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Soquel High and Santa Cruz have a shot to earn a sweep of the singles and doubles tennis finals at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships on Wednesday.The finals take place Imperial Courts in Aptos at 3 p.m.
No. 1 seed Hudson Ward of Soquel faces No. 2 Che Castro on Santa Cruz in the singles final, and No.
1 Benja Bellito and Torin Miller of Soquel face No. 2 Jeremy Arulanantham and Sammy Lambert of Santa Cruz in the doubles final.Ward, a three-star recruit on tennisrecruiting.
net, didn’t lose game in his first two matches. He knocked off San Lorenzo Valley’s Sawyer Amos in the quarterfinals and Tyler Thomas of Aptos in the semifinals.Castro only lost one game in his first two matches, He beat Jacob Bodeman of Scotts Valley 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and blanked No.
3 Dane Victory of Aptos in the semifinals.Bellito and Miller beat Santa Cruz’s Ian Burchell and Ethan Romanowski 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals, and Aptos’ Isaiah Ackerman and Luve Granstrom 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals.Arulanantham and Lambert beat SLV’s Asher Schwarzbach and August Hughes 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals, and No.
4 Cian Francis and Colby Negro of Soquel 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals.The winners advance to the Central Coast Section Individual Championships on May 14-16.Soquel (10-0), the SCCAL champion, qualified for the CCS Team Tournament on May 1.
Boys baseballScotts Valley 14, at Santa Cruz 2: The Falcons had 13 hits and drew 10 walks in their SCCAL win Tuesday.Senior Kaleb Wing had three hits, four RBI, and scored a run. On the mound, the winning pitcher gave up five hits, two walks, and an unearned run over five innings while striking out six batters.
Sophomore Owen Martin had two hits, two walks, three RBI, and scored twice. Isaac Martin scored three runs, and Bryce McDonnell and Kit Deforest each scored twice. Clayton Pryor had two hits, one RBI, and scored a run.
Lukas Bloom and Monte Jordan each had two hits and one RBI.Scotts Valley (10-10, 6-4) hosts Santa Cruz (10-10, 7-3) on Friday at 4 p.m.
Soquel 7, at Aptos 3: Junior Trey Sousa had two hits, one RBI, and scored three runs in the Knights’ SCCAL win Tuesday.Junior Connor Corlett had two hits and two RBI for the Knights (20-1, 9-1). Junior Hudson Summerrill had three hits and a run scored, and senior Gabe Virgallito had two RBI and one RBI.
Cash Moran, Sam Whelan, and Noah Piona each had a hit and run scored for Soquel. Jake Escalante had a hit and one RBI.Isaiah Work had a hit, two RBI, and a run scored for the Mariners (7-12, 4-6).
Alec Mendoza doubled and one RBI.Soquel hosts Aptos on Friday at 4 p.m.
Harbor 13, at SLV 5: Noah Solano, Cole McCombs and Jaxson Hoye each had two hits and two RBIs in the Falcons’ SCCAL win Tuesday.Hoye pitched 6 2/3 innings and earned the win.Brody Egner had a hit and two RBI for the Cougars (2-16, 0-10).
In nonleague action on Wednesday at 4 p.m., Harbor (13-8, 4-6) hosts Santa Clara, and SLV hosts Watsonville.
At Monterey 4, St. Francis 1: Javier and Jacob Fonseca each had two of the Sharks’ seven hits in their PCAL Gabilan Division loss at Sollecito Park on Tuesday.Nick Fantl had a hit and one RBI for the Sharks (10-11, 6-7), and Noah Magana scored a run.
Connor Rose doubled and had two RBI for the Toreadores (8-14, 6-8).Reliever Ryan Lemaire earned the win, and Evan Dyer took the loss.St.
Francis hosts Soledad (8-13, 4-10) on Thursday at 4 p.m.MVC 14, at Rancho San Juan 2: The Mustangs used an eight-run seventh inning to seal their PCAL Mission Division win Tuesday.
Sophomore Mikie Melenudo had four hits, three RBI, two stolen bases, and scored twice in the Mustangs (17-4, 7-2). Brady Cortez had three hits, three RBI, and scored twice. Carter Wright had three hits, one RBI, and scored three runs.
Tyson Shaw had two hits, one RBI, and a run scored. Aidan Miller had one hit, two RBI, a run scored.Winning pitcher Jackson Haddad gave up two hits, three walks, and two unearned runs over 5 1/3 innings.
He struck out nine batters.MVC hosts vs Rancho San Juan (8-14, 2-7) on Thursday at 4 p.m.
