High School Sports

APTOS—Aptos High sophomore Janie Houser is heading into the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Wrestling Championships more confident than ever. But first, she had one more warm-up match against Scotts Valley sophomore Danica Kelley, another premier wrestler in the league that’s been having a spectacular...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Maritza Resendiz was in the right place at the right time in last week’s win for the Wildcatz girls' basketball team.   Resendiz stood just below the right side of the baseline and grabbed the offensive rebound, putting it back in for the...

WATSONVILLE—It was a day full of mixed emotions for Pajaro Valley senior Eric Viveros who stepped on the football field for the final time on his home turf. The hefty lineman scored his first career touchdown to help lift the Grizzlies past Harbor High for...

SALINAS—The race for first place in the Pacific Coast Athletics League Gabilan Division is not over for the Aptos High football team despite last week’s heartbreaking loss at Rabobank Stadium. The Mariners traveled to Salinas to face off against rival Palma, hoping to stay atop...

Aptos High was awarded a home game for this upcoming weekend’s quarterfinals round of the Central Coast Section boys soccer playoffs. The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Mariners earned a No. 4 seed and will host No. 5 Serra High (6-3-5) out of the...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior wrestler Danisha Nuñez was finally able to see some action last weekend after a hectic offseason delayed her return to the mat.  The reigning Pacific Coast Athletic League champion made an appearance at the 13th annual Lady Royal Tournament at Overfelt High...

SALINAS—Watsonville High’s Katelynn Ruiz is quickly turning into one of the top cross country runners in the area this season.  The freshman sensation won the Cypress Division race in 19 minutes, 50 seconds at Saturday morning’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Championships at Toro County Park,...

WATSONVILLE—The past three years haven’t been too kind for St. Francis High senior Seth Vazquez, who has had to battle his way through injuries and a rough start during his freshman year.  But the veteran outfielder has been more than clutch this season for the...

WATSONVILLE—It’s been more than a decade since the Watsonville High girls’ tennis team has won a league title. But that all changed last week after the Wildcatz wrapped up the Pacific Coast Athletic League season undefeated, 12-0, in Cypress Division play.  The last time Watsonville brought...

APTOS—Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship joined the state’s 300-win club last year, becoming one of a dozen coaches who have reached that feat. Prior to that he brought home four Central Coast Section championships to the Mariners’ program since he arrived in 2010.  But the...