High School Sports

The Watsonville High girls’ flag football team kicked off the regular season in dominant fashion following a 33-0 win over Marina High at the newly renamed Hedgpeth Stadium-Geiser Field in Watsonville on Aug. 29. Wildcatz head coach Zach Cook said in a text message that...

It wasn’t the prettiest way to win yet somehow, some way Monte Vista Christian managed to get the job done for head coach Joe Sturdivant in last week's debut with the program.  The Mustangs held off Seaside’s late comeback for a 16-8 non league victory...

Watsonville High football head coach Tige McSwain gave the players their first look at some live action in last week’s Santa Cruz County Jamboree at Harbor High. During the event, they scrimmaged against some challenging teams from over the hill in Lincoln and Carlmont high...

Pajaro Valley is heading into the 2026 fall campaign coming off its second winning season in the program’s history. They were runner-up in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division with a 5-1 record in league play, while finishing with a 6-4 overall record...

Watsonville High last week named Max Gonzales and Austin Luigard the new head coaches for the baseball and boys basketball teams, respectively.  Gonzales replaced current head football coach Tige McSwain after he spent the past three years in the dugout, while Luigard stepped in for...

Two games into the 2025 campaign, Monte Vista Christian senior Evan Vessey was named the starting quarterback. And just like that, the youngster was in charge of a varsity offense. The Mustang slinger did his best to get the job done on the field but it...

In this week’s episode, John Devine and Juan Reyes will talk about some of the coaching changes throughout the leagues, including seven new faces on the football sidelines. Then they'll take a minute to chop it up with new Seaside High athletic director, Casey Neligh,...

In this week’s episode, John and Juan will discuss some of the new changes and other updates for both the Pacific Coast Athletic and Santa Cruz Coast Athletic leagues. Then they’ll take a minute to chat with Watsonville native Ruben Ibarra, who is having a...

For the first time since the Pacific Coast Athletic League was formed in 2018, Aptos High will not be a member of the Gabilan Division—the highest of the four tiers within the league. After going winless in league play, they were relegated to the Mission...

Pajaro Valley High on Monday announced that Juan Roman was named the new head coach of the girls’ soccer team.  If the name sounds familiar, that’s because he was the former head coach of the boys’ soccer team until 2020. Yet, he had remained as...