Sports

Before last week, I was never curious as to why Watsonville used a z instead of an s at the end of its mascots' name. Like I said, I accepted it. It’s not a spelling mistake, which was my first thought when I went to my first high school basketball game, it’s the unspoken rule — like not putting ketchup on a hotdog. No Watsonville alumnus asks why, they just accept it.

The Aptos High girls’ cross country team ran away with the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday at Pinto Lake County Park in Watsonville.  Junior Susana Estrada placed second in 18 minutes, 17 seconds in the 2.93-mile varsity race to help the Mariners...

No. 4 Aptos, a team with more than a handful of first-time varsity players, concluded its season in an 8-4 loss to top-seeded The Menlo School at Homestead High on Tuesday.

The Santa Cruz Pop Warner 10U team is making the trek to the Sunshine State this weekend. But don’t think for one second this is any type of vacation to Universal Studios.  It’s more of a business trip for the Seahawks, who will battle for a...

Aptos High alumna Natalia Ackerman has had an incredibly strong basketball career since leaving Santa Cruz County to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  After obtaining her degree, Ackerman’s growth and love for the game led her to enter the transfer portal late in...

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team went through a major overhaul during the offseason after it lost 10 seniors due to graduation, leaving many roles to be filled.  One such role belonged to Cameron Saldaña, who averaged 18 points per game and was one of...

After being hampered by a nagging leg injury throughout the year, Ruiz returned to her usual dominant self to cruise to the individual PCAL Cypress division crown, and post the fastest overall time of the day on the 3-mile Toro Park course in Salinas.