High School Sports

And so the struggle continues for Aptos following yet another early exit in the Central Coast Section girls soccer playoffs this past weekend. The top seeded Mariners were stunned in a 2-0 loss to No. 8 Homestead in the Division II quarterfinals Feb. 22, cutting...

For a split second, it seemed like Aptos this past weekend was finally breaking the curse of getting past the opening round in the Central Coast Section playoffs. But instead of knocking in the game-winning goal on a spectacular header in overtime, senior Nami Banks...

After an impressive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship run, Aptos earned the top seed in this year’s Central Coast Section Division II playoffs.  The Mariners (15-2-1)—winners of five straight—will host No. 8 Homestead (8-7-4) in the teams’ quarterfinals match on Saturday at 11am.  “The girls,...

Several local high school basketball boys and girls teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason which officially tips off this weekend. A handful of league champions will have some time off with byes in the first and second rounds, while others will begin...

The magical season continues this week for St. Francis High freshman Liliana Whitmeyer and the girls’ basketball team. The standout guard finished with a game-best 25 points to help the No. 3 seeded Sharks crush No. 6 Crystal Springs, 58-32, in the Division V quarterfinals...

The magical season for St. Francis’ girls’ soccer team came to an end following a 5-1 loss to North Monterey County in the Central Coast Section play-in game Tuesday afternoon.  Andrea Ibarra, Anahi Flores, Isa Valadez, Herendira Navoa and Bella Hernandez each scored once for...

As of Thursday, Aptos was one of four teams in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties that remained alive in the California Interscholastic Federation State boys basketball championships.  The No. 9 seed Mariners play at top seeded The King’s Academy—both representing the Central Coast Section—in the...