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'Starting slow' is key to sustainable fitness resolutions, trainer says
“You feel great after a month of just those littler goals,” McGee said. “But women think, ‘Oh, it’s not hard enough. It’s not going to suck enough,’ you know?”“If they are exercising continually, they might find that what they used to do in the past is not working for them anymore,” McGee said. “Now, they […]
“You feel great after a month of just those littler goals,” McGee said. “But women think, ‘Oh, it’s not hard enough. It’s not going to suck enough,’ you know?”“If they are exercising continually, they might find that what they used to do in the past is not working for them anymore,” McGee said.
“Now, they call the muscle your ‘organ of longevity,’ because that’s what actually keeps you upright and moving, and being able to live independently,” she said.
“Now, they call the muscle your ‘organ of longevity,’ because that’s what actually keeps you upright and moving, and being able to live independently,” she said.
Bone density decreases for women entering their 50s, and too much cardio exercise can burn up the muscle mass that is needed to support the skeletal system, McGee said. With time also comes loss of mobility, which can lead to falls resulting in injuries.
However, many of AP Training’s clients are women either experiencing perimenopause or menopause. Changing hormones, body composition and metabolism add to the challenge of staying in shape, McGee said.
“… They still think it’s like a bodybuilder kind of thing. Lifting weights and eating protein is Arnold Schwarzenegger on stage, being all bro,” she said.
Stratioti is a certified personal trainer who works with high school, collegiate and professional athletes in various sports. She is also a strength and conditioning coach for high school sports teams in Duluth.ADVERTISEMENT
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NCAA national championship beach volleyball tourney now through Sunday in Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores is the headquarters for the NCAA national championship tournament for beach volleyball. The Alabama beach town has hosted the tourney since its inception in 2016. This year, the 16-team tourney is going on now through Sunday. Schedule, details and tickets are available here. The tourney was not supposed to return to Gulf Shores […]
Gulf Shores is the headquarters for the NCAA national championship tournament for beach volleyball. The Alabama beach town has hosted the tourney since its inception in 2016.
This year, the 16-team tourney is going on now through Sunday. Schedule, details and tickets are available here.
The tourney was not supposed to return to Gulf Shores this year. For the first time, it was slated for Huntington Beach, Calif. However, the Good Lord and the California fires of 2024 did not cooperate with that site, and the tourney unexpectedly returned to its Gulf Shores home.
Two SEC teams made the national tourney this year, LSU and Texas.
In the nine years of the tourney, one team has been dominant: the University of Southern California. The Lady Trojans have won six of the nine national championships, including the past four. This year, USC is back in Gulf Shores trying for a five-peat.
The games played are single elimination and involve 16 colleges that earned selection after the regular season. The final game to determine the national champion will be played on Sunday.
Jim ‘Zig’ Zeigler writes about Alabama’s people, places, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former Alabama Public Service Commissioner and State Auditor. You can reach him for comments at [email protected].
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Rainbow Wahine Sweep Top Big West Water Polo Awards
Story Links 2025 Big West Women’s Water Polo Awards HONOLULU — After claiming the conference regular season and championship titles, the University of Hawai’i women’s water polo team swept the Big West’s major awards and a total of seven members of the program received […]
HONOLULU — After claiming the conference regular season and championship titles, the University of Hawai’i women’s water polo team swept the Big West’s major awards and a total of seven members of the program received postseason recognition from the conference.
The Big West announced its 2025 awards on Friday and Bernadette Doyle’s all-around performance earned the senior conference Player of the Year honors in voting of the league’s coaches. Ema Vernoux, the team’s leading goal scorer, was named the Freshman of the Year, and James Robinson was voted Coach of the Year in his first season leading the Rainbow Wahine.
Doyle and Vernoux, both attackers, also made the All-Big West First Team along with goalkeeper Daisy Logtens. Senior utility Jordan Wedderburn was a second-team selection and junior attacker Roni Perlman earned honorable mention recognition. Vernoux and attacker Gabrielle Doyle also made the All-Freshman team.
