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December 30, 2025

20 Athletes in 20 Days: Natalia Ackerman, Aptos High

Natalia Ackerman is a two-sport athlete at Aptos High and will try to top a stellar junior year with an even better senior campaign.

HS football: Mariners drop season finale against Cowboys

APTOS — The Aptos High football team had the league champs on the ropes but it didn’t have quite enough firepower to deliver the final blow. The Mariners dropped their season finale, 42-28, against Salinas High on Friday night in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan...

Local talent shines at Sea Otter Classic

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This edition of the Sea Otter Classic from April 20-23 truly expanded its vision, race choices and course lengths while showing its commitment to youth and inclusivity for all cyclists, of all ages, genders (including non-binary) and physical disabilities (Para division).  Kids, tandems, tri-bikes, e-bikes,...

All-RP Boy's Basketball Team, 2016-17: St. Francis High’s Rodriguez named Player of the Year

For being the day-in-day-out vocal leader on that squad and for his constant solid play throughout the season, the Register-Pajaronian is naming Rodriguez our Player of the Year for boy’s basketball.

HS Football, Week 1: Sandoval, Barcelo run wild as Watsonville retains Kup

Senior running backs James Sandoval and Matthew Barcelo combined to rush for 312 yards and five touchdowns, and Watsonville’s defensive front made life difficult for Pajaro Valley High senior quarterback Max Arevalo in the Wildcatz’s 35-6 win over their cross-city rival.

Mariners survive in a thriller to Half Moon Bay in D-III quarterfinals | CCS boys basketball

APTOS—Aptos High senior guard Cameron Saldana was getting pressured hard by Half Moon Bay High’s defense throughout Tuesday night’s Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals.  Yet, he continued to find ways to score and managed to get some of his teammates involved in the action.  Saldana...

Weekend Roundup, 2/24: Cabrillo falls short of outright title

APTOS– The Seahawks fell to West Valley College, 61-59, in Coast Conference South Division play at the Adobe Palace on Friday night. The loss snapped a three-game win streak for Cabrillo and forced the Seahawks to share the division title with West Valley. Both schools...

Girl's NorCal Basketball: Aptos' historic season stopped by Moreau Catholic

The No. 5-seeded Mariners lost in the first round of the NorCal D-III state playoffs to the No. 12-seeded Moreau Catholic Mariners of Hayward, 71-63, on Wednesday night in Aptos, bringing their dream-like season to an end.

Hawks qualify for the CCS playoffs | Girls volleyball

The season will continue for the Mount Madonna School girls’ volleyball team after it qualified for a spot in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.  The Hawks along with four other Santa Cruz County teams advanced to postseason play, which kicks off with first-round action...

MVC’s Jojo Keldsen named Mission Division’s top player | All-PCAL baseball

Monte Vista Christian senior and baseball stud Jojo Keldsen was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s Most Valuable Player following a monster season on the diamond field.  Keldsen—who also earned all-league first team honors—batted a .461 average (41-of-89) with five home runs including...