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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.

The Aptos High football team took an unexpected week off in the middle of the season.   But the Mariners showed little signs of rust in a 49-19 win over Christopher High on Friday in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division action.    Senior Dre Gomez finished with...

Watsonville High senior and football junkie Joselyn Gutierrez has been playing competitive flag football since her days of ruling the grass fields at Lakeview Middle School. When she became a freshman, her career was momentarily cut short only because the sport wasn’t an option in...

WATSONVILLE—The Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress division will be full of local action with three teams from Watsonville batting against each other for league supremacy this season.   Last year’s runner up, Pajaro Valley High along with St. Francis High and Watsonville High—the newcomers to...

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

After going through a year full of growing pains, Monte Vista Christian junior Dominic Pierini was feeling vigorous and ready to take charge of the Mustangs football team in his first full season under center.    “I put in a lot of work, so I knew...

St. Francis High senior Javier Da Rosa-Fonseca put the Sharks football team in prime position to steal last week’s game against Alisal on its home turf in Salinas.  The only problem was the standout quarterback was forced to sit out on the final play after...

WATSONVILLE—Leading up to their games, Watsonville High softball coach Scott Wilson likes to prepare the team for every scenario he can possibly think of. But this particular group of Wildcatz is swimming in uncharted waters.  They dropped to 0-4 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division...