Bernadette Doyle became the fifth UH student-athlete to be voted Big West Player of the Year and the Rainbow Wahine program claimed the honor for the seventh time in 12 years of conference membership. The left-hander from New Zealand has served as a catalyst for the ‘Bows on both ends of the pool, ranking second on the team with 91 total points with 53 goals and a team-high 38 assists. She’s also tied for the Big West lead with 51 steals and is second on the team with 13 field blocks. In Big West regular-season play, she led the conference with 37 points (19 goals, 18 assists) and tied for second with 14 steals. She has 12 hat tricks this season and posted a career game in the Big West Championship semifinals on April 26 when she tied her previous best with five goals and set a new high with eight steals in an 11-9 win over UC San Diego. She also became just the second player in program history to post at least 100 goals, assists and steals in a career.
Coming off an appearance in the Paris Olympics in her home country, Vernoux made an instant impact in Mānoa, becoming the sixth UH player to be named Big West Freshman of the Year. Her total of 75 goals is the fourth highest single-season total in program history and she is on pace to become just the third UH player to average at least 3.0 goals per match in a season. She’s led the UH attack in volume and efficiency with a team-high 16 hat tricks and a .556 shooting percentage.
Logtens made the All-Big West first-team for the second consecutive season and leads the conference with a 9.02 goals-against average and ranks fourth with 193 saves in her sophomore season. She was named the Most Valuable Player of the Big West Championship after posting 14 saves in UH’s 8-6 win over Long Beach State to capture the ‘Bows’ second straight title.
Wedderburn earned All-Big West honors for the first time in her career while anchoring the middle of the UH attack. She’s second on the team 65 goals, tied for UH’s eighth highest single-season total, and created power-play opportunities with a team-high 69 drawn exclusions. The senior from South Africa has 14 hat tricks this season and scored a career-high seven goals in a win over UC Irvine on Feb. 2 in the Triton Invitational. In Big West matches, she led the team and ranked second in the conference with 22 goals. She tied program records with three Big West Player of the Week awards this season and four in her career. Wedderburn also earned the UH athletic department’s highest honor on Wednesday as a recipient of the Jack Bonham Award.
Perlman also earned conference honors for the first time after posting 32 assists to rank second on the team to go along with 15 goals.
Gabrielle Doyle joined the roster in January and ranks second on the team with 34 steals, trailing her older sister. She also has 14 goals and 10 assists.
Robinson ascended to head coach after two seasons as UH associate head coach under Maureen Cole and extended the ‘Bows’ Big West reign. After losing four of the team’s top five scorers following the 2024 season, UH was voted second in the Big West preseason poll. The ‘Bows went on to sweep through the conference’s regular-season schedule for the second straight year and retained the Big West Championship title. Robinson guided the ‘Bows to their third straight 20-win season and 12th overall.
The Rainbow Wahine (21-4) are preparing for the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship in Indianapolis. UH is the fourth-seed in the bracket and will face California in a first-round match on May 9 at the IU Natatorium.
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University of Tennessee at Martin Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association released its annual list of Top Flight award winners today and the University of Tennessee at Martin racked up the honors. The Skyhawks placed three pairs (Kayla Bryant/Olivia O’Keefe, Lauren Mariscal/Jenna Vallée and Sydney Eckhardt/Reagan McGee) on the prestigious list, doubling the previous amount of winners the […]
Today’s announcement marks the second career AVCA Top Flight award for both Vallée and McGee, joining Kayla Carrell as the only two-time honorees of this accolade. The six 2025 UT Martin winners join Carrell/McGee (2024), Haeleigh Paulino/Vallée (2023) and Carrell/Addison Conley (2022) as the program’s all-time recipients of this award.
Now in its seventh year, the AVCA Top Flight program recognizes beach pairs who compete in at least 15 matches together at a specific flight and win at least 75 percent of their matches prior to the NCAA Tournament. This year, just 88 pairs representing 45 schools from all three NCAA divisions, NAIA, and two-year colleges earned Top Flight status.
