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Pajaro Valley High sophomore setter Dennar Ocampo led the Grizzlies to a pair of wins over Soledad High and Monte Vista Christian. He had 50 assists, 12 aces and six kills in the victories, which pushed P.V. to 3-0.

Watsonville impressively has 63 players on its roster and a majority of them have packed on the muscle and trimmed off the fat in hopes of building on last year’s winning season, the program’s first since 2009.

Aptos High exploded for six goals in the first quarter, including four in the first four minutes, and the Mariners’ stingy defense clamped down on Carmel High’s usually potent offense to take control of the league with a 15-3 blowout win on Wednesday night at Trevin Dilfer Field in Aptos.

The Wildcatz (4-2) lost their opener on Thursday evening against Servite High by a 2-0 decision and then fell to St. Paul’s, of Covington, La., by the same margin on Friday afternoon.

In just his first year at the helm, Aptos boys’ wrestling head coach Johnny Velez was already experiencing what some would consider a Hollywood scripted season. The Mariners were sitting in a three-way tie with Santa Cruz and Soquel for the Santa Cruz Coast League...

The school’s Athletic Director Joe Manfre announced on Monday that the program’s lead position was vacant for the fourth time in the last two years after Kory Chavez resigned over personal reasons.

Brad Furr took another step toward the season championship with his win in the 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car Main Event Friday night at Ocean Speedway.

Experienced, deep and skilled, the Aptos High Mariners girl’s golf team is setting its sights on winning its fourth straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team title.