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A week after falling one yard short of a game-winning touchdown against Palma, the Mariners fell a yard short of icing what would have been a title-clinching victory in Friday night’s 28-24 loss to Salinas at “The Pit.”

Aptos High made its return to the diamond in February on a mission for a fourth straight league baseball championship in 2024.  It won’t be a cakewalk, though. Led by ninth-year head coach Jason Biancardi, he knows the Mariners will once again be the target of...

In a battle between neighboring high schools, St. Francis and Watsonville were more than eager to play in front of their hometown fans. Especially when the atmosphere was lively with every seat taken, the school band playing along to the game and a variety of...

The season is still very young, yet one can’t help to notice that Watsonville is playing some formidable basketball coming out of the gate to begin the 2024-25 winter campaign. Junior guard Max Aceves had a team-best 16 points for the Wildcatz in a 71-52...

SCOTTS VALLEY—It was the intense rematch rivalry game basketball fans wanted to witness—Aptos and Santa Cruz battling it out for the league title in what was sure to be an epic finale. Except, reality often doesn’t meet expectations. The Cardinals imposed their will upon the Mariners...

Jasmin Castillo scored two goals to help the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies force a Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress division tie on Wednesday evening.

PACIFIC GROVE—The St. Francis High football team remains on the quest to finish the season undefeated for the first time in the program’s history.    Senior running back Diego Wolfe recorded three touchdown runs for the Sharks, including two in the second half en route to...

For the past two years, P.V. United has been raising money to fly out the entire 16-player team and coaching staff to play in the prestigious IberCup in Barcelona. And with a little less than a year left to generate funds, Guerrero and Co. have sped up th