HS football: Anderson named best defensive player in PCAL Cypress division
North Monterey County High senior Riley Anderson was a ball hawk in the defensive backfield throughout the season.
It was all the reason to name the 5-foot-11 defensive back as the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress division’s defensive player of the year.
Other notable first-team selections...
Blue Jays win District 39 Majors TOC | Weekly Roundup
A late rally helped the Blue Jays of the Capitola/Soquel Little League win this year’s District 39 Majors Tournament of Champions title.
The Blue Jays scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat the Mets of the Aptos Little League, 4-1,...
Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill wins four events at Knights Invite | Girls track and field
SOQUEL—Aptos High senior Elizabeth Churchill won four events including a record-setting performance in the high jump at the fifth annual Knights Invite.
Churchill, who is competing next year at UC Davis, jumped a personal-best 5 feet, 08 inches that helped her claim the high jump...
CCS Football: M.V.C. falls to Monterey in D-V quarterfinals
The No. 7-seeded Mustangs hung tough through a handful of uncharacteristic mistakes, but could not hold off a late rally in their 15-10 loss to the No. 2-seeded Monterey Toreadores in the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs on Friday at Monterey Peninsula College.
Santa Cruz Warriors drop first road game of the season to Stockton | NBA G League
Santa Cruz Warriors forward Kevin Knox led the team in scoring for the second game in a row, finishing with 25 points in a 108-98 loss to the Stockton Kings at Adventist Health Arena on Wednesday night.
Knox added six rebounds, while teammate center Quinten...
Mariners turned season around despite loss to Burlingame in D-III semis | CCS boys basketball
APTOS—Aptos High lost 10 seniors from last year’s boys basketball squad due to graduation including standout guard Cameron Saldaña and center Jack Spinelli, who led them to a Central Coast Section title game just a year ago.
Senior guard Trevor Brady said nobody expected them...
20 Athletes in 20 Days: Brandon Ducusin, N.M.C. High
Brandon Ducusin is North Monterey County High’s two-sport athlete who should have breakout seasons in both the fall and winter.
Local roundup, 5/16: Cabrillo baseball season ends in Super Regional
The Cabrillo College Seahawks were swept out of the California Community College Athletic Association NorCal Super Regional round by Ohlone College over the weekend, losing the best-of-three series 2-0. They dropped Game 1, 5-4, on Friday and saw their se