The Skyhawks were one of just eight NCAA Division I schools to boast at least three pairs on this year’s Top Flight list. Overall, 51 Division I pairs made the cut – including only a dozen recipients out of the No. 2 position in the lineup and nine apiece in both the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. UT Martin is responsible for three of the seven Ohio Valley Conference pairs on the 2025 AVCA Top Flight list.
An All-OVC first team duo, Bryant/O’Keefe become the first Skyhawks to win an AVCA Top Flight award out of the No. 2 slot in the lineup. That pair reeled off a 25-7 overall record this spring, which ranks as the most pair victories in school history. The duo actually qualified for the Top Flight award in both the No. 2 (12-3, .800 winning percentage) and No. 3 (13-4, .765) positions, going 9-1 against OVC competition. They reeled off two different winning streaks of at least nine matches in 2025, including a stretch of 20 victories in 21 decisions (with 11 wins in a row at one point) from March 14 through April 19. The tandem set a school record with three separate OVC Pair of the Week honors this spring, winning that award on March 5, March 25 and April 15.
Mariscal/Vallée are the first-ever UT Martin pair at No. 3 to claim the AVCA Top Flight award. This pair did not team up together until March 22 but went on a torrid stretch thereafter – going 13-3 (.813 winning percentage) overall with a 5-1 mark against league foes. Mariscal, the 2025 OVC Freshman of the Year, and two-time All-OVC honoree Vallée won six of their first seven matchups and eight of their last nine decisions, capping off a spectacular season with OVC Championship All-Tournament medallions.
Fresh off a selection on the All-OVC second team, Eckhardt/McGee also earned a spot on the OVC Championship All-Tournament squad. Joining forces for the first time on March 7, this pair went 25-4 overall – equaling Bryant/O’Keefe for the most single-season wins in school history – and solidified its Top Flight status at the No. 4 slot with a 24-2 mark, easily setting the school record for highest career winning percentage (.923) at that position. They won their first 14 matchups together – not suffering a loss until March 29 – and ended the season with 11 wins in their last 12 tries.
These six helped the Skyhawks finish the 2025 campaign with a 24-10 record, trailing only the 2023 squad’s 27 wins as the most in school history. UT Martin advanced to the OVC Championship finals for the fourth time in the five-year history of the tournament but narrowly fell by a 3-2 margin at Chattanooga.
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Boise State Athletics
GULF SHORES, Ala. – No. 14 Boise State beach volleyball fell to No. 3 Stanford, 3-0, in the opening round of the 2025 Beach Volleyball National Championship, Friday afternoon. The Broncos, who competed at the national tournament for the first time in program history, finished the season with a 23-12 record. With all five courts beginning […]
The Broncos, who competed at the national tournament for the first time in program history, finished the season with a 23-12 record.
With all five courts beginning at the same time, Stanford’s No. 5 pair of Daria Gusarova and Emmy Sharp claimed the first point, defeating Boise State’s Charlee Ellena and Lily Patock, 21-11, 21-15.
Moments later, the Cardinal grabbed another victory, this time from the No. 4 position as Chloe Hoffman and Logan Tusher defeated Emilia Guerra-Acuña and Elli Wolthuis, 21-14, 21-13
Stanford clinched the dual from the No. 3 court, as Kelly Belardi and Charlotta Bell defeated Avery Allen and Abbie Wolf 21-18, 21-12.
