HS baseball preview, 2019: New leagues move emphasis from arms to depth, fundamentals
Depth, defense and fundamentals — more than ever — will be the determining factors over the course of league play.
Boys' SCCAL basketball: Bowyer named top coach; Matys, Pepperdine also honored
The coaches of the SCCAL determined first-year coach Brian Bowyer played a big role in the program’s impressive bounce back season, recently naming him the Coach of the Year.
Girls' SCCAL soccer: Mariners’ Mitchell, Miller earn special honors
Aptos junior Brynn Mitchell and senior Caroline Miller were recently honored by the coaches of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. Mitchell was named the league’s Midfielder of the Year, and Miller earned the Goalie of the Year.
Boys' PCAL soccer: Watsonville leads local teams in all-league first team selections
Thirteen local soccer players earned all-league first team honors in the Pacific Coast Athletic League, the four-tiered league announced on Tuesday.
JC basketball: Free throw woes ground Seahawks' men
On Friday night during the second round of the NorCal regional tournament in the Adobe Palace, the high-flying, No. 16-ranked Cabrillo College Seahawks’ season-long struggles with free-throw shooting caught up to them, as they fell to the visiting No. 18-ranked Canada College Colts, 64-58.
Boys' NorCal Soccer: Watsonville stunned by Marin Academy's last-second goal in D-II final
Watsonville’s stellar season came to an end in heart-wrenching fashion, as No. 3 Marin Academy stunned the No. 6-seeded ‘Catz, 2-1, on a last-second goal mere moments after they found an equalizer on the other end.
Weekly roundup, 3/1: Local players sign letters to college football programs
Aptos High two-sport athlete Shane Modena on Wednesday signed his national letter of intent to play football at NCAA Division III Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash.
Boys' NorCal soccer: Watsonville outlasts Richmond, earns spot in D-II final
No. 6 Watsonville will play in its first-ever CIF NorCal championship game after edging No. 2 Richmond, 3-2, in a seesaw battle on Thursday night in the East Bay. The Wildcatz will travel to San Rafael — their third 100-plus-mile trip of the tournament — to play No. 4 Marin Academy for the Division II championship.
Togo's HS Athletes of the Week, 3/1: Max Pepperdine & Natalia Ackerman
Togo's HS Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24.
Girls' PCAL basketball: Solorzano named M.V.P. following stellar year
According to the stats kept by MaxPreps, Solorzano, a three-year varsity starter, led the state in scoring this winter, dropping 28.8 points per game to help Pajaro Valley win its first-ever league title and break the program record for most wins in a single season.
