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Monte Vista Christian’s outside hitters Mattea Romo and Cassidy Schurman were named to the Gabilan division First Team, while North Monterey County High libero Malia Garcia, Pajaro Valley High outside hitter Natalia Gallegos and Watsonville High opposite Camila Cardenas all made the Pacific division First Team.

Tony Nunez, the sports editor of the Register-Pajaronian, previews Friday's CCS Open Division III football game between Aptos and Aragon (4:30), recaps the local CCS cross country (14:15) and CCS volleyball (16:38) results and then then sits down with St. Francis High senior volleyball player Audrey Ryan (18:51).

The Santa Cruz Warriors shot down the Salt Lake City Stars, 122-111, on Wednesday night to not only notch their third straight victory but the franchise's 150th overall.

The No. 2 seed in the bracket, Aptos (7-3) will be the favorite over No. 7 Terra Nova (5-5) but the Mariners will undoubtedly have their hands full against possibly the best passing attack they’ve seen this season.

Competing in singles, Mia Totah lost to top-seeded Ashley Yeah and the doubles team of Lila and Rebecca Sampson lost to No. 3 seed Stephanie Ren and Monica Stratakos of Saratoga High.

Aptos High’s Jordan Wagner, Kristen Malone and Skylar Poulos all earned a spot on the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division’s First Team, the league recently announced.

Reckers signed with Cal State Bakersfield for baseball, Dueck signed with Santa Clara University for soccer and Hernandez Marquez made good on her verbal commitment to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from a year ago.