Quotables
“This group should be incredibly proud of the season that they had. This team accomplished something that no other team in Boise State history has ever accomplished. They set a goal at the beginning of the season to reach the National Tournament and they went out and did it. It sucks losing in the moment but this group has so much to be proud of.” – head coach Allison Voigt
“As a coach, I’m wired to constantly be thinking of the future. Stanford is an incredible team. It took them a couple of years to get used to it here and now they’re one of the top teams in the nation. We just got to this tournament and got a taste of what it’s like. Now we have to come back. Our program has been on the rise the last couple of years and we have zero plans of slowing down.” – Voigt
Full Results
No. 3 Stanford def. No. 14 Boise State 3-0 (Order of Finish: 5,4,3)
1: Allyson Alden/Sharli O’Neil (BOI) vs. Ruby Sorra vs. Taylor Wilson (STAN) 11-21, 18-20 unfinished
2: Ava Anderson/Addison Wolden (BOI) vs. Avery Jackson/Brooke Rockwell (STAN) 18-21, 17-19 unfinished
3: Kelly Belardi/Charlotta Bell (STAN) def. Avery Allen/Abbie Wolf (BOI) 21-18, 21-12
4: Chloe Hoffman/Logan Tusher (STAN) def. Emilia Guerra-Acuña/Elli Wolthuis (BOI) 21-14, 21-13
5: Daria Gusarova/Emmy Sharp (STAN) def. Charlee Ellena/Lily Patock (BOI) 21-11, 21-15
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Ex-UH athletic director Craig Angelos applies for AD again
Former University of Hawaii-Manoa Athletic Director Craig Angelos has reapplied for the job five months after being fired by then-President David Lassner, he confirmed to Spectrum News on Friday morning. Spectrum Sports play-by-play man Kanoa Leahey first reported on his morning talk show, Let’s Talk Sports on ESPN Honolulu, that Angelos had reapplied. “Yes. I […]
Former University of Hawaii-Manoa Athletic Director Craig Angelos has reapplied for the job five months after being fired by then-President David Lassner, he confirmed to Spectrum News on Friday morning.
Spectrum Sports play-by-play man Kanoa Leahey first reported on his morning talk show, Let’s Talk Sports on ESPN Honolulu, that Angelos had reapplied.
“Yes. I did apply,” Angelos subsequently messaged Spectrum News in reply to a question. “But don’t have anything to say. Just going to see how it all plays out.”
Angelos has remained on Oahu since he was dismissed.
“Never left,” he said.
In a controversial move, Lassner decided to fire Angelos “based on performance” in late November, 18 months into the job for Angelos and with about a month left in the leadership tenure of Lassner. Lassner hired Angelos in May 2023.
UH received considerable blowback from its fan base, as it appeared to have underestimated the Utah native’s popularity. Student-athletes started a petition to have him reinstated. “Save Craig” shirts were circulated at sporting events, including the nationally televised UH men’s basketball game against North Carolina on Nov. 22, one of the last events at which Angelos appeared. His official end date was Dec. 1.
New President Wendy Hensel has said she hopes to hire a new AD by the end of the summer. Associate athletic director and Senior Woman Administrator Lois Manin has been acting AD for the last five months. The position was posted on April 4.
UH has named a search committee as well as a national search firm. Based on its previously announced timetable, it would conduct interviews in late May.
Others believed to be interested in the position include former UH men’s basketball player and sports agent Jarinn Akana and Keith Amemiya, chair of Gov. Josh Green’s Sports Task Force and former head of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association.
Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.
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Harbor’s unbeaten beach volleyball team repeats as SCCAL champ
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept Soquel 5-0 to cap a perfect regular season at Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Friday. Harbor went 10-0 overall, 6-0 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. It’s the Pirates’ third straight league title and second straight undefeated season. It was senior day on the beach and and […]
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept Soquel 5-0 to cap a perfect regular season at Main Beach in Santa Cruz on Friday.
Harbor went 10-0 overall, 6-0 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. It’s the Pirates’ third straight league title and second straight undefeated season.
It was senior day on the beach and and the teams honored Soquel seniors Bella Hogan and Lily Juarez-Sapone as well as Harbor’s 10 seniors, including Isla Johnson, Maren O’Farrell, Tea Stockwell, Grace Stryker, Zoe Kemos, Sabine Kemos, Callahan Stone, Sandy Enriquez and Zara Leiben.
The Pirates won all five matches in straight sets.
Johnson and O’Farrell beat Lana Walding and Emma Bendetti, 21-10, 21-18 at No. 1.
