High School Sports

The Aptos High girls flag football team wrapped up the regular season with success following a 7-0 win over Watsonville High in non-league action Thursday night.   The lone score of the game came on an 8-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Gaby Dow to receiver...

After more than a year of reestablishing a team identity due to a lack of seniors, the Aptos High girls basketball team is back to its winning ways. The Mariners began the 2022-23 campaign by winning five of their first eight games. “All of my juniors...

CASTROVILLE—Last week was the final time that Adrian Arevalo suited up in a Wildcatz uniform. The senior running back made the most of it by finishing with 76 yards rushing and a touchdown on 13 carries for Watsonville High in a 28-6 win against North...

WATSONVILLE—Aptos High junior Janie Houser was the No. 5 seed going into the 126-pound weight class bracket at last week’s Central Coast Section wrestling finals.  She knew there had to be some upsets in order for her to have any chance of qualifying for the...

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...

There comes a time and moment during a game when a player simply takes over a game for his basketball team. St. Francis senior Robert Gomez Jr. and Pajaro Valley sophomore Alan Cervantes were those go-to guys for their respective squads this past winter season. The...

The game of football is considered a game of inches and nothing proved it more than in last week’s season opener for Aptos High.  The Mariners dropped their non-league contest to Oakdale High, 21-14, following three critical pass attempts that were dropped including an interception...

Aptos High senior Diego Hernandez had some unfinished business going into last week’s league wrestling championships after finishing runner-up in back-to-back years. There was nothing he wanted more than to finally stand atop the podium for the first time in his career.  The Mariners’ standout wrestler...

APTOS—The Aptos High baseball team went into last week’s pivotal meeting against Santa Cruz High eager to prove itself the best team in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. Gabe Gaeckle was instrumental in helping the Mariners beat the Cardinals, 9-0, on April 14, responding...

WATSONVILLE—The St. Francis High baseball team came into the season at the top of the ocean’s food chain as the defending Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division and Central Coast Section Division IV champion.   The Sharks were swimming their way closer to a second consecutive...