Sports Desk

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Harbor 22, Pajaro Valley 6 (halftime)

Soquel 28, Watsonville 6 Final

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

The Watsonville high Men’s cross country participated in the Early Bird Invitational. The top three runners were Edgar Garcia, who ran in the freshman race, placed 17th overall with a time of 18:55, Renee Siquerios, who ran in the sohpomore race, placed 27th overall with a time of 18:08, and Brian Knight, who ran in the Junior race, and finished 16th overall with a time of 17:32.

VOLLEYBALL

Aptos High School competed in the Milpitas Spikefest, finishing 4th overall. Aptos won their first three games against St. Thomas Moore, 25-11, 25-17, Castilleja, 25-21, 25-17 and Sacred Heart Prep,21-25, 25-20, 15-9, to reach the playoffs. In the playoffs Aptos was defeated bt Menlo, 19-25, 13-25, and Mountain View,21-25, 25-23, 9-15. Steffi Sooter and Baily Agneloo gave great performance with 43 digs and 30 assists, respectively. Maddie Young made 25 assists and Shelby oliver had 24 kills.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Harbor 22, Pajaro Valley 6 (halftime)

Soquel 28, Watsonville 6 Final

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

The Watsonville high Men’s cross country participated in the Early Bird Invitational. The top three runners were Edgar Garcia, who ran in the freshman race, placed 17th overall with a time of 18:55, Renee Siquerios, who ran in the sohpomore race, placed 27th overall with a time of 18:08, and Brian Knight, who ran in the Junior race, and finished 16th overall with a time of 17:32.

VOLLEYBALL

Aptos High School competed in the Milpitas Spikefest, finishing 4th overall. Aptos won their first three games against St. Thomas Moore, 25-11, 25-17, Castilleja, 25-21, 25-17 and Sacred Heart Prep,21-25, 25-20, 15-9, to reach the playoffs. In the playoffs Aptos was defeated bt Menlo, 19-25, 13-25, and Mountain View,21-25, 25-23, 9-15. Steffi Sooter and Baily Agneloo gave great performance with 43 digs and 30 assists, respectively. Maddie Young made 25 assists and Shelby oliver had 24 kills.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

St. Francis defeats St. Thomas More

Katherine Brown had 15 kills as host St. Francis defeated St. Thomas More, 25-22, 25-22, 25-17, in a preseason game on Thursday

Alison Uyeda contributed three aces and 11 digs while Martina Lasich earned five kills. St. Francis (3-0) will play next on Saturday at the Bosco Invitational Tournament.

Harbor Defeats Notre Dame

Karissa Cook made 12 kills as Harbor beat Notre Dame 25-18, 25-15, 17-25, 25-27, 15-1, in their second preseason game.

Megan Levonian and Olivia Ruff also contributed 11 kills each against Notre Dame’s strong defense. Harbor is 2-0 and Notre Dame is 0-1 on the season.

SLV x, North Salinas x

Del Mar x, Watsonville x

Notre Dame x, Harbor x

The Associated Press

SUNNINGDALE, England — Yuri Fudoh of Japan shot a 3-under 69 to lead by one stroke after the third round of the Women’s British Open on Saturday.
Fudoh, who qualified for the tournament by finishing in the top 15 of the championship a year ago at St. Andrew’s, is at 13-under 203 at Sunningdale and in sight of her first major title.
Ji-Yai Shin of South Korea (70) is second after making a bogey at the 18th. Shin drove her tee shot into the rough, then pulled her second shot into the gallery. Taking a drop, she pitched 20 feet past the hole and then missed the par putt.
Fudoh was the leading money winner on the Japanese LPGA from 2000-05 and has won 45 tournaments in her home country. She is using veteran caddie Peter Coleman, who helped Bernhard Langer win two Masters titles. Ai Miyazato of Japan (68) is two shots back from Fudoh. Then came two Americans, Cristie Kerr (70) and Harbor High graduate Juli Inkster (71), who are another stroke back.
Inkster, who is aiming to win her eighth major a record 24 years after her first, started one shot behind Shin and Fudoh at 9 under. She took the lead by pitching her second shot to within 8 feet of the flag at the first hole and making the eagle putt.
Aiming to become the oldest winner of a women’s major at age 48, she narrowly missed another eagle at the second when she pitched out of the rough and the ball rolled just past the flag for a short birdie putt to go to 12 under. But Inkster lost her way soon after the turn, dropping shots at the 11th and 12th and at the 17th, where her 30-foot par putt shaved the hole. At the 18th, she missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
Inkster wants to go one better than the 53-year-old Greg Norman, who almost became the oldest winner of a men’s major two weeks ago when he led the British Open at Turnberry with nine holes to play.
“I’m happy for what he did and he’s a great player and he seems like the Greg Norman of old,” Inkster said. “But I’ve got to go out there tomorrow and play golf and I don’t think Greg Norman is going to help me around, so I have to do it on my own.”
Defending champion Lorena Ochoa (71) also had a bad back nine to fall five shots off the lead. Having picked up four shots before the turn to move within one of the lead, the Mexican became wild off the tee, finding the rough at the 11th, 17th and 18th to drop three shots.