Stockwell and Stryker beat Jaden Coleman and Gemma Reyes 21-11, 21-17 at No. 2
Dylan Schutz and Liberty Niesen defeated Hogan and Juarez-Sapone 23-21, 21-9 at No. 3
Cecile November and Lise Corstorphine beat Alexis Monahan and Rebecca Aiello 21-8, 21-6 at No. 4, and the Kemos sisters defeated Ruby Hyatt and Abby Harawy 21-7, 21-6 at No. 5.
The SCCAL pairs tournament takes place on Thursday and Friday.
College baseball
At Feather River 12, Cabrillo 4: Diego Grabiel had a hit, one RBI, and a run scored but the Seahawks lost in Game 1 of the teams’ best-of-three CCCAA NorCal Regional first round playoff series Friday in Quincy.
Nico Hilger had two walks, one RBI and scored a run for the No. 21 seed Seahawks (18-22). Donovan Thorpe had a hit and one RBI, and Adrian Castaneda and Jay Patterson each scored a run.
Shane Danley had four hits, four RBI, and scored twice for No. 4 Feather River (32-9). Dylan Marx hit three doubles, had one RBI, and scored three runs.
Jayden Andrade earned the win, and Oscar Knapp took the loss.
Game 2 is Saturday at 2 p.m.
Boys track and field
PCAL Mission Championships: Watsonville senior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar took first in the long jump (19 feet, 11.5 inches) and triple jump (39-06.75), and second in the 110 hurdles (18.71 second) at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at Rancho San Juan High in Salinas on Friday.
King City (169 points) took first out of six teams, and the Wildcatz (77) were third.
Wildcatz junior Lisandro Pantoja took second in the discus with a school-record distace (156-5) and third in the shot put (43-4).
Watsonville freshman Noel Navarro took second in the 300 hurdles (44.36), and senior Gerardo Acosta-Perez took third in the 110 hurdles (18.75).
PCAL Cypress Championships: Monte Vista Christian junior Owen Bingham took first in the 110 hurdles (18.81) and second in the 300 hurdles (47.66) in the PCAL Cypress Division Championships at Pacific Grove High on Friday.
Pacific Grove (161 points) took first out of five teams. The Mustangs (90) took third.
MVC junior Conor Gilliam took first in the 800 (1:58.32).
MVC (juniors Patrick Tracey, Gilliam, and Gavin Beckmen, and senior Joshua Tepoorten) took first in the 4×400 relay (3:32.13).
Tepoorten also took second in the 200 (50.98).
MVC (junior Patrick Tracey, sophomore Sean Williams, junior Boston Ashe, and Tepoorten) took second in the 4×100 relay (44.63).
Beckmen took second in the 3,200 (10:11.82) and third in the 1,600 in the third best mark in school history (4:36.65), and sophomore Isaiah Ortega took third in the pole vault (10-0), the second best mark in school history.
PCAL Santa Lucia Championships: Pajaro Valley senior Izaak Ocampo took first in the 100 (11.61), 200 (24.55) and long jump (20-11.5) in the PCAL Santa Lucia Division Championships at Greenfield High on Friday.
The Grizzlies (126 points) took first out of eight teams. St. Francis (118) took second, Pacific Collegiate School (32) was sixth, and Kirby (15) was seventh.
St. Francis senior Derek Anderson took first in both the 110 hurdles (18.19) and 300 hurdles (48.05), and junior teammate Jacob Jimenez took first in both the triple jump (40-2) and high jump (5-8).
Pajaro Valley senior Luis Torres took first in the discus with a school record (150-10).
PCS sophomore Jude Holmlund took first in the pole vault (11-0) and Pajaro Valley senior Carlos Anaya took second (9-6).
Pajaro Valley junior Giovanni Villanueva took second in both the 110 hurdles (18.71) and 300 hurdles (48.11).
Kirby freshman Oliver Dooley took second in the 400 (55.07) and third in the 200 (25.41). Pajaro Valley junior Erik Michi took second in the 800 (2:16.29) and third in the 1,600 (5:06.32).
PCS freshman Alexander Profumo took second in both the 1,600 (5:00.82) and 3,200 (10:45.66).
St. Francis junior Coy Jordan took second in the long jump (18-4.5) and classmate Robert Gomez Jr. took second in the high jump (5-8).
