Soquel High’s boys water polo team, ranked No. 12 in the nation by maxpreps.com, went 2-0 on the opening day of the two-day Memorial Cup at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose on Friday.

The Knights earned an 11-6 win over No. 36 Davis Sr. in its opener and followed it up with a 9-8 win over No. 11 Dos Pueblos of Goleta.

Soquel (13-3 overall) faces No. 17 Woodrow Wilson (15-6) of Long Beach in the semifinals on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Sophomore attacker Syrus Gleitsman Miller and junior Jake Martinez each scored three goals against the Blue Devils (14-7) in Game 1. Sophomore attackers Cisco Aquino and Charlie Clima each scored twice, and senior utility Gabriel Suarez-Abraham had a goal, five assists, and two steals.

Stanford committed senior goalie Rafael Suarez-Abraham made four saves.

Gleitsman Miller scored three goals against the Chargers (16-6) in Game 2. Sam Robertson and Tavin Yates each scored twice, and Martinez and Gabriel Suarez-Abraham each added a goal.

Rafael Suarez-Abraham made seven saves.

Girls cross country

Asics Clovis Invitational: Monte Vista Christian senior Finley Castro took seventh out of 145 runners in the Division 6 race at the 47th Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park on Fresno on Friday.

Castro completed the 5K course in 20:03.9.

International School of Los Angeles senior Remi Morrison won in 18:59.7.

MVC had an incomplete squad. Saint Mary’s College (61) of Albany won the team title.

Boys cross country

Asics Clovis Invitational: MVC (427) took 17th out of 28 teams in the Division 6 race at the 47th Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park on Fresno on Friday.

Flintridge Prep (67) won the team title.

Mustangs sophomore Owen Beckmen took 12th out of 193 runners in 16:18.6 on the 5K course.

Healdsburg junior Lucas Welty won in 15:09.8.

Surfing

Surfing For Hope Longboard Classic: Santa Cruz’s Nohemi Kawasaki tied for 19th place at the World Surf League’s Surfing For Hope Longboard Classic in Pismo Beach on Friday.

Kawasaki took fourth in Heat 2 of the Round of 20 with a two-wave total score of 5.63 in 1- to 4-foot conditions.

Brazil’s Luana Soares (8.83) and Puerto Rico’s Jazmine Dean (8.63) advanced from the heat at the Longboard Qualifying Series 1,000-point event.

Two other Santa Cruzans are slated to start in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Emilyanne Pillari goes in Heat 2 and London Lorber goes in Heat 4.

In the men’s tournament, former Santa Cruz resident Tim Reda competes in Heat 3 of the Round of 32.

Flag football

Watsonville 33, at Seaside 0: Quarterback Aaliyah Arellano passed for 119 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a score in the Wildcatz’s PCAL crossover game Friday.

Receiver-turned-backup-QB Jocelyn Avalos-Melendez passed for 66 yards and a touchdown.

Yoselin Delgadillo made two TD receptions and Ashley Mendoza and Dalila Longoria-Giron each had one.

On defense, Taylor Alves-Lopez made an interception, one sack, and three flag pulls. Longoria-Giron also made an interception. Mendoza pulled five flags.

Watsonville (10-2, 5-2) hosts North Salinas (3-8, 2-5) in PCAL Mission Division action on Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.

Men’s soccer

Cabrillo 1, at De Anza 1: Noah Moles Licata scored on a pass from Damian Amador in the 77th minute to help the Seahawks forge a tie in their Coast Conference South Division match Friday.

Hunter Cleary opened scoring for De Ana with his goal in the 45th minute.

Goalie Bryan Bravo Martinez made one save in 90 minutes for the Seahawks. Adael Correa and Carlos Baltazar split time and made a combined four saves for the Mountain Lions (2-5-4, 1-2-2).

Cabrillo (4-5-1, 1-3-1) plays at Foothill (1-9-1, 0-5-0) on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Women’s soccer

West Valley 6, at Cabrillo 0: The Seahawks’ offensive woes continued in their Coast Conference crossover game Friday, when they were shut out for the seventh time in nine games this season.

Rylee Redmond scored three goals to lead the Vikings (7-4-1, 2-1-1 South Division).

Cabrillo (0-8-1, 0-3-0 North Division) plays at De Anza (4-7-0, 1-2-0) in Cupertino on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Girls volleyball

Pacific Grove 3, Aptos 0: Senior OH Ella Dueck had 10 kills and two digs and senior opposite Bella Briceno had eight kills, two blocks, and two digs for the Mariners in their 25-13, 25-22, 25-14 nonleague loss Friday.

Sophomore opposite Ellie Hardesty made six kills and four digs for the Mariners (13-7). Sophomore setter Cana Taylor had seven assists and senior Mady Reed had six assists.

Aptos (13-7) plays at Santa Cruz on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

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