The Warriors pick 14th.

Here are the picks so far:

1. Chicago Bulls: Derrick Rose

2. Miami Heat: Michael Beasley

3. Minnesota Timberwolves: O.J. Mayo
4. Seattle SuperSonics: Russell Westbrook

5. Memphis Grizzlies: Kevin Love, C, UCLA
6. New York Knicks: Danilo Gallinari
7. L.A. Clippers: Eric Gordon, G, Indiana
8. Milwaukee Bucks:Joe Alexander, F, W. Virginia
9. Charlotte Bobcats:D.J. Augustin, G, Texas
10. New Jersey Nets:Brook Lopez, F, Stanford
11. Indiana Pacers:Jerryd Bayless, G, Arizona
12. Sacramento Kings:Jason Thompson, F, Rider
13. Portland Trail Blazers:Brandon Rush, F, Kansas
14. Golden State Warriors:Anthony Randolf, F, LSU

15. Phoenix Suns: Robin Lopez, F, Stanford
16. Philadelphia 76ers

17. Toronto Raptors:

18. Washington Wizards:

19. Cleveland Cavaliers:

20. Charlotte Bobcats:

21. New Jersey Nets:

22. Orlando Magic:

23. Utah Jazz:

24. Seattle Supersonics:

25. Houston Rockets:

26. San Antonio Spurs:

27. New Orleans Hornets:

28: Memphis Grizzlies:

29. Detroit Pistons:

30. Boston Celtics:

The Santa Cruz High girls tennis team won the CIF State Academic Award with a perfect 4.00 grade point average. It’s the first time in 20 years a team has averaged a perfect GPA in Northern California, according to coach Thomas Silverstein.

The top-seeded Cardinals fell 3-2 to No. 3 Live Oak on Saturday in the Central Coast Section Division III championships game.
Both teams did all of their scoring in the sixth inning.
Live Oak’s Matt Cummins pitched a complete game to get the win.

San Lorenzo Valley’s Taylor Johnson and Aptos’ Janelle Coulter each brought in a first-place finish at the CCS Track Championships at Gilroy High School on Friday. Johnson finished the 1,600-meter race in 4 minute, 54.28 seconds and Coulter took the high jump, going 5 feet, 9 inches.

CCS Track Championships at Gilroy High

Girls High jump - Third place, Cleary Wunder [SV], 10 ft, 6 in

Girls 1,600 - First place, Taylor Johnson [SLV], 4:54.28

Girls 1,600 - Second place, Marissa Ferrante [Aptos], 4:55.27

Boys 1,600 - Second place, Rylan Hunt [Aptos], Personal record time

Girls long jump - Third place, Brittany Kuo

Girls high jump - First place, Janelle Coulter, 5 ft, 9 in

Girls high jump - Second place, Julia McCarthy, 5 ft, 5 in

Boys 100 - Third place, Zeke Sanders [Santa Cruz], 10.99

The Aptos High baseball team lost its Central Coast Section Division III semifinal game to Los Altos 3-2 at San Jose Muni. The loss ends a run for team that has five players receiving NCAA Division I scholarships, many of whom played in the 2002 Little League World Series.
More updates to come.

San Lorenzo Valley fell to Stevenson in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section Division III softball playoffs.

Stevenson’s pitcher Caroline Main pitched a complete game two-hitter and struck out 13 batters.

SLV pitcher Samantha Lipperd struck out eight over six innings.

Stevenson will move on the finals and face the winner of Notre Dame Salinas and Notre Dame Belmont which starts tonight at 7 p.m.