Aptos equipped to make SCCAL title run | High school softball
Several local softball programs had trouble getting the 2025 spring season in full gear with the large amounts of rain pouring all over Santa Cruz County in February.
But with the wet conditions coming to a slight trickle, teams such as Aptos and 10th-year head...
PV’s Valeria Acosta, SF’s Alyssandra Peterson earn top-honors | All-PCAL girls soccer
A pair of local girls soccer players earned top honors for their valiant efforts on the pitch during the 2024-25 Pacific Coast Athletic League winter season.
Pajaro Valley senior Valeria Acosta and St. Francis freshman Alyssandra Peterson were both named the Most Valuable Player in...
‘Catz’s softball team edges Alisal in non-league thriller | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Watsonville’s softball team survived a late scare to hold off Alisal for a 6-5 victory in non-league action March 7.
Mia Espinoza had three hits including one double, one RBI and one run scored for the Wildcatz, while teammates Esperanza Sigala and Isabella Ruiz each...
Mariners continue deep postseason run into NorCal Regionals | Boys basketballÂ
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...
Sharks advance to D-V semis with crushing win over Crystal Springs | CCS girls basketball
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...
St. Francis boys’ team loses to Oakwood in Division V quarterfinals | CCS basketball roundupÂ
St. Francis senior Nash Horton had a team-best 27 points to go along with 14 rebounds and seven steals for the No. 5 seeded Sharks in Tuesday night's 86-60 loss to No. 4 Oakwood in the Division V quarterfinals.
Teammate junior Robert Gomez Jr. finished...
Mariners lose heartbreaker in PK shootout to Los Gatos | CCS boys soccer
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...
Postseason woes continue for Aptos in loss to Homestead | CCS girls soccer roundup
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...
‘Catz shake the dust off to beat North Salinas in playoff opener | CCS basketball roundup
It took Watsonville some time to get tuned in Friday night during its first Central Coast Section playoff game in almost nearly a decade.
But once the butterflies settled, there was no stopping the recently crowned Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division co-champion.
Junior forward Leon...
Local teams prepare for upcoming postseason runs | CCS basketball playoffs
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...
St. Francis off to superb start in formidable PCAL’s Gabilan Division...
St. Francis was given a friendly reminder that it is not in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division anymore.
They found that out quickly...
