Championship weekend for local baseball teams | Cover 3 Sports Ticker
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
Monte Vista Christian vs. Berean Christian, baseball, Saturday at 4pm: The...
Male Athlete of the Year: St. Francis’ Nash Horton dominates after overcoming major odds
St. Francis graduate Nash Horton suffered a devastating and potential career-ending injury after he tore his right shoulder labrum at the beginning of the 2023 baseball season.
After doing some extensive research, he discovered a high percentage of professional athletes who had trouble with that...
Watsonville inks Manny Contreras as new football head coach
Watsonville High announced Thursday that Manny Contreras was named the new football head coach for the upcoming 2024 season.
“I always had dreams of becoming a teacher and always had dreams of becoming a head coach of a program,” he said. “Things started falling and...
Boys Track & Field Preview, 2018: Aptos features 110 athletes in quest for SCCAL title
With 110 athletes to choose from, the Mariners once again have plenty of depth, but also carry a few stars that will be in the mix to win league titles.
Mariners hang tough in loss to St. Francis in CCS quarterfinals | HS football
MOUNTAIN VIEW—Aptos High went into Friday night’s Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals in what some were calling an unwinnable game from the beginning.
For a while, it seemed like the No. 8 Mariners were on the verge of pulling off a David versus Goliath...
Grizzlies stomp Harbor on Senior Day | High school football roundup
WATSONVILLE—It was a day full of mixed emotions for Pajaro Valley senior Eric Viveros who stepped on the football field for the final time on his home turf.
The hefty lineman scored his first career touchdown to help lift the Grizzlies past Harbor High for...
Local athletes set to compete at CCS finals | High school track and field
Watsonville High sophomore David Rocha-Vargas and freshman Katelynn Ruiz were on the outside looking in after they didn’t qualify in last week’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships semifinals.
But then they received news earlier this week that their seasons are still alive after...
Women’s JC basketball: Seahawks have conference title on radar
APTOS–The Cabrillo College women’s basketball team is on the right path to capture a third straight conference title.
The Seahawks opened up Coast Conference South Division play with a 90-50 win against Hartnell College on Wednesday.
Coach John Wilson said the main objective is to win...