St. Francis (juniors Joseph Dayrit and Gomez Jr., sophomore Vince Tovar, and Jordan) took second in the 4×100 relay (45.41). The Sharks (senior Johnny Croghan, Gomez Jr., sophomore Vince Tovar, and senior Van Ridgway) also took second in the 4×400 relay (3:48.18).
Pajaro Valey senior Aron Bernabe took second in the shot put (39-2).
Croghan took third in the 800 (2:18.15) and sophomore teammate Evan Salguero was third in the 300 hurdles (50.39).
Pajaro Valley junior Luis Martinez took third in the 3,200 (11:07.18), sophomore teammate Andrew Chavez took third in the long jump (18-0), and the Grizzlies took third in the 4×100 relay (45.68).
Girls track and field
PCAL Mission Championships: Watsonville senior Katelynn Ruiz took first in the 1,600 (5:28.03) and 3,200 (11:55.56) at the PCAL Mission Division Championships at Rancho San Juan High in Salinas on Friday.
Stevenson (115.6 points) took first out of six teams, and the Wildcatz (69) were fourth.
Wildcatz senior Jocelyn Guzman took first in the 300 hurdles (48.90) and third in the 100 hurdles (18.43), and junior teammate Azucena Sandoval took second in the 3,200 (12:02.34).
Watsonville (sophomore Aileen Reyes, junior Lizbeth Gomez Abrica, freshman Julieta Garcia, and senior Jocelyn Guzman) took second in the 4×400 relay (4:23.67).
PCAL Cypress Championships: Freshman Anna Conca took first in the 800 (2:30.89) and 1,600 (5:20.33) in the PCAL Cypress Division Championships at Pacific Grove High on Friday.
MVC (178 points) took first out of eight teams.
MVC (freshmen Charley Moggia, Kylie Fitzpatrick, and Norah Rondia, and senior Madison Bandy) took first in the 4×100 relay (52.61). The Mustangs (sophomore Finley Castro, freshman Carly Heitzenrater, sophomore Chloe Shaw, and Conca) also took first in the 4×400 relay (4:29.31).
Senior Kylie Brunelli took first in the 3,200 (12:10.45) and second in the 1,600 (5:22.49).
MVC swept the top three spots in the pole vault: senior Nyree Delfin (8-6), freshman Gabby Telles (8-0), and freshman Eleanor Crane (7-6).
Bandy took second in both the 100 (13.23) and 200 (27.20), and Heitzenrater took second in the 100 hurdles (18.06) and third in the 300 hurdles (54.51)
Castro took second in the 400 (1:04.93), senior Hannah Woodford took second in the 800 (2:41.15), and Rondia took second in the 300 hurdles (53.27).
Shaw took third in the 400 (1:08.22), Castro took third in the 1,600 (5:26.82), and Moggia took third in the 100 hurdles (18.70).
PCAL Santa Lucia Championships: St. Francis junior Peyton Orradre and PCS freshman Iris Paten each took first in thee individual events in the PCAL Santa Lucia Division Championships at Greenfield High on Friday.
St. Francis (112 points) took first out of seven teams. Pajaro Valley (69) was fourth, and PCS (33) was seventh.
Orradre took first in the 100 hurdles (17.38), 300 hurdles (52.66), and triple jump (32-6), and Paten took first in the 800 (2:29.76), 1,600 (5:25.78), and 3,200 (12:08.08).
St. Francis junior Camila Suarez took first in the discus (75-8) and second in the shot put (26-2).
Pajaro Valley senior Ellie Moore took first in the pole vault (7-6), and junior teammate Emily Lopez took second in both the 800 (2:46.72) and 1,600 (6:04.72).
St. Francis junior Julie Lopez took second in the long jump (13-5.5), classmate Mia McClendon took third in the 400 (1:06.98), and senior teammate Carley Anderson took third in the triple jump (31-10).
