Senior Brady Bliesner, who announced his commitment to NCAA Division II Chico State on social media earlier this week, took first out of 54 runners to lead the Aptos High’s boys cross country team to a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tri-meet win Thursday.

Bliesner completed Pinto Lake County Park’s 2.9-mile course in a personal-best 15 minutes, 18 seconds, which put him at No. 3 on the Mariners’ all-time list for the distance.

The Mariners finished with a score of 23 in their meet against Scotts Valley (34) and Harbor (84).

Aptos junior Sam Hansen (15:29) took second and was followed across the finish line by Falcons senior Aaron Weiss (16:00), Mariners junior Anthony Sandford-Carroll (16:14), and Falcons junior Jackson Stull (16:33).

Senior Hans Hagge (18:03) took 14th to lead Mount Madonna, and sophomore Santiago Hanna (18:21) took 15th to lead Harbor.

Santa Cruz 15, Soquel 40; SC 21, SLV 37; Soquel 27, SLV 30: The Cardinals posted a one-two finish Anders Laurberg won in 11:43 and was followed by teammate Nico van der Meer (11:47.3)

Ben Wilcox (12:38.4) took eighth to lead Soquel.

Girls cross country

Aptos 24, Scotts Valley 31: Falcons junior Hanna Shehorn beat Mariners senior Maya Schiro for individual honors at Pinto Lake County Park’s 2.9-mile course on Thursday.

Shehorn took first out of 22 runners in 17:27. Schiro followed in 17:35.

Mariners junior Kenzie Culbertson (19:14), freshman Pierce Culbertson (19:15), and junior Mata Overby (19:15) rounded out the top five.

Senior Hadassah Cohen (22:10) took 13th to lead Harbor.

Soquel 28, Santa Cruz 29, SLV, incomplete: The Cardinals’ Isla Roake (13:53.1) edged the Knights’ Taylor Glinkowski (13:55.1) for the win on the trails near Santa Cruz Fire Department Station 4 at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday.

Soquel’s Aubrey Davilla took third and Santa Cruz’s Skyla Leggett took fourth.

Girls volleyball

Scotts Valley 3, Soquel 0: Outside hitter Rylee Giesen had 10 kills, 11 digs, and four blocks to help the Falcons win 25-17, 25-13, 25-14 and wrap up sole possession of first place in the teams’ SCCAL finale Thursday.

It is the Falcons’ first league title in the sport in school history.

“Twenty-five years of Scotts Valley High volleyball teams have come before us and we get to be the first to hang that SCCAL banner on the wall,” said Falcons coach Mikayla Fish. “I hope it’s the first of many to come. This league title is a testament to this team. Sometimes the stars align and you get a great team, and that’s these girls. They played like a well-oiled machine tonight. We went out there and got the job done, no questions asked. A complete 180 from the first time we played Soquel this season. I’m so proud of them.”

Outside hitter Hayden Smith had 13 kills, 11 digs, and two aces for the Falcons. Middle blocker Harlan Hennager had seven kills and two blocks, and middle blocker Makayla McDonnell had five kills and four blocks. Setter Ava Dumesny had 24 assists, seven digs and two aces.

At Harbor 3, Santa Cruz 1: Seniors Coco Castro and Ginger Maxfield each served an ace on senior night, and the Pirates won 25-19, 20-25, 25-15, 25-14 in the teams’ SCCAL finale Thursday.

Junior opposite Cecile Novembre had 15 kills and four blocks for the Pirates, junior outside hitter Dylan Schutz had 11 kills, 16 digs, and three aces, and junior outside hitter Liberty Niesen had 10 kills.

Junior setter Gianna Fanara had 33 assists, four kills, three blocks, and two aces, and junior libero Swan Houssin made 19 digs.

St. Francis 3, at Seaside 1: Senior setter Georgia Otzman had 36 assists and 15 digs to help the Sharks win 26-24, 24-26, 25-16, 25-17 on Thursday and remain tied for first place in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division with Rancho San Juan.

Peyton Orradre made 20 kills and 18 digs for the Sharks, and Julie Lopez had 10 kills and 11 digs. Both are senior outside hitters. Senior middle blocker Madison Silva had 10 aces and eight kills.

St. Francis (17-7, 10-2) hosts North Salinas on Monday at 6 p.m.

Girls tennis

At Aptos 7, SLV 0: Kiana Safari and Coral Collins earned singles wins, and the SCCAL-champion Mariners rolled in their regular-season finale Thursday to finish with a perfect league record.

The short-handed Cougars defaulted matches at No. 3 and 4 singles.

Singles players Isabella and Natalia Calderon teamed up and won at No. 1 doubles 6-0, 6-0, and Aptos (10-2, 10-0) also earned doubles wins from Gia Arista and Neci Hoeptner, and Charlotte Long and Kate Deteso in straight sets.

The SCCAL Singles and Doubles Tournaments takes place at Imperial Courts on Nov. 4 and 5.

At Soquel 6, Harbor 1: Joslyn Courneen beat Malia Martin 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles for the Pirates’ lone win, and the Knights won the remaining six matches to win their regular-season and SCCAL finale.

Kassidy Siebert, Addison Amsden, and Addie Somerville won singles matches in straight sets for the Knights (9-3, 8-2).

Soquel won its three doubles matches in straight sets, get wins from Ayla Hymes and Lucy Federspiel, Kiley Vanderpool and Sydney Swanson, and Adeline Vaughn-Jones and Taylor Ramirez.

At Santa Cruz 6, Scotts Valley 1: Riya Kuriakose beat Camille Lambert 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) at No. 3 singles for the Falcons’ lone win, and the Cardinals won the remaining six matches to cap win their SCCAL match Thursday.

Francesca Garces beat Aila Papadopoulos 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Julia Kennedy slipped past Maya Wexler 7-5, 7-5 at No. 2, and Tamar Deutsch edged Monteserrat Burgos-Saavedra 4-6, 7-6, 7-5.

Lauren Vermeil and Natalie Wolkstein, Zosia Hayes and Lu Mohamed, and Leilana Argentieri and Calla Turk won doubles matches in straight sets.