High School Sports

Several local softball programs had trouble getting the 2025 spring season in full gear with the large amounts of rain pouring all over Santa Cruz County in February.   But with the wet conditions coming to a slight trickle, teams such as Aptos and 10th-year head...

A pair of local girls soccer players earned top honors for their valiant efforts on the pitch during the 2024-25 Pacific Coast Athletic League winter season.  Pajaro Valley senior Valeria Acosta and St. Francis freshman Alyssandra Peterson were both named the Most Valuable Player in...

Watsonville’s softball team survived a late scare to hold off Alisal for a 6-5 victory in non-league action March 7.  Mia Espinoza had three hits including one double, one RBI and one run scored for the Wildcatz, while teammates Esperanza Sigala and Isabella Ruiz each...

As of Thursday, Aptos was one of four teams in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties that remained alive in the California Interscholastic Federation State boys basketball championships.  The No. 9 seed Mariners play at top seeded The King’s Academy—both representing the Central Coast Section—in the...

The magical season continues this week for St. Francis High freshman Liliana Whitmeyer and the girls’ basketball team. The standout guard finished with a game-best 25 points to help the No. 3 seeded Sharks crush No. 6 Crystal Springs, 58-32, in the Division V quarterfinals...

St. Francis senior Nash Horton had a team-best 27 points to go along with 14 rebounds and seven steals for the No. 5 seeded Sharks in Tuesday night's 86-60 loss to No. 4 Oakwood in the Division V quarterfinals.  Teammate junior Robert Gomez Jr. finished...

For a split second, it seemed like Aptos this past weekend was finally breaking the curse of getting past the opening round in the Central Coast Section playoffs. But instead of knocking in the game-winning goal on a spectacular header in overtime, senior Nami Banks...

And so the struggle continues for Aptos following yet another early exit in the Central Coast Section girls soccer playoffs this past weekend. The top seeded Mariners were stunned in a 2-0 loss to No. 8 Homestead in the Division II quarterfinals Feb. 22, cutting...

It took Watsonville some time to get tuned in Friday night during its first Central Coast Section playoff game in almost nearly a decade. But once the butterflies settled, there was no stopping the recently crowned Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division co-champion.     Junior forward Leon...

Several local high school basketball boys and girls teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason which officially tips off this weekend. A handful of league champions will have some time off with byes in the first and second rounds, while others will begin...