High School Sports

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 PCAL Championships, track and field, Friday at 4pm: A group of local...

WATSONVILLE—It was make or break time for dozens of athletes at Tuesday’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Girls Track and Field trials at Watsonville High School. Watsonville senior Mayra Peralta-Celedon definitely made the most of it as she finished with the fastest qualifying time...

Watsonville High seniors Adan Rivas and Louie Brambila will see once and for all who the fastest runner is within the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division. The Wildcatz duo will compete in the division finals at Christopher High on Friday at 4pm. Rivas had the...

WATSONVILLE—The St. Francis High baseball team is in the middle of making a run to the Central Coast Section playoffs and possibly beyond. But the Sharks hit a minor snag along the way after a 6-4 loss to Soledad High in Pacific C oast Athletic...

WATSONVILLE—The North Monterey County High softball team continues its mission to prove that last year’s Central Coast Section Division V championship run was no fluke. The Visesio sisters—Amelia and Dejalei—had a tremendous all-around impact for the Condors in their 6-1 victory over St. Francis High...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High boys’ volleyball team defeated cross-town rival Pajaro Valley in sweeping fashion (25-15, 25-20, 25-12) in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play Thursday evening. Senior middle hitter Isaak Vargas said getting the league win was a big momentum shift for them, especially...

A pair of high school student-athletes recently made a decision regarding their future academic and athletic careers. Aptos High soccer standout Jazmine Castañeda and North Monterey County High softball sensation Dejalei Visesio both verbally committed to play their respective sports next year at the collegiate...

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ tennis team went through a rough patch prior to the start of the season when head coach Rich Taylor took a leave of absence due to medical reasons. Bennett Biscotti, a senior, said the skipper has been important in his life...

Watsonville High senior Rylee Gomez once again lit up the scoreboard with just one crack of the bat for the Wildcatz softball team.  The nifty short stop launched a two-run home run in Monday’s 9-5 victory against North Salinas High in Pacific Coast Athletic League...

SOQUEL—Aptos High senior Elizabeth Churchill won four events including a record-setting performance in the high jump at the fifth annual Knights Invite.  Churchill, who is competing next year at UC Davis, jumped a personal-best 5 feet, 08 inches that helped her claim the high jump...