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WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Xitlali Montesino was faced with a difficult challenge of having to compete against some of the best teams in the grueling Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division this season.  However, the standout Wildcatz guard was more than up to the task following...

The Cabrillo College baseball team opened up the 2018 season with a 5-1 win on the road over Cypress College on Friday afternoon. The game was a battle of the No. 6 ranked team in Northern California and No. 3 ranked squad in Southern California.

SANTA CRUZ—The DubTown 18-U baseball team out of Watsonville faced elimination not once, but four times during this past week’s NorCal Super Regional Palomino Tournament.  With their backs against the wall, DubTown defeated the Santa Clara Red Sox twice on Sunday to capture the championship...

Watsonville’s junior forward Elyanna Magdaleno was named the Most Valuable Player in the Mission division, and Monte Vista Christian junior defender Sophie Bessa earned M.V.P. honors in the Cypress division.

CASTROVILLE—The football season hasn’t gone quite as planned for North Monterey County High first-year head coach Juan Cuevas.  He knew there would be some growing pains and a lot of bumps in the road, including some tough losses. Cuevas said once teams begin to start losing...

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.

Aptos High will close out its preseason at a place head coach Randy Blankenship once called home. The Mariners (1-1) will travel to Auburn to play the Placer High Hillmen on Friday night. Blankenship, the Mariners coach for the last seven seasons, was born and raised in Auburn and attended Placer as a freshman.

Pauli Pappas, Cabrillo College’s star forward who led the program to its first conference crown since 1979, was recently named the co-Most Valuable Player of the Coast Conference South division, the coaches announced.

Going into last week’s league-opener, the focal point for Watsonville junior lineman Luis Marquez was to contain Monte Vista Christian’s passing attack.  It was the same attack that saw Mustangs quarterback Dominic Pierini set Santa Cruz County records against the Wildcatz in last season’s meeting.  On...