Watsonville’s Rudy Valdez tosses no-hitter in win over Gonzales | Weeklys Sports RoundupÂ
Watsonville senior Rudy Valdez tossed a gem in the Wildcatz’s 10-0 victory in five innings over Gonzales in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division baseball action Tuesday afternoon. The ace pitcher recorded a no-hitter while tallying eight strikeouts for the complete game shutout.
Valdez...
Aptos’ boys’ tennis keeps perfect SCCAL record intact | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Aptos’ boys’ tennis team remains undefeated in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play following a 5-2 win over Scotts Valley in league action Thursday afternoon.
The Mariners’ Tyler Thomas beat Lincoln Verinsky 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, while George Jertberg defeated Garvasis Kuriakuse 6-1,...
12th Annual RSF Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game set to take place SundayÂ
The 12th Annual Reggie Stephens Foundation Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game is set to tip off this weekend, continuing a long-standing tradition of highlighting the top basketball talent from Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
The best high school senior boys and girls along with 8th...
Aptos’ Casey MacConnell wins thrice at Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions | Prep track and field
Aptos senior Casey MacConnell took home three first place medals—two individual and one team—that he captured at the second annual Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions event at Harbor High School on March 15.
The Mariners’ standout athlete won both the 100-meters dash and high...
St. Francis’ Nash Horton named Cypress Division’s top player | All-PCAL boys’ basketball
St. Francis senior Nash Horton was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024-25 winter season. After missing one year on the court, the standout Sharks guard returned to score an average of 21.1 points per game and...
St. Francis’ Maya Calfee, Liliana Whitmeyer share Cypress Division’s MVP award | All-PCAL girls’ basketball
St. Francis sophomore Maya Calfee and freshman Liliana Whitmeyer were named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 girls’ basketball season.
Calfee and Whitmeyer were also all-league first team selections for their stellar play on the court. They led...
Local players earn Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league honors | Boys soccer
The coaches within the Pacific Coast Athletic League announced the boys’ all-league soccer teams for the 2024-25 season.
Watsonville senior Tlaloc Ledesma-Peña and junior Alexis Castillo along with Pajaro Valley senior Luis Tellez-Mejia earned first team honors in the Mission Division.
Castillo led the Wildcatz with...
Aptos equipped to make SCCAL title run | High school softball
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...
PV’s Valeria Acosta, SF’s Alyssandra Peterson earn top-honors | All-PCAL girls soccer
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...
‘Catz’s softball team edges Alisal in non-league thriller | Weeklys Sports Roundup
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...
Female Athlete of the Year: Aptos’ Izzy Graff brought excellence to...
Aptos graduate Izzy Graff was on the verge of joining the cross country team going into her junior year in 2023 so she could...