Santa Cruz native Bill Miller, a Harbor High and UCLA alum, will umpire his 10th League Championship Series and be joined as an LCS crew chief by Mark Wegner.
Aptos’ Isla Hardy, 16, took first place in the U18 age division at USA Surfing Prime Series’ West Stop No. 1 in 1- to 3-foot conditions at Steamer Lane on Sunday.
Soquel High’s girls water polo team picked up two more wins on Friday to move into the Platinum Division semifinals at the prestigious Arroyo Grande Fall Classic.
Aptos’ Matthew Quinn, 26, took first out of 455 athletes and San Francisco’s Tamara Sanchez Ortiz, 32, won the women’s title at the Santa Cruz Triathlon on Sunday.
Soquel High’s boys water polo team, ranked No. 2 in the Central Coast Section by maxpreps.com, beat visiting No. 7 Valley Christian 8-6 in double overtime in the teams’ nonleague battle on Friday.
Junior midfielder Alex Freeman followed up a shot from freshman forward Kirsten Li in the 54th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team edged DePauw 1-0 at Washington University in St. Louis on Sunday.
Soquel High’s girls water polo team, ranked No. 6 in the nation by maxpreps.com, staged a furious rally but suffered a 17-14 loss to No. 11 Carondelet of Concord in the teams’ nonleague battle in Soquel on Saturday.
Alexis Garcia-Ortiz of Mexico and Corinne Yorkman of Colorado Springs, Colorado, earned wins at the 2026 Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz at Main Beach on Sunday.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz took third out of 12 runners in the women’s 1,500 final at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship at National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.
Freshman Will Duheme scored nine goals, and the Cabrillo College men’s water polo team routed San Joaquin Delta 28-6 to open play in the 41st WK Antilla Memorial in Stockton on Friday.
The Shehorn sisters finished one-two to help Scotts Valley High’s girls cross country team slip past Aptos 26-29 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League meet on Thursday. Harbor fielded an incomplete team.
The UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team was shut out 2-0 by No. 6 nationally ranked Pomona-Pitzer in the Banana Slugs’ home opener Sunday at Lower East Field.
Will Duheme scored eight goals and Joaquin McGuigan scored seven, as the Cabrillo College men’s water polo team beat visiting Ohlone 21-14 in its home opener on Friday.
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team continued to ring in its 2026 campaign with anther victory, a 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 sweep of Monterey on Tuesday, following a prematch ceremony honoring its championship ’25 squad.
Cabrillo College’s football team suffered its worst loss in school history on Saturday, losing 99-3 to unbeaten De Anza in Cupertino to close the 2025 regular season.
Camille Anneet made a penalty kick in the seventh minute, and the No. 3 seed UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team stunned No. 2 Mary Washington 1-0 in the Coast-To-Coast Conference Tournament semifinals in Salisbury, Maryland, on Friday.
Four Cabrillo College players reached double-digits in scoring, and the Seahawks’ men’s basketball team pulled away in the second half to earn a 94-62 win American River in the teams’ nonconference game in Aptos on Sunday.
Senior outside hitter Natalie Monroe, a four-year starter committed to UNLV, had a career night, and that paid dividends for Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team.
Aptos native Caspar Corbeau, 24, became the first swimmer to break two minutes in the 200-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup – Toronto 2025 at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday.
Senior outside hitter Natalie Monroe had 18 kills, and Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team earned a 25-20, 26-24, 27-25 sweep of visiting Soquel in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match Thursday.