Aptos boys’ hoops team gives Oakland a tough fight in NorCal D-III opener | Sports Roundup
OAKLAND—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team was eliminated by Oakland High in the opening round of the CIF NorCal Division III playoffs Tuesday.
Senior guard Cameron Saldana had 19 points for the No. 15 seeded Mariners who put up a fight until the final buzzer...
PV’s softball crushes Anzar for mercy rule victory in PCAL play | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Pajaro Valley sophomore Hemeria De La Torre tossed a gem in the Grizzlies’ 18-1 mercy rule victory in five innings over Anzar in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division softball action Monday afternoon. She allowed just one run on two hits and five walks...
‘Catz’s magical season over following loss to Alisal in CCS play-in match | Boys’ volleyball
Correction: A previous version of this story said the Watsonville boys' volleyball team last won a league championship in 2016, which is not true. Watsonville won a league championship in 2022.
The historical run for the Watsonville boys’ volleyball team came to a crushing end...
Capture the flag: local schools increasingly adopting girls’ flag football
Girls’ flag football entered a new era on the high school level last week when Saint Francis High squared off with Watsonville High in the teams’ season and program debut.
Under cool gray skies, the Sharks charged onto Strawberry FIeld at St. Francis to take...
Sharks baseball team edges the ‘Catz in PCAL Mission action | Sports Roundup
St. Francis High senior infielder Noel Aquino hit a game-changing home run that helped lift the Sharks baseball team past Watsonville High on Monday.
Aquino’s three-run blast in the bottom of the fourth inning was the difference in a 5-4 win against the Wildcatz in...
Watsonville hires former standout Nick Peña to lead wrestling program
Nick Peña, a former Watsonville wrestling standout and Central Coast Section champion, was named the new head coach of the Wildcatz wrestling team for the upcoming 2025-26 winter season.
After taking over as the interim head coach last year, Peña, 44, will return to lead...
School athletics can begin conditioning
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District came one step closer to bring back athletics for its students by releasing a set of guidelines for summer conditioning, which can begin as early as next week.
Athletic conditioning and workouts will be permitted beginning the week of...
CCS Softball: Watsonville receives No. 3 seed in Open; Aptos hits road in 1st round
The Wildcatz received the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs and will be off until Saturday’s quarterfinal round.
MVC’s Clayton King launches to victory at Mission finals | Boys track and field
GILROY— The fastest and strongest boys’ track and field athletes from the Pajaro Valley flocked to Christopher High School on April 30 to compete in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division finals.
Monte Vista Christian senior Clayton King showed off his arm strength by...
Boy's CCS Golf: Aptos' Meltzer wins CCS title on playoff
Meltzer, who is the first from the county to win the CCS title since fellow Mariner Nick Ragsac accomplished the feat in 2007, fired a 4-under par 67 to tie Murphy for first. He won the playoff with a par on the 1st hole, which was a par-4 hole.
