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Aptos boys’ soccer falls to Santa Cruz in SCCAL action | Weeklys Sports Roundup

Aptos High’s boys’ soccer team suffered its first defeat in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play following a 2-1 loss to Santa Cruz High on Wednesday night. Haziel Parra scored the lone goal for the Mariners in the 32nd minute. The assist was credited to...

Weeklys Sports Ticker: Sharks girls’ volleyball returns to CCS playoffs for first time in seven years

St. Francis High girls’ volleyball team has returned to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time in seven years.  Senior middle blocker Carley Anderson had 10 kills to help lift the Sharks past Rancho San Juan High in four sets 10-25, 25-21, 25-17,...

Sharks’ girls’ hoops keeps perfect league record intact | Weeklys Sports Roundup

St. Francis freshman Liliana Whitmeyer had a game-best 13 points along with two rebounds, three steals and one block in the Sharks’ 31-26 win over Palma in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division girls basketball action Thursday night. Fellow teammate sophomore Maya Calfee had nine...

PHOTOS: 39th Annual Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game

As the professionals participated in this past weekend’s NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, a collection of the best local prep football players got together for one last time on the gridiron Feb. 1.  St. Francis senior Javier Fonseca Jr. tossed a pair of touchdown...

Major turnaround has Sharks playing with confidence | Boys basketball

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...

Mariners’ magnificent playoff run comes to an end | CCS high school football 

Aptos turned some heads during its improbable run in the Central Coast Section playoffs after it pulled off back-to-back stunning wins to reach last week’s Division III championship game. However, the storybook tale came to a close after the No. 7 seed Mariners fell short...

Pajaro Valley boys’ soccer crushes Rancho San Juan for a shutout win | Weeklys Sports Roundup

Pajaro Valley senior Cesar Velazquez had one goal and three assists in the Grizzlies’ 6-0 crushing victory over Rancho San Juan in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys soccer action Monday. Juniors Raymond Mata and Andres Perez, along with freshmen Oscar Lopez, Julio Cruz...

MVC’s Fullalove-Silveira continues to find success at the plate | High school softball

Monte Vista Christian senior Kayla Fullalove-Silveira wasted little to no time getting prepared for the 2025 spring campaign once the offseason came into full effect in the summer.   It was practically an everyday grind for the Mustangs’ slugger as she spent most of her free...

Aptos girls’ soccer remain undefeated in SCCAL play | Weeklys Sports Roundup

Aptos High junior Alexa Castañeda had four assists and one goal in the Mariners' win over San Lorenzo Valley High in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls soccer action Thursday. Fellow teammate sophomore Isabella Hartnett had a pair of goals, and freshman Gigi Zuñiga had...

Weeklys Sports Ticker: Sharks football falls short in heartbreaking loss to Alisal 

St. Francis High senior Javier Da Rosa-Fonseca put the Sharks football team in prime position to steal last week’s game against Alisal on its home turf in Salinas.  The only problem was the standout quarterback was forced to sit out on the final play after...
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What Makes Watsonville Community Hospital—and America—Great

Thirty-three years ago, while my family was preparing for a birthday party, I decided to arrive early. My mother was shopping for a cake...