The El Camino boys’ soccer team have been on a tear the last two seasons. The Colts won the 2025 Lake Division title and lost in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs.
The Colts came back this year with their core intact and proceeded to blast their way to an undefeated PAL Ocean Division crown as they finished the regular season as one of only two teams to complete unbeaten seasons.
Fifth-seeded El Camino ran its unbeaten streak to 20 in a row following a 3-1 win over No. 6 Latino College Prep in the first round last Saturday to advance to Wednesday’s semifinal game against No. 2 Soledad (16-3-3).
It was a long, two-and-a-half hour bus ride home for the Colts, as their first loss of the season also ended it following a 3-2 defeat to the Aztecs in Salinas.
El Camino (19-1-1) dug itself a big hole, giving up three first-half goals as the Colts trailed 3-1 at the break, as a Danny Figueroa Jr. strike off a pass from Manny Tafolla kept them in the game
El Camino got one back in the second from Andrew Tafolla, off a feed from Ayden Fernandez, but the Colts could not net the equalizer.
WEDNESDAY
Boys’ CCS soccer
Division III
No. 5 Christopher 2, No. 1 Menlo School 0
There will not be a second-straight CCS championship game appearance for the top-seeded Knights, which fell to the Cougars in a Division III semifinal match.
The game was scoreless at halftime before Christopher (14-2-4) found the back of the net twice over the final 40 minutes to end the season for Menlo (14-4-4).
Division IV
No. 4 Carlmont 1, No. 1 Prospect 0
One of the last teams into the CCS playoffs, the Scots are one of the final teams standing as they knocked off the top-seeded Panthers.
Carlmont (8-6-6) will face No. 2 Aptos (15-2-3) in Saturday’s championship game at 12:30 p.m. at Del Mar High School in San Jose. The Mariners beat No. 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral, 1-0.
Girls’ soccer
Division II
No. 3 Salinas 4, No. 7 Menlo-Atherton 1
There will be no Cinderella run for the Bears, who saw their season end with the loss to the Cowboys in the Division II semifinals.
M-A ends the season with a record of 10-6-5, while Salinas improves to 18-1-1 moves into Saturday’s championship game against No. 4 Sacred Heart Cathedral, which knocked off top-seeded Woodside, 1-0.
Division III
No. 1 Aptos 3, No. 4 Sequoia 1
The season came to an end for the Ravens with the loss to the Mariners.
Sequoia finishes the year 9-9-4, while Aptos improves to 16-4-1 and will face second-seeded King’s Academy in the championship game Saturday.
Division IV
No. 5 Menlo School 1, No. 1 Aragon 0
The Knights, who won the CCS Division III championship last season, will go for the Division IV title this year after knocking off top-seeded Aragon in a Division II semifinal match.
Parker Sunwoo gave Menlo (9-4-7) a 1-0 lead with less than 10 minutes left in the first half, converting a Josie Lee corner kick. Knights goalkeeper Bianca Putanec then pitched her eighth shutout of the season.
The Knights will face No. 3 Crystal in the title game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sequoia High School.
Aragon finishes the year 8-6-7.
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No. 3 Crystal 2, No. 2 Hollister 1
The Gryphons joined their boys’ team in a CCS title game after dispatching the Haybalers.
This is the second finals appearance in three years for Crystal (12-3-4), which beat Nueva 2-1 for the 2024 Division V crown.
The Gryphons will take on fifth-seeded Menlo School in the finals at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sequoia High School after the Knights knocked off top-seeded Aragon.
Division V
No. 4 Watsonville 1, No. 1 Terra Nova 0
The Tigers, the Ocean Division champ, had their season come to a close with a loss to the Wildcatz in a semifinal game.
Terra Nova finishes the year 14-5-1, while Watsonville improves to 14-5-1 and will take on No. 3 Nueva in the title game Saturday.
No. 3 Nueva 1, No. 2 Monta Vista 1
Nueva wins 11-10 in penalty kicks
It took a while, but the Mavericks punched their ticket to the CCS championship for the second time in three years by outlasting the the Matadors.
Regulation penalty kicks are five for each side. After that, it become sudden victory.
Nueva (17-3-1) will face No. 4 Watsonville (14-5-1) in Saturday’s final at 10 a.m. at Sequoia High School. The Wildcatz advanced with a 1-0 win over top-seeded Terra Nova.
Boys’ CCS basketball
Open Division
No. 7 Menlo-Atherton 67, No. 6 Valley Christian 62
After coming up short agains Mitty on Monday, the Bears concluded Open Division pool play with the win over the Warriors.
Jacob Sutton led M-A (22-5) with 23 points with Jerry Williams adding 22 and Luca Auer 12 as the Bears went 1-2 in Open play. Up next is a Nor Cal game next week for both teams. Valley Christian’s record falls to 14-13 with the loss.
No. 5 King’s Academy 60, No. 8 Serra 36
The Knights pounded the Padres as both teams wrapped up Open Division pool play with Nor Cal games on the schedule next week.
King’s Academy went 2-1 in pool play and is now 23-4 on the season. Serra, which went 0-3 in pool play, saw its overall record dip below .500 at 13-14.
Both advance to the Nor Cal regional playoffs beginning next week.
Girls’ basketball
Open Division
No. 3 Riordan 53, No. 2 Priory 40
Pinewood will remain the only non-WCAL team to win the CCS Open Division title after the Crusaders denied the Panthers a spot in Friday’s championship game as both teams entered the final game of Pool B play with 2-0 records.
Priory (21-6) led 32-31 going into the fourth quarter before Riordan (18-7) closed the final eight minutes on a 22-8 run to pull out the win.
Ugreat Daniels led Priory with 14 points. The Panthers will prepare for a Nor Cal game next week.
No. 5 St. Francis 68, No. 8 Half Moon Bay 27
The Cougars were overmatched for a third straight game as they finished up their first-ever campaign in the Open Division.
Half Moon Bay (19-8) was held under 30 points in all three games as they Cougars now prepare for the Nor Cal tournament beginning next week.
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