. 2 Santa Cruz 5-4 in the SCCAL Tournament semifinals at Soquel High on Wednesday.
Aptos wrestler Janie Houser wins junior freestyle state title | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s Janie Houser took first place and Scotts Valley’s Danica Kelley took second at the California USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle State Championships at Selland Arena in Fresno on Sunday.
Cheryl Brightfield, Jonah Susskind shred at SCSSL Championships | Local Roundup
Soquel High junior Cheryl Brightfield and Santa Cruz senior Jonah Susskind each made a pair of finals at the second annual Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League Individual Championships at The Hook on Saturday.
Three county football players named to Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State teams | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County had three athletes garner Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football honors.
Aptos’ Lucas Zuniga, MVC’s Rykin Resureccion pin down wrestling titles | Local Roundup
Aptos High junior wrestler Lucas Zuniga won the heavyweight division title at the 59th annual Overfelt Classic at Overfelt High in San Jose on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett wins USA Surfing Prime U18 title at Steamer Lane
It was hard for Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett to decide which was bumpier, his descent down the face of the waves at iconic surf break Steamer Lane, or his ascent up a flight of stairs, while he was being chaired by a couple of his teenage friends after winning his first USA Surfing Prime title Sunday.
SC surfer Kaikora ‘KK’ Nauenberg among winners at SCSSL event | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz freshman Kaikora “KK” Nauenberg was among the four division winners, as the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League held Contest No. 4 of the 2023-2024 season at Pleasure Point.
Santa Cruz’s Judi Oyama, 63, named to 2024 USA Slalom Skateboarding Team | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Judi Oyama, who turns 64 on Sunday, has been named to the 2024 USA Slalom Skateboarding Team and will represent the U.S. at the World Skate Games in Rome in September.
Santa Cruz surfs to title in SCSSL finale | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High won the final Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League contest of the 2022-23 season in small, but clean conditions at Pleasure Point on Saturday.
Four local surfers earn wins at inaugural Champions Contest at Steamer Lane
Aptos’ Finn Brownlee, Santa Cruz’s Zoey Howland, and Soquel’s Jack Snyder and Katie Slevin won titles at the inaugural Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League Champions Contest, held at Steamer Lane on Saturday in 6- to 8-foot surf.
UCSC’s nationally ranked men’s volleyball team closes lengthy road trip with pair of wins | Local Roundup
The UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 10 nationally among NCAA Division III programs, closed its seven-match road trip with a pair of wins Sunday in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
SC native Aaron Woliczko named to the NIT Selection Committee | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz native Aaron Woliczko, the West Coast Conference senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball and sport administration, was been named to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Selection Committee, the NCAA announced Friday.
Cabrillo soccer teams seeded for NorCal Regional playoffs | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team (13-5-1), the Coast Conference’s South Division champion, received the No. 8 seed for the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs.
UCSC track and field standouts Abby McPhillips, Shea Wissler earn All-West Region honors | Local Roundup
Three UC Santa Cruz track and field athletes competed in the Redlands Last Chance meet at Ted Runner Stadium on Thursday to close out the 2022 season.
Aptos pitching staff records 19 strikeouts in six-inning win over Burlingame | Local Roundup
Junior right-hander Gabe Gaeckle struck out 16 batters in five innings of work, and Aptos High’s baseball beat visiting Burlingame 10-0 in a nonleague game called after six innings on the mercy rule Saturday.
Aptos boys win Wildcat Relays; Mariner girls take second | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s boys track and field athletes won six events and claimed the team title at the 49th Wildcat Relays at Watsonville High on Saturday. Aptos senior Elizabeth Churchill was part of five top-three finishes and helped the Mariners take second
SV native Vanessa Fraser runs to 13th at The Ten, as American records fall | Local Roundup
Nike Bowerman Track Club’s Vanessa Fraser finished 13th out of 26 runners in Sound Running’s The Ten at JSerra Catholic High in San Juan Capistrano on Sunday night.
UCSC rally falls short against nation’s top-ranked D-III women’s basketball team | Local Roundup
Junior guard/forward Ashley Kowack scored 25 points, but the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 loss to Christopher Newport, the nation’s top-ranked NCAA Division III team, on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young places fifth at Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High freshman Eli Fitchen-Young, representing Santa Cruz Track Club, posted a top-five finish at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Paris, Kentucky, on Saturday.
Banana Slugs deliver new men’s basketball coach Matt Malone first win | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior Keanna Miller placed in the top three in two divisions at the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf Contest No. 2 at Steamer Lane in Saturday.
Santa Cruz surfers John Mel, Autumn Hays win O’Neill Freak Show titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz surfers John Mel and Autumn Hays won titles at the 2021 O’Neill Freak Show Pro, held Friday through Sunday at Steamer Lane. Both earned $2,500 for their finishes.