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St. Francis is now in the Mission Trail Athletic League’s Coastal division following a restructuring of the football landscape along the Monterey Bay which was sparked by the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s decision to disband for football. The MTAL-C

Aptos High and St. Francis High will try to make big splashes in their new leagues, while Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, North Monterey County High and Monte Vista Christian have their sights set on cementing themselves as one of the best teams in their league.

Unity is typically a key ingredient for any successful season whether it’s a winning record or a championship run in the postseason. It’s a trait that Pajaro Valley High senior Neo Moreno is trying to instill into the football team for the upcoming 2023 season. So...

Arguably the best receiver in the Southern Conference of the Central Coast Section last season, Bautista will be one of several explosive options for the Monte Vista Christian football team this fall.

The times, the heights, the grades and the clutch performances in big moments, it’s been a little bit of everything for Avila’s Grizzlies in a season dubbed the “best ever” before it even started. And Genis and Sedano, both seniors, will try to keep the m

The defending CCS Division IV champions have looked as dominant as advertised in their first two wins, one of which came against CCS D-III runner-up Aptos High. There might have been a few ounces of doubt as to the potential of the team when the girls joined forces during the summer but it seems like that’s all gone.

With 10 players back, including four starters, from last year’s regional quarterfinalist team, Aptos knows this could be the year the program does something it has not since the 1982-83 season: play for a California Interscholastic Federation Northern California championship.

Ten teams ranging from South San Francisco to Pacific Grove will compete in the double-elimination tournament, but only three will advance to the Super Regional at the Shoreline Athletic Field in Mountain View.

Ranked seventh in the CCS as a team by The California Wrestler, M.V.C. is loaded with young talented wrestlers. The Mustangs have four kids that are ranked within the top eight in their respective weight divisions, and three others that fall within the top 22. Of those seven, only one is a senior and five are underclassmen.

The Mariners bounced back with an impressive win at home against Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep and remain at the top of this week’s PV Sports Power Poll.