Pajaro Valley (Lopez, freshman Kylie Moore, junior Alyssa Moore, and freshman Liz Zamora) took first in the 4×400 relay (4:36.41). The Grizzlies (juniors Scarlet Gomez and Alyssa Moore, senior Ellie Moore, and Zamora) took second in the 4×100 relay (54.86), the third best time in school history.
St. Francis (sophomore Malia Madrigal, junior Giselle Meschi, senior Sophia Fitzpatrick, and junior Mia McClendon) took second in the 4×400 relay (4:42.78).
Pajaro Valley senior Jocelyn Jimenez-Rincon took third in both the shot put (22-4) and discus (70-10), and freshman teammate Liz Zamora took third in the high jump (4-8).
High school baseball
Santa Cruz 5, at Scotts Valley 4; 8 inn.: Caleb Cmaylo drove in Fernando DaCosta for the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning, and the Cardinals earned a big win in SCCAL play Friday.
DaCosta finished with three hits, including a double, and two RBI. Cmaylo had a hit and two RBI.
Damos Deworken, Seth Jin and Matteo Caltabiano each had a hit and run scored for the second-place Cardinals (10-10, 7-3). Cam Fusari had a hit and one RBI.
Kit Deforest had two hits, one RBI, and a run scored for the third-place Falcons (10-10, 6-4). Bryce McDonnell had two hits and a run scored. Eli Velez had a hit and two RBI. Lukas Bloom had a hit and one RBI. Kaleb Wing had a hit and run scored. Nick Acton also scored a run.
Morgan Toohey threw a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win in relief of starter Jason Graff, who gave up four runs, two earned, over seven innings. Acton was tagged for the loss.
On Saturday, Santa Cruz hosts Burlingame (9-12) in nonleague action at 11 a.m., and Scotts Valley plays at The King’s Academy (9-9) in a nonleague game in Sunnyvale at noon.
At Harbor 1, SLV 0: Pierre Bell scored the winning run for the Pirates on a double steal in the fourth inning of their SCCAL win Friday.
Winning pitcher Naiche Fish gave up five hits and two walks over six innings. Logan Felich struck out two batters in his scoreless seventh inning and earned the save.
Noah Solano, Aiden Boles and Bell each had a a hit for the Pirates (14-9, 5-6).
Larrabee Mitchell and Bennett Woolfolk each had two hits for the Cougars (3-17, 0-11).
Senior Jordan Renteria took the loss. He gave up three hits and three walks over six innings and struck out three.
SLV hosts North Monterey County (11-10) in nonleague action on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Harbor hosts Aptos on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
High school softball
At Monterey 10, Watsonville 1: Amelia Martinez doubled and had one RBI in the Wildcatz’s loss in the PCAL Gabilan Division action at Monterey Coast Prep on Friday.
Ruiz Bella had a hit and scored Watsonville’s lone run in the fourth inning. Mia Espinoza had two hits.
Junior Denae Lee hit two home runs and had three RBI for the Toreadores (16-3-1, 8-0). Eastin Jennings laso homered.
Watsonville (11-10, 1-7) hosts North Salinas (5-14, 0-9) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Soledad 13, at MVC 12: Kayla Fullalove-Silveira, Samantha Bertoldi, and Ava Alvarado hit home runs for the Mustangs in their PCAL Mission Division loss Friday.
MVC (9-13, 3-10) scored nine runs in the third inning to take a 10-6 lead, but the Aztecs took the lead for good with their six-run fifth.
Bertoldi finished with four hits, three RBI, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Alvarado had two hits and three RBI, and Fullalove-Silveira had three hits, three stolen bases, and scored twice. Gianna Johnson had three hits, two RBI, and scored three runs, and Isabel Piccini had two hits and scored twice.
MVC hosts vs Santa Cruz in nonleague action on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Boys lacrosse
Los Gatos 21, Soquel 11: Jed Del Favero had six goals and one assist in the Knights’ nonleague loss on Thursday night.
Tanner Trowbridge scored four goals for the Knights. Enzo Bik netted 1 goal.
Goalie Daniel Bjorn made 22 saves for the Knights, who host Hollister on Monday at 5 p.m.
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