High School Sports

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 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...

One of the most difficult situations for a young athlete is having to sit on the sidelines following a major injury. Mostly because they are so used to being active. Thus was the case for St. Francis High graduate Jacob Jimenez, who went on the “injured...

There’s a lot of work that goes into being a student-athlete nowadays. Most have to juggle between practice, workouts (sometimes twice a day), school work and perhaps other responsibilities on a daily basis. Pajaro Valley High graduate Olivia Contreras knows this all too well seeing that...

Darren Jackson announced Monday morning that he is stepping down as head coach of the Pajaro Valley High girls basketball team four months after he led the program to a league championship. “It was a tough decision to make,” Jackson said. “I really was grateful...

Aptos High junior Nick Bjorn was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player for his superb play on the golf course during the 2026 spring season. Bjorn was runner-up in the SCCAL individual championship at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz on...

Aptos High junior Cole McGillicuddy earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors for the 2026 baseball season. The Cal-Berkeley commit batted a .500 average (33-for-66), including six home runs, 11 doubles, 30 RBIs, 28 runs scored and 14 stolen bases, according to the...