Athletes of the Week: MVC’s Nico Downie and Watsonville’s Fernanda Lazo
The Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Sept. 9-15. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit nominations to sports editor Juan Reyes at [email protected].
Boys
Nico Downie (Sr.), Monte Vista Christian
Nico Downie broke a pair of MVC...
Mustangs boys’ basketball remains unbeaten in league play | Weekly Roundup
The Monte Vista Christian boys’ basketball team now sits alone atop of the league standings following a 56-40 win against Rancho San Juan High on Wednesday evening.
Junior forward Dominic Pierini finished with a game-best 14 points to help the Mustangs improve to 5-0 in...
PV’s Contreras, Chavez earn top honors in Santa Lucia Division | All-PCAL girls volleyball
Pajaro Valley senior Aaliyah Chavez and junior Olivia Contreras were the perfect tandem on the court for the girls’ volleyball team during the 2024 fall season.
The Grizzlies’ star players led the program to an unblemished 14-0 record in league play en route to the...
Mariners feel confident to repeat as SCCAL champion | Boys basketball
A lot could be said about last season’s remarkable run for the Aptos High boys’ basketball team which not only turned several heads, but became the dark horse of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.
They finished co-champion with Santa Cruz High and they reached...
Veterans prepared to lead experienced ‘Catz squad | PCAL girls volleyball
It’s now or never for Watsonville High senior Daisy Cornejo as she enters her fourth year with the girls’ volleyball team.
And the same can be said for nine other Wildcatz seniors aiming to leave their mark in what they hope will be a successful...
Sharks dominate in the trenches to crush Seaside in PCAL opener | Prep football
St. Francis starting quarterback Javier Fonseca used his legs to record four rushing touchdowns in a 48-20 crushing win over Seaside in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division–North action Sept. 28.
The Sharks star player also had a pair of interceptions on defense, which forced...
Mariners continue historical run into the NorCal playoffs | Girls water polo
After capturing the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section title, Aptos was looking to keep this season’s magical run alive.
Junior Adelaide Friedley recorded four goals to help lift the No. 2 seeded Mariners past No. 7 Marin Catholic, 7-4, in the opening round of the...
Walk-off field goal lifts Mariners past Alvarez | Prep football roundup
Aptos sophomore kicker River Cook booted a 38-yard walk-off field goal for the Mariners in a 23-22 win over Alvarez High on Thursday night.
“It was a 38-yarder, and he kicked it about 38 and a 1/2 yards,” Aptos head coach Zach Hewett said. “Our...
St. Francis boys’ hoops blows past King City in league opener | Weeklys Sports Roundup
St. Francis junior Robert Gomez Jr. had 25 points, including seven 3-pointers for the Sharks in their 91-43 win over King City in the teams' Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener Monday evening.
Teammate senior Nash Horton had 21 points to go along with...
St. Francis alumna Sabrina Bracken takes over girls’ volleyball program
Sabrina Bracken was just a sophomore when she joined the St. Francis High girls’ volleyball team that won a Central Coast Section title in 2008.
The former Sharks star will return to the court, only this time she’ll be holding a clipboard and hopefully resurrecting...
Two injured as remote-controlled plane crashes into party
Two people were injured Saturday night when a remote-controlled plane smashed into their home on Buena Vista Drive, where they had gathered with friends...