Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz native Luke Rockhold, 39, a former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion, earned a third-round knockout of Joe Schilling in the main event of Karate Combat 45 in Dubai on Saturday.

Sports fans have seen Braylon Noble shine on the football field, basketball court, and track this year. Behind the scenes, he was crushing it in the classroom. The Soquel High senior was named the 2023-24 Central Coast Section Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

Kayla Fullalove-Silveira had two home runs, five RBI, and scored three runs to help Monte Vista Christian School earned a 19-7, nonleague win over visiting Soquel on Monday.

Kit DeForest hit a solo home run in Scotts Valley High's four-run sixth inning, and the Falcons rallied past visiting Santa Cruz 8-6 in the teams' Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game Tuesday.

SCOTTS VALLEY — San Lorenzo Valley High turned the battle for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title back into a three-team race Tuesday.

Under an overcast sky, Aptos High’s tennis team shined bright at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Seascape Sports Club on Wednesday.

Harbor High's beach volleyball team beat visiting Soquel 5-0 to finish unbeaten in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League on Wednesday.

First baseman Matt Morrison singled home outfielder Jacob Pappas with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Cabrillo College baseball team

Seniors Ruben Mora and Giancarlo Mendo, and junior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar each posted a pair of top-three finishes for Watsonville High's boys track and field team at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at North Monterey County High on Friday.

Santa Cruz's Nat Young won his opening heat with one dominant ride at the World Surf League's Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro, the season opener on the Challenger Series, at Snapper Rocks in Queensland, Australia, on Saturday.