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Aptos senior Isaiah Ackerman and Santa Cruz junior DeMarco Hunter were named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 boys’ basketball season. According to statistics on the Max Preps website, Ackerman had an average of 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and...

Chavez takes over for Casey Neligh, who stepped down from his coaching and teaching duties in April to return to school for his master’s degree and teacher’s credential. Since Neligh’s resignation, Chavez has served as the interim head coach and run the o

Tran, the Monterey Bay League Pacific division Most Valuable Player, finished tied for 12th with four other golfers to squeak into the championship round. He will return to Monterey on May 15 at 8 a.m.

Junior starting pitcher Chase Watkins tossed 6 1/3 innings of four-hit ball and Ibarra made a clutch diving stop for the final out in the No. 7-seeded Sharks’ thrilling 2-1 win over the No. 10-seeded Mustangs in Watsonville.

Watsonville High's star distance runner, Layla Ruiz, broke a school record that stood for nearly 30 years. She will be one of the favorites to win nearly every race — 1,600 and 3,200 meters — she will participate this season.

Watsonville moved up to 15th in the state, according to MaxPreps’ rankings, and made its debut on Top Drawer Soccer’s Winter FAB 50 national rankings after beating Alvarez. Sophomore Jael Leal and junior Eric Vasquez each scored a goal to help the ‘Catz improve to 11-1-3 overall and 4-0-1 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division action.

Pajaro Valley High announced Friday that it has hired Darren Jackson as the new head coach of the girls’ basketball team. Jackson will replace Mark Harris who stepped down from the same position after spending four years at the helm. “My plan is to build off...

The girls captured their sixth straight title and 13th over the last 15 years in a miraculous one-point upset of Santa Cruz High, while the boys finished off their dominant league season with a commanding 47-point victory to repeat as league champs.

Dominique “Dom” Parrish’s legacy continues to grow after the former Scotts Valley High wrestling star qualified for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The 27-year-old Scotts Valley native beat 2016 Olympian Haley Augello, two matches to none, in the 53 kilograms division finals at...