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June 30, 2026

Local Roundup, 10/21: Aptos golf wins 4th SCCAL title

The Aptos High Mariners girl’s golf team won its fourth straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship on Thursday night with a 128-142 win over Scotts Valley High at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz.

R-P Female Student-Athlete of the Year, 2017-18: Watsonville, Aptos athletes lead next 10 best

Five Watsonville High, four Aptos High and one St. Francis High female-student athletes make up next best 10 of 2017-18 school year.

Don & Martha Price Christmas Classic, 2018: Host Mustangs win girls' title

Paloma Ramirez had 16 points and seven rebounds, Mackenzie Tellez added 13 points, eight rebounds and five steals and Monte Vista Christian completed its dominant showing in the Don & Martha Price Christmas Classic with a 74-41 win over Valley Christian-Roseville in the tournament final on Saturday in Watsonville.

Local Roundup, 4/29: Aptos boy's tennis beats Santa Cruz for league’s CCS spot

The Aptos High Mariners won the rubber match, 4-3, against the Santa Cruz High Cardinals on Thursday to take the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s lone qualifying berth for the Central Coast Section Team Championships.

Mariners embark on long journey ahead | High school softball 

Mother Nature hasn’t been too kind for Aptos High, which has yet to begin the 2024 softball season because of cancellations due to last month’s rainy weather.   But a little bit of rain hasn’t deterred a young, and very hungry, Mariners squad, which continues to...

Watsonville hires former standout Nick Peña to lead wrestling program

Nick Peña, a former Watsonville wrestling standout and Central Coast Section champion, was named the new head coach of the Wildcatz wrestling team for the upcoming 2025-26 winter season.   After taking over as the interim head coach last year, Peña, 44, will return to lead...

20 Athletes in 20 Days: Josh Powell, Aptos High

Aptos’ three-sport athlete is going to stay busy during his senior campaign as he plans to compete in football in the fall, basketball during the winter and finally volleyball in the spring.

Local Roundup, 7/20: S.C. Red wins Colt Regional, advances to Super Regional

The Santa Cruz Red Colt baseball team won the NorCal Coast Regional tournament on Monday at Harvey West Park in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Red beat Santa Cruz Blue by forfeit, as the latter was unable to field enough players in a winner-take-all final.

Sharks hold off ‘Catz to start 1-0 in league play | High school football roundup

St. Francis and Watsonville both went into last weekend’s Pacific Coast Athletic League opener aiming to get a head start in the race for a Mission Division-North crown.  In the end, a big stop by the Shark defense helped lift them past the cross-town rival...

HS Baseball Roundup, 4/20: Aptos, St. Francis keep pace in SCCAL with Tuesday wins

Aptos and St. Francis stay locked in second place in the SCCAL, Watsonville's league win streak gets put on hold, and M.V.C.'s Garret Laine keeps hit streak alive