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May 25, 2025

Boys' soccer roundup, 1/25: Ceiba's Padilla reaches 30-goal mark with hat trick

Diego Padilla reached the 30-goal mark for the season with a hat trick in Ceiba College Prep’s 7-0 win over Anzar in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia division play on Wednesday.

JC roundup, 1/25: Cabrillo men’s hoops adjusts, rallies for win over De Anza

Ultimately, the Seahawks’ in-game adjustments, and rotational pliability proved sufficient to emerge victorious, 82-75.

Girls' SCCAL soccer: Aptos bullied by Santa Cruz in 1-1 tie

Aptos, ranked 25th in the state by Maxpreps.com, almost saw its undefeated start to the season come to an end in a 1-1 draw against Santa Cruz, ranked 135th.

Watsonville history: Watsonville High has many traditions, one of them is written with a ‘z’

Before last week, I was never curious as to why Watsonville used a z instead of an s at the end of its mascots' name. Like I said, I accepted it. It’s not a spelling mistake, which was my first thought when I went to my first high school basketball game, it’s the unspoken rule — like not putting ketchup on a hotdog. No Watsonville alumnus asks why, they just accept it.

HS Athletes of the Week, 1/25: Jarrod Garcia & Gisselle Vasquez

High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Jan. 14-20.

Cool under pressure: St. Francis senior Jake Taylor composed on court, off of it

Taylor and a fellow lifeguard resuscitated a child that had been accidentally buried by a collapsing sand tunnel by performing CPR.

Men's JC basketball: Cabrillo drops first meeting with Gavilan

Cabrillo (13-5, 1-1) mounted multiple attempts to recover from the early offensive blitzkrieg launched by the Rams (16-2, 2-0), shrinking the lead to as little as two points, but ultimately submitted.

Girls' soccer roundup, 1/18: Aptos continues roll through SCCAL play

Gisselle Vasquez had a hat trick for the Aptos Mariners in their 10-0 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League rout of Harbor on Tuesday.

Boys' soccer roundup, 1/18: Pajaro Valley drops PCAL-M game to Salinas

Pajaro Valley fell 6-1 to Salinas in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission division action on Wednesday night at The Pit.

JC roundup, 1/18: Cabrillo women score another blowout conference victory

After Wednesday night’s 74-56 drubbing of the Gavilan College Rams (4-10, 1-3) in the Adobe Palace, and the 43-point beat down in Salinas over Hartnell College on Jan. 11, the Seahawks (11-3, 4-0) look like they are starting to find their groove just in time for the heart of conference play.