High School Sports

Watsonville High’s girls volleyball team is off and running to another hot start following back-to-back league wins against Soledad and Alvarez high schools. The Wildcatz improved to 2-0 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play and currently own a 5-0 overall record.  “We just have...

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Christian junior Bryce Brogan and his teammates wanted to end the non-league portion of its schedule on a high note before jumping into next month’s important league schedule.  However, the Mustangs discovered they still need to iron out the kinks following a 76-48...

APTOS— All the cards were on the table for Aptos High heading into Tuesday night’s win or go home situation in the Central Coast Section playoffs. It was also one final chance for the five Mariners seniors including Trevor Brady to play on their home...

SCOTTS VALLEY—It was the intense rematch rivalry game basketball fans wanted to witness—Aptos and Santa Cruz battling it out for the league title in what was sure to be an epic finale. Except, reality often doesn’t meet expectations. The Cardinals imposed their will upon the Mariners...

A group of six local high schools unofficially kicked off the 2024 fall season at this past weekend’s Santa Cruz County football jamboree at Cabrillo College. Aptos, Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonville high schools took part in scrimmages in front...

The Aptos High boys’ golf team this season qualified as a group to compete at Central Coast Section Regional Golf Tournament, giving golfers a chance to square off against some of the best in the section at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey.  Mariners standout...

James Ponzio didn’t get the result he wanted in the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships at the famed Crystal Springs Course in Belmont on Nov. 12. So, two weeks later in the biggest race of his career in the CIF State Championships at Woodward...

The search for a new football head coach at Aptos High is over after the school announced Thursday that Zach Hewett will take over the program for the upcoming 2024 fall season.  The 39-year-old Aptos alum was promoted from his role as JV head coach...

APTOS—Aptos High senior guard Cameron Saldana was getting pressured hard by Half Moon Bay High’s defense throughout Tuesday night’s Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals.  Yet, he continued to find ways to score and managed to get some of his teammates involved in the action.  Saldana...

At times during the season, it seemed like the Watsonville High baseball team just wasn’t able to get out of a rut.   It got off to a rocky start in the preseason that included postponed games due to the series of rainstorms and a handful...