Watsonville inks Manny Contreras as new football head coach
Watsonville High announced Thursday that Manny Contreras was named the new football head coach for the upcoming 2024 season.
“I always had dreams of becoming a teacher and always had dreams of becoming a head coach of a program,” he said. “Things started falling and...
Mariners confident they can make a run at a CCS D-II title | Girls soccer
APTOS—The divisions and seedings for the Central Coast Section soccer playoffs were all set in place on Thursday evening.
And when it was all said and done, Aptos High coach Gina Castañeda was hoping they’d end up in the Division I field. Especially because they...
Mariners take third at league finals | SCCAL wrestling
FELTON—Aptos High’s wrestling team was on the brink of dropping below a top-3 finish at last week’s league finals after some of its studs lost in the earlier rounds.
That’s when a trio of their athletes in the upper weight classes in James Craig, Dante...
Marcus Northcutt steps down as ‘Catz’s boys basketball coach
The thought of retirement for Watsonville High Athletic Director Marcus Northcutt came creeping into his head last year in the summer when he was having a hard time with his health.
After five years of dialysis, he received a kidney transplant at the end of...
PV’s Valeria Acosta named Mission Division’s co-MVP | All-PCAL girls soccer
Pajaro Valley High senior Valeria Acosta was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s co-Most Valuable Player for the 2023-24 girls soccer season.
Acosta and Giselle Zepeda of league champion Soledad High will share this year’s top honors after both players had superb seasons...
Aptos’ Dante Aranda named Boys Athlete of the Year
It wasn’t too difficult to spot Aptos High senior Dante Aranda anytime he made his way onto the football field or a wrestling mat.
So much so, during his junior year he slowly started earning the moniker “The Bus” whenever he took off with the...
Aptos’ Summer Jacob named league’s co-MVP | SCCAL girls soccer
APTOS—It’s typically difficult to identify an MVP-type caliber soccer player when they primarily play in the defensive backfield and it’s the attackers producing all of the highlight reels with the goals and assists.
Aptos High senior defensive midfielder Summer Jacob recorded just one goal and...
Grizzlies capture Cypress Division crown following win over NMC | Boys soccer
CASTROVILLE—Pajaro Valley High senior Daniel Murillo was in a bit of a funk going into Tuesday night’s league match in which the Grizzlies boys’ soccer team desperately needed a win in order to keep its playoff hopes alive.
However, he picked the perfect time to...
Wildcatz aim for a return to the postseason | High school baseball
Baseball season is finally upon us. Besides the recent rain storms, it has been all smiles at Watsonville High as the baseball team works its way back.
The Wildcatz are led by second-year head coach Tige McSwain Sr. at the helm. In his first season...
‘Catz getting adjusted competing in tougher division | Girls tennis
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Brooklyn Llamas and the Wildcatz girls’ tennis team last year reached new heights after a successful run to a league championship.
The ‘Catz clawed their way through the Pacific Coast Athletic League season undefeated, 12-0, in Cypress Division play and captured a...
Prep Athletes of the Week: St. Francis’ Joseph Dayritt, Maya Calfee
The Pajaronian’s Prep Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Sept. 1-7. Coaches and athletic directors are...
