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Flag football games postponed due to excessive heat | Local Roundup
Multiple Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League flag football games slated to take place at Aptos High on Wednesday evening were postponed due to excessive heat.
Dylan Hull, Jake Escalante combine for no-hitter as Soquel rallies past Willow Glen | Local Roundup
Seniors Dylan Hull and Jake Escalante threw a combined no-hitter, and the Soquel High’s baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit for a 5-2 win over host Willow Glen in nonleague action in San Jose on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz’s boys volleyball team rolls in SCCAL opener | Local Roundup
Senior outside hitter Lucas Kamalani had a team-high nine kills, and Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team swept Scotts Valley 25-13, 25-13, 25-21 to open Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday.
SLV junior Gabriel Attia is the lone local champion crowned at CCS Southern Regional | High school wrestling
San Lorenzo Valley High junior Gabriel Attia took first place and Santa Cruz sophomore Vera Bentley took second in their respective weight division at the Central Coast Section Southern Regional Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High on Saturday.
Aptos boys basketball team finishes fourth at its own tournament | Local Roundup
Senior Gio Garduno-Martin scored 16 points, and Half Moon Bay’s boys basketball team beat Aptos 55-37 for third place at the 12th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Wednesday.
Aptos boys basketball falls to Willow Glen in tourney semifinals | Local Roundup
Jack Tovani had 12 points, two rebounds, and two assists to lead Aptos High’s boys basketball team, but the Mariners fell Willow Glen 67-53 in the semifinals of the 12th annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday.
Scotts Valley girls basketball wins The King’s Academy Tournament title | Local Roundup
Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball team crushed Gunn 52-21 in the championship game at The King’s Academy Tournament in Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Santa Cruz struggles against Los Gatos’ pressure, falls in Dad’s Club championship | Boys basketball
Keyondre Randolph buried a 3-pointer on Santa Cruz High’s first possession to give the Cardinals a quick lead, but the night — as well as the 69th annual Emmett Thompson Memorial Dad’s Club Tournament title — belonged to Los Gatos’ boys basketball team.
Santa Cruz edges Monterey, will face Los Gatos for Dad’s Club title | Boys basketball
Santa Cruz High’s boys basketball team endured stretches without scoring. Still, the Cardinals found a recipe for success: heart, hustle and suffocating defense.
Soquel, Santa Cruz move into Dad’s Club semifinals | Boys basketball
It was early-season basketball at its finest, where heart and hustle tend to offset the absence of consistency and blissful and flawless execution.
Santa Cruz hosts Dad’s Club at KP Arena, Jacob’s Heart Pediatric Cancer Shootout | High school basketball
It’s December, and that means in addition to it being Christmas season, it’s high school basketball tournament/showcase time.
Santa Cruz sees feel-good, league championship season end | CCS football
Santa Cruz High’s usually reliable offense went cold in the second half Saturday, and with it went the chances of the Cardinals extending their feel-good football season.
County has rough go in quarterfinals | CCS football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team, playing in its first postseason game in 10 years, was in contention to pull off an upset after Cougars running back Justin Griffis scored early in the fourth quarter.
Soquel makes fifth straight CCS Open Division final; SC returns in D-II | Girls water polo roundup
It was one of those days. One of the good ones, where everything goes right.
All four county teams in CCS football playoffs open on the road
Four football teams from Santa Cruz County made the Central Coast Section playoffs with automatic berths. All four open with road games in the quarterfinals of their respective divisions this weekend, it was announced at the CCS seeding meeting on Sunday.
Cabrillo football falls to Coalinga, sees losing skid reach five | Local Roundup
Cabrillo College’s football team led at the half despite giving up a last-minute score in the second quarter, but Coalinga flipped the script in the second half and rallied for a 35-26 win in the teams’ Coast Conference opener in Aptos on Saturday night.
Aptos runner Sam Hansen earns win at 3-mile Jackie Henderson Memorial Invitational | Local Roundup
Aptos High junior Sam Hansen took first out of 219 runners and senior teammate Brady Bliesner was third at the sixth annual Jackie Henderson Memorial Invitational at North Monterey County High in Castroville on Saturday.
A school year in Monterey County high school sports: Milestones, magical moments and controversy
Taking a look back at a year’s worth of high school sports
CCS DIII baseball finals: Lewis’ walk-off single lifts Carmel to 10th title
Bo Lewis’ walk-off single in the eighth inning drives in Ty Arnold with the game winning run, lifting Carmel to a 3-2 win over Willow Glen in the CCS Division III finals.
Santa Cruz Boardriders take fifth at nationals, qualify for World Club Championship | Local Roundup
The Santa Cruz Boardriders club took fifth place at the U.S. Boardriders National Championships at Lower Trestles on Saturday, and secured a berth to the World Club Championship.
Jaxson Hoye has stellar outing in Harbor’s baseball win over Thomas More | Local Roundup
Jaxson Hoye was dominant on the mound, and Harbor High’s baseball team shut out visiting Thomas More of San Jose, 5-0, in the teams’ nonleague game Tuesday.
Soquel girls advance as county goes 1 for 5 in quarterfinals | CCS soccer roundup
Isela Gonzalez finished off a cross from Milana Flores in the fifth minute, and the No. 5 seed Soquel High girls soccer team used its fast start to beat No. 4 Willow Glen 3-1 in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals in San Jose on Saturday.
Aptos earns No. 1 seed, again; PV and Soquel also look to do damage | CCS girls soccer
Aptos High’s girls soccer team, one of three teams from Santa Cruz County to qualify for the Central Coast Section playoffs, earned a No. 1 seed for a second straight season Thursday.
Aptos preparing to battle unbeaten Carmel in CCS D-III final | High school football
The Mariners need to upset another unbeaten team if they hope to claim the sixth section title in school history and advance to a CIF NorCal bowl game.
No. 7 seed Aptos upsets No. 2 Willow Glen in D-III quarterfinal shootout | CCS football
Aptos High’s football program — a five-time Central Coast Section champion — has a history of rising to another level in the postseason.