High School Sports

Aptos began the 2024 regular season with three consecutive losses, including two against a pair of defending league champions. They dropped the season-opener to Homestead—winners of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division, followed by a loss to Christopher High—winners of the Blossom...

Watsonville senior Jillian Lerma typically hits at the No. 2 spot in the batting lineup, meaning her role is to get on base with the intention to score runs.  However, that all changed Wednesday afternoon when the speedy shortstop smacked a three-run double to help...

Watsonville sophomore Diego Garcia had a team-best 19 points, including five 3-pointers in the Wildcatz’s 67-52 victory over Marina in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys basketball action Wednesday evening. Fellow teammate junior Leon Madec added 15 points and his brother, George, had 11....

After trailing for most of the day, St. Francis senior Javier Fonseca was on the verge of capping off the regular-season opener with a potential game-winning drive. But the miraculous comeback fell short following a huge defensive stop by King City on the Sharks’ final...

San Lorenzo Valley’s softball team returned to the diamond Tuesday afternoon following a much-needed spring break this past week. It took little to no time for senior Angie Fulkerson to shake off the rust as she batted 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs...

Watsonville senior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar won both the long jump and triple jump events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Track and Field Championship at Rancho San Juan High School on May 2.  Aceves-Aguilar was victorious in the long jump with a hop of...

Monte Vista Christian was eager to get back into the postseason this year with high hopes of defending both its Central Coast Section and NorCal baseball championships.  However, the No. 4 seed Mustangs were corralled back into the stable following a 2-1 loss to No....

St. Francis is off to a blazing start after winning its fifth consecutive game to begin the 2024-25 winter campaign. The Sharks improved to a 6-0 overall record following a 72-34 victory over Kirby Prep in non-league action Thursday night. Robert Gomez Jr. had 21 points...

Aptos High football team is expected to have about 50 players suit up for the upcoming season.  There’s nothing out of the ordinary about it but one thing among the group is the senior class, which missed the entire freshman year due to the Covid-19...

After going through the challenging preseason portion of its schedule, Aptos High was primed and ready to make a run at defending last year’s share of the Gabilan Division championship.    The road back to league supremacy became a tad bit harder for the Mariners following...