Sports

The coaches of the SCCAL determined first-year coach Brian Bowyer played a big role in the program’s impressive bounce back season, recently naming him the Coach of the Year.

Esteban Fernandez had 13 kills and four blocks and Dennar Ocampo finished with 33 assists, three digs and two aces, as the Pajaro Valley boys’ volleyball beat Gilroy, 20-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-19, in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission division action on Wednesday night.

St. Francis split its opening series of Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division action against Salinas.

The Watsonville, St. Francis and Pajaro Valley boys’ basketball teams will be fighting for the same league title next winter.

Senior pitcher Dylan Vargas took the loss for Watsonville, which is 2-13 on the year and will make the long trip to Soledad for the second game of the two-game series today at 4 p.m.

The Aptos High athletics department earlier this week announced Bruce Funk as its new head coach for the girls’ basketball team.

Shane Golobic won the Taco Bravo versus Civil War Sprint Car Series 30-lap main event Friday during the first night of the Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway.

Monte Vista Christian bounced back late last season after winning its final four Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division games of the season. Here’s a breakdown of this year’s Mustangs football team.

The 32nd annual Nordic Naturals Challenger kicked off with the first round on Monday at Seascape Sports Club.

A star on the soccer team in the winter and the track and field squad in the spring, Brynn Mitchell is one of Aptos High’s rising athletes poised to become a leader this school year.