Santa Cruz Sentinel Sports Editor. 27-time APSE award winner. Loves all things sports. Former SJSU ice hockey player, retired Sausage Race entrant & foos champ.
Watsonville native Ruben Ibarra's first professional hit was a two-run home run, which helped the Arizona Complex
@Reds
beat the AZL Rockies 9-0 Thursday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Arizona.
So it didn’t dawn on me until I had photographer Bill Lovejoy, the man who unknowingly inspired me to join the
@scsentinel
, join me on assignment this week: This is my 25th year at the Sentinel (hired Oct. 10, 1998). Crazy how time flys!!!
#NoRegrets
#LoveThisCommunity
.
@MaxPreps
, help me out with this:
@CatzAthletics
won the CCS Open boys soccer title Friday and a NorCal D-I game Tuesday and dropped 4 spots to No. 28 in the CA rankings, one spot behind
@AthleticsAlisal
, a team it beat twice. Are you using a Commodore 64 for your rankings?
Former
@SJSUAthletics
star
@Salty_rube
, the
@Reds
' fourth-round pick last month, will make his pro baseball debut in rookie ball with the Arizona Complex League Reds on Tuesday at ACL Royals Blue
The
@Dbacks
have activated pitcher Tyler Gilbert for tonight’s game against the
@SFGiants
. Gilbert, a former standout at SLV High, Santa Barbara City College and
@USC_Baseball
, grew up cheering for the Giants. He’ll work out of the bullpen for now.
#scscore
Monterey Bay Football Club (
@MontereyBayFC
) will host its inaugural open tryouts at CSU-Monterey Bay’s Otter Sports Complex on Saturday from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 70+ players will be participating, including 20 players from Salinas, Monterey, and Watsonville.
OK, night owls, just getting settled in to start writing about Soquel's historic football win. Just uploaded more than a dozen videos on YouTube (
@jimseimas188
), and I still need to upload dozens of photos. So be patient, story will likely be posted in a few hours.
RE: Santa Cruz County removed from monitoring list. ... Hey, maybe we will have kids in the classroom and some sports this year. Keep up the good work and be safe!!!
HS track & fIeld:
@braylonnoble10
broke
@SQHSKnights
' school record in the high jump on Thursday with a leap of 6 feet, 3 inches. The old mark of 6-1 was set by John Tobin in 2012.
@scsentinel
Santa Cruz High shortstop Glenallen Hill Jr. (aka GJ), an
@ASU_Baseball
signee drafted in the 4th round by the
@Dbacks
, will forgo college ball and sign a pro ball later today, per several sources
#scscore
Fun evening out with
@AJH97470
and his kiddos at the
@SJGiants
game tonight. There, he told me, “I got a gift for you.” A personalized can of
@bigleaguechew
, featuring my image alongside
@yungjoc650
on the container. Pretty darn cool. I have the best friends!!!
Santa Cruz County football scores
Aptos 42, at North Salinas 27
At Monterey 55, MVC 19
SLV 7, at Watsonville 0
At North Monterey County 41, Harbor 13
(corrects Harbor point total)
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@MBayPreps
@MaxPreps
All-SCCAL first team for boys basketball:
Hunter Matys, Aptos, Sr.
Shane Reilly, Soquel, Sr.
Max Walters, Soquel, So.
Makai Norman, Santa Cruz, Jr.
Max Pepperdine, Aptos, Sr.
Former
@CalWSwim
star Katherine Breed is a finalist for the World Open Water Swimming Organization's Performance of the Year after doing a Monterey Bay Crossing in record time. Feel free to retweet and vote: