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An all-league first team selection for the Aptos High volleyball team last season, Rodriguez will be one of the Mariners’ leaders heading into her senior campaign.

The St. Francis High girls' volleyball girl was edged by Oakwood School in non-league play on Wednesday.

It was business as usual for the Bells on Tuesday night, as they once again left the rival Wildcatz pawing at their heads for answers by eliminating them from the CCS Open Division playoffs with a dominant 3-0 win.

On a night in which the sophomores were supposed to take center stage, it was the true freshmen that stole the show, as the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team closed out its conference home schedule with a 70-63 victory over the De Anza College Dons on Feb. 15 in the Adobe Palace.

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.

The Pacific Coast Athletic League, a 33-school super league that will merge the members of the current Mission Trail Athletic League, Monterey Bay League and St. Francis next school year, recently released its division placings for the 2018 fall sports season.

WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High junior Sam Braun and his teammates had to wait an extra week to kick off their run in the Central Coast Section playoffs.  It probably felt just as long for the No. 4 seeded Sharks to close out Tuesday night’s 62-59 overtime...

Brandon Ducusin is North Monterey County High’s two-sport athlete who should have breakout seasons in both the fall and winter.