Sports

As of Thursday, Aptos was one of four teams in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties that remained alive in the California Interscholastic Federation State boys basketball championships.  The No. 9 seed Mariners play at top seeded The King’s Academy—both representing the Central Coast Section—in the...

The magical season continues this week for St. Francis High freshman Liliana Whitmeyer and the girls’ basketball team. The standout guard finished with a game-best 25 points to help the No. 3 seeded Sharks crush No. 6 Crystal Springs, 58-32, in the Division V quarterfinals...

St. Francis senior Nash Horton had a team-best 27 points to go along with 14 rebounds and seven steals for the No. 5 seeded Sharks in Tuesday night's 86-60 loss to No. 4 Oakwood in the Division V quarterfinals.  Teammate junior Robert Gomez Jr. finished...

For a split second, it seemed like Aptos this past weekend was finally breaking the curse of getting past the opening round in the Central Coast Section playoffs. But instead of knocking in the game-winning goal on a spectacular header in overtime, senior Nami Banks...

And so the struggle continues for Aptos following yet another early exit in the Central Coast Section girls soccer playoffs this past weekend. The top seeded Mariners were stunned in a 2-0 loss to No. 8 Homestead in the Division II quarterfinals Feb. 22, cutting...

It took Watsonville some time to get tuned in Friday night during its first Central Coast Section playoff game in almost nearly a decade. But once the butterflies settled, there was no stopping the recently crowned Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division co-champion.     Junior forward Leon...

Several local high school basketball boys and girls teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason which officially tips off this weekend. A handful of league champions will have some time off with byes in the first and second rounds, while others will begin...

After an impressive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship run, Aptos earned the top seed in this year’s Central Coast Section Division II playoffs.  The Mariners (15-2-1)—winners of five straight—will host No. 8 Homestead (8-7-4) in the teams’ quarterfinals match on Saturday at 11am.  “The girls,...

The hot streakin’ Aptos boys’ soccer team clinched its second consecutive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown following a 3-0 win over Soquel on Wednesday night.  Senior Nami Banks had one goal and one assist for the Mariners, who closed out the regular season with...

The magical season for St. Francis’ girls’ soccer team came to an end following a 5-1 loss to North Monterey County in the Central Coast Section play-in game Tuesday afternoon.  Andrea Ibarra, Anahi Flores, Isa Valadez, Herendira Navoa and Bella Hernandez each scored once for...