At Pajaro Valley 25, Marina 14; 5 inn.: The Grizzlies scored 17 runs in the fifth inning and finished with a school record run total in their PCAL Cypress Division win Tuesday.Pajaro Valley had nine hits, drew eight walks, and took advantage of 17 Mariners’ errors.
Pajaro Valley (2-10, 1-7) hosts Marina (0-13, 0-7) on Thursday at 5 p.m.High school softballAt Scotts Valley 3, SLV 2: Jazzy Doubek drove in the tying run and scored the winning run on an errant pitch in the Falcons’ walk-off win in SCCAL play Tuesday.
Gracie Delgado had three hits and a walk for the Falcons (13-5-1, 6-1). Taylor Wilson had two hits and one RBI, and Nick Powell had two hits.Winning pitcher Sofie Seese struck out eight batters in her complete-game win.
Angie Fulkerson hit a solo home run for the Cougars (8-7-1, 6-3). Ellie Colby had three hits.On Thursday at 4:30 p.
m., Scotts Valley host Aptos (12-5, 8-2), while SLV hosts Soquel (3-7, 2-7).Aptos 14, at Santa Cruz 0; 5 inn.
: Sophomore Emma Burgueno doubled, homered, had four RBI, and scored twice in the Mariners’ SCCAL win Tuesday.Senior Makenzie Lashley had a hit, three RBI, and a run scored. Cara Allshouse doubled twice, drove in a run, and scored twice.
Lilly McGee doubled, had two RBI, and scored a run. Gwen Vaca had a hit and two RBI.Bailey Fulton, Nova Neu, and Kailani Aguayo each scored twice.
Tezdyn Medina-Mates doubled for the Cardinals, and teammates Molly Pisciotta, Ellia Dunton, and Amaris Gonzalez also had hits.Sophomore Mya Najera-White struck out 11 batters in her complete-game win.At Harbor 7, Soquel 5: Saige Buck and Sofia Monroe each doubled and had two RBI in the Pirates’ SCCAL win Tuesday.
Malibu Dominguez and Malibu Dominguez each had two hits and scored a run for the Pirates (2-11, 1-9). Dominguez also drove in a run.Kate Silva drove in a pair of runs for the Knights (3-7, 2-7).
Mia Riddle had two hits, one RBI, and scored a run.Hana Pomrantz struck out eight batters and earned the complete-game win.On Thursday at 4:30 p.
m., Harbor hosts Santa Cruz, while Soquel plays at SLV.At MVC 8, North Monterey County 6: Kayla Fullalove-Silveira had two hits and two RBI for the Mustangs in their PCAL Mission Division win Tuesday.
Samantha Bertoldi had two hits, one RBI, and scored three runs for the Mustangs (9-11, 3-8). Harper Ealy Whitby and Addie Boles each had two hits, one RBI, and a run scored.Ealy Whitby struck out eight batters in her complete-game seven-hitter.
MVC hosts King City (13-8, 8-3) on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.Girls lacrosseAt Scotts Valley 12, Carmel 9: The second-place Falcons avenged their March 11 loss to the Padres in PCAL Gabilan Division action Tuesday.
Sofia Niklaus scored 10 goals and won 78% of the Falcons’ draws. Skylar Dufour and Lola Ritsema each had one goal and one assist. Dillon Fiorita had four assists.
Goalies Lili Raif made two saves and Natalia Warner made one for the Falcons (7-2), who host Aptos on Thursday at 5 p.m.Boys volleyballAt Scotts Valley 3, SLV 2: Senior middle Tito Palma made 14 kills and six blocks to help the Falcons earn a 21-25, 25-18, 25-14, 22-25, 15-10 win in SCCAL play Tuesday.
Senior outside hitter Raith Wallwork had nine kills, five aces and five digs for the Falcons. Junior setter Troy Thompson made 40 assists, three aces, two kills, and two digs. Senior libero Neo Ciotti made 13 digs.
Scotts Valley (5-21, 2-9) hosts Mount Madonna on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.Kirby 3, Pajaro Valley 2: Senior outside hitter Aden Huang had 16 kills and three aces to help the Griffins earn a 25-19, 22-25, 25-20, 16-25, 15-13 win in their PCAL Cypress Division match Tuesday.
Senior opposite Will Gust had nine kills and five blocks for the Griffins. Junior setter Henry Annon had 39 assists and six blocks, and senior middle Yannis Sudek made 14 blocks.Kirby hosts Oakwood School on Thursday at 6 p.
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