Sports

APTOS — A superb week of practice can lead to great things on game day. At least that’s the way Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship put it.  The end result of this week’s practice: a crushing 28-7 win over Alvarez High on Friday in...

The Cover 3 Sports Ticker highlights pivotal matchups in the Games of the Week, and provides updates on local athletes in the Local Stars and Pajaro Valley Little League sections. Games of the Week St. Francis vs. Carmel, baseball, Friday at 4pm: The No. 4 seeded...

Dickman had the match of his life and the rest of the No. 4-seeded Padres weren’t too shabby either on a night in which the No. 5-seeded Mariners were still stuck in an unusual funk. All of that added up to a clean 25-15, 25-14, 25-21 Carmel sweep and the

APTOS—The stakes were high for the Aptos High girls' soccer team in last week’s match against league rival Santa Cruz High.  The Mariners needed to secure a win in order to stay alive in the race for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title. However, senior...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Santa Cruz Warriors went on its annual road trip to the Chase Center on Saturday afternoon, hoping to put on a good show for more than 10,000 fans who showed up to watch them play. However, there was no home sweet home moment...

This track and field season has been nothing close to what Watsonville High senior Jonathan Arroyo has experienced in years past. He described it as a short and stressful season chock full of surprises. “It was unexpected,” he said. The unexpected season took another surprising turn...