Sports

The Cover 3 Sports Ticker highlights pivotal matchups in the Games of the Week, and provides updates on local athletes in the Local Stars and Pajaro Valley Little League sections. Games of the Week        Monte Vista Christian vs. Berean Christian, baseball, Saturday at 4pm: The...

St. Francis and Watsonville both went into last weekend’s Pacific Coast Athletic League opener aiming to get a head start in the race for a Mission Division-North crown.  In the end, a big stop by the Shark defense helped lift them past the cross-town rival...

Aptos senior Nick Tovani had a team-best 20 points for the Mariners boys’ basketball team in their 71-56 loss to Bellarmine in the 76th Annual Carmel Invitational on Dec. 21. Fellow teammate Isaiah Ackerman contributed 12 points, while Ryan Solorio had 10 points for Aptos,...

Watsonville junior Max Aceves had a team-best 21 points for the Wildcatz boys’ basketball team in its 63-52 win over Salinas in non-league action Tuesday evening.  “It was our teamwork, we have good chemistry,” he said. “We also went over plays. They put confidence in...

For the second straight season, the Watsonville High girls’ soccer program had a player sign a letter of intent to a four-year university, as Gabriella Felix penned her commitment to NCAA Division II Holy Names University on Wednesday afternoon.

Everlyn Kemboi glanced behind her shoulder once moments just before covering her face as she came storming down Cliff Drive in Capitola to win Sunday morning’s Wharf to Wharf women’s division race.  The 24-year-old American crossed the finish line first in 30 minutes, 29 seconds,...

Togo's HS Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24.