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Senior Dan Brierley ran for 100 yards and a touchdown, junior Nate Renggli threw for 140 yards and a score and M.V.C.’s defense came within seconds of posting a shutout in a dominant 36-6 Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission division win over Scotts Valley on Friday.

Watching a pile of bodies crash into another pile of bodies for a total of three or five yards is not as fun as seeing a quarterback toss a perfect fade route down the sideline. But both methods produce the same result: touchdowns and wins.

A look at the local high school football action happening in week 7.

James Garza was hired to lead the school’s baseball program, and Zach Cook was tabbed to take over the girls basketball team, Watsonville Athletic Director Mark Northcutt recently told the Register-Pajaronian.

The Register-Pajaronian's high school football power rankings for week 7 of the 2018 season.

The Register-Pajaronian High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 24-30.

Nick DeCarlo scored an impressive victory in the eighth annual Pat & Jim Pettit Memorial Shootout Race on Sept. 29 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

Senior running back Matthew Barcelo scored the eventual game-winning touchdown for Watsonville (4-1, 1-0), and the defense made a gigantic stop on third-and-goal from the 1-yard line to start the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission division season with a momentum-building victory.

Perkin molded the Mariners into a local power over her eight seasons with the program. Aptos posted a 105-28-25 record during her tenure, and also captured the last five Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championships in an incredible run that included a 41-game winning streak against league opponents.