Mariners capture SCCAL title after decade-long drought | High School Soccer Roundup
Aptos High boys soccer coach Roberto Zuñiga has a banner hanging in his office to commemorate a league championship for the 2021-22 season.
It’s a reminder of how they were snubbed from bringing home a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown all because of a...
Sharks’ season opener against King City postponed | HS football
WATSONVILLE—The high school football season began this week with a pair of games that took place in the tri-county area on Thursday night.
St. Francis High will have to wait at least a few more days to play its season opener after the school was...
Preps of the Week: St. Francis’ Thiago Caetano, Maya Calfee | Pajaronian Sports Ticker
This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 3.
Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and highlights to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes (@jmreyes831) on Twitter for scores...
Mariners boys’ soccer team captures first SCCAL title in nearly a decade | Sports Roundup
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that it had been nearly 40 years since the Aptos High boys' soccer team last won a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title, which is incorrect. Aptos last won an SCCAL title during the 2013-14 soccer...
Mariners boys’ soccer team bounces back with shutout win against Harbor | Sports Roundup
SANTA CRUZ—Aptos High's Fredys Abrego finished with one goal and one assist for the Mariners boys' soccer team in a 3-0 win against Harbor High in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Thursday.
Abrego scored in the 58th minute and he followed up with...
‘Catz return to CCS finals after a narrow win over Saint Francis | Boys soccer
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior Abraham Fuentes has not played much for the Wildcatz boys’ soccer team this season.
But whenever his number has been called this winter, he has been a difference-maker in various critical situations.
Tuesday night’s Central Coast Section Open Division semifinals were no different.
Fuentes,...
Championship weekend for local baseball teams | Cover 3 Sports Ticker
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...
Aptos dives into a new season with promising talent | High school baseball
APTOS—Another season is underway for an Aptos High baseball team that has reigned as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion for the past two years.
However, the Mariners took a major blow after losing integral pieces in NCAA Division I pitching prospects Reed Moring...
MVC’s Isa Madrigal named Mission Division’s best offensive player
WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Chritian senior Isabella Madrigal was a powerful weapon on the hard court for the Mustangs’ girls volleyball this season.
Her production didn’t go unnoticed by coaches within the Pacific Coast Athletic League, which named her the Mission Division’s Best Offensive Player of the...
Grizzlies girls soccer inches closer to clinching PCAL title | Weekly Roundup
The Pajaro Valley High girls’ soccer team had a chance to separate themselves further from Soledad High in the league standings going into last week’s showdown.
And after 80 minutes of competing on a wet semi-muddy grass pitch, the Grizzlies found themselves moving just slightly...
Santa Cruz County celebrates with parades
Thousands of people attended Fourth of July parades in Watsonville and Aptos Friday, lining sidewalks aliog main streets to see hundreds of participants. Below...
