High School Sports

APTOS—The Aptos High girls’ soccer team winning streak in preseason action continues after a dominating 10-1 victory against Pacific Collegiate School on Dec. 29.   “We have some really amazing players and I’ve been able to take the opportunity to teach them different strategies on how...

SALINAS—St. Francis senior Kai Price put together a stellar performance on the mound Wednesday afternoon as he tossed a no-hitter in just five innings of work. The left-handed pitcher struck out 10 batters and gave up four walks for the Sharks baseball team in its...

OAKLAND—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team was eliminated by Oakland High in the opening round of the CIF NorCal Division III playoffs Tuesday. Senior guard Cameron Saldana had 19 points for the No. 15 seeded Mariners who put up a fight until the final buzzer...

St. Francis and Watsonville both went into last weekend’s Pacific Coast Athletic League opener aiming to get a head start in the race for a Mission Division-North crown.  In the end, a big stop by the Shark defense helped lift them past the cross-town rival...

Watsonville High’s Patrick Miller-Brown and Monte Vista Christian’s Brady Cortez were each recognized with the highest honors possible in their respective Pacific Coast Athletic League divisions following a stellar baseball season in the spring.    Cortez was named the Mission Division’s co-Most Valuable Player alongside Stevenson’s...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High softball team is fresh off a Central Coast Section Division I title run. To commemorate their memorable season, the 2021 Wildcatz team will be presented with championship rings thanks to the fundraising efforts of a local group. The rings will have a...

Pajaro Valley last week secured the program’s first-ever Pacific Coast Athletic League girls’ flag football championship following a pair of blowout victories, including a battle for first place in the Mission Division. The Grizzlies then capped off the regular season with a bang in a...

Watsonville High sophomore David Rocha-Vargas and freshman Katelynn Ruiz were on the outside looking in after they didn’t qualify in last week’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships semifinals. But then they received news earlier this week that their seasons are still alive after...

Watsonville senior Stephanie Martinez and the rest of the Wildcatz crew are back on track after brushing off what seemed to be a shaky start to the 2025 fall campaign. On Wednesday, they extended their win streak to four straight—three in the past three days—following...

WATSONVILLE—The word “brotherhood” has been preached quite a lot since the Monte Vista Christian School football team began to condition in June. That fellowship continues to grow as senior Aiden Keegan along with some of the other upperclassmen consistently analyze the second-team during practice, applauding...