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UFC’s Rockhold drops Earthquakes mascot with soccer ball

Santa Cruz’s Luke Rockhold — and his good friend and fellow AKA fighter Daniel Cormier — performed the ceremonial “first goal” when the San Jose Earthquakes recently hosted the Vancouver Whitecaps. Rockhold is far left in the video. The below … Continue reading

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Rockhold-Belfort officially official for UFC on FX 8

Santa Cruz’s Luke Rockhold will make his UFC debut against Vitor Belfort in a headlining bout for UFC on FX 8 on Saturday, May 18, the promotion announced on Wednesday. Of course, this bout was first reported by the website … Continue reading

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CIF state brackets announced; Soquel boys, St. Francis girls earn home games

The CIF State Basketball Championship brackets for boys and girls basketball were released Sunday and four Santa Cruz County teams qualified, including both the Soquel and Santa Cruz boys, and the Pacific Collegiate and St. Francis girls. Soquel and St. … Continue reading

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Rockhold: ‘I want to be the UFC champ and I want that belt’

Luke Rockhold is expected to fight Vitor Belfort on May 18 in a headlining bout for UFC on FX 8 in Brazil. The Santa Cruz native spoke with Karyn Bryant of MMA H.E.A.T. recently about the upcoming fight. “I’m excited,” … Continue reading

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No CCS Open Division for Soquel girls hoops, but they could be eligible for Open Division at state

The Soquel High girls basketball team, fresh off an improbable comeback over Scotts Valley in the SCCAL Tournament championship on Saturday night, received the No. 1 seed in Division IV when the Central Coast Section announced its playoff matchups on … Continue reading

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Rockhold-Belfort could be a go for UFC event in Brazil

Not much of a surprise here, but it appears Santa Cruz’s Luke Rockhold will make his UFC debut against Vitor Belfort, according to the website Tatame, which first reported the bout. The fight had been rumored in the last several … Continue reading

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Video: Soquel HS basketball honors Ragine Graves

Former Soquel High girls basketball standout Ragine Graves may have eclipsed 1,000 points in her career during her senior campaign last season, but she wasn’t officially honored until Wednesday night in Soquel. Coach John Wilson presented Graves with a framed … Continue reading

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Video: Soquel’s Walters just 4th player to win 2 Dads Club MVPs

This post should have been up a week ago, but I was on vacation. Anyway, just wanted to point out the feats of Soquel’s Sam Walters. He earned the Phil Netto MVP award on Dec. 8 at the 57th annual … Continue reading

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Power Poll, Week 8

No other week this season, I think, provided more movement to the Power Poll than this past week. We have a new No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 7 and No. 8. Movement! The biggest change, of … Continue reading

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Week 7 football picks

I had my first undefeated week last week, and it’ll probably be the last. Last week: 6-0 Overall: 44-16 Fresno Christian at Watsonville: The Wildcatz got a boost in morale with last week’s win, not to mention RB Roger Contreras … Continue reading

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