Photos: ‘Catz football team prepares for first day of fall practice
Watsonville High and other local football teams this week were in full gear preparing for the upcoming 2024 fall season.
The season officially begins Aug. 9 with the first day of practice, but teams were still allowed to wear helmets and shoulder pads starting Monday.
After...
Girls basketball: Bruce Funk named new coach at Aptos High
The Aptos High athletics department earlier this week announced Bruce Funk as its new head coach for the girls’ basketball team.
Aptos dives into a new season with promising talent | High school baseball
APTOS—Another season is underway for an Aptos High baseball team that has reigned as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion for the past two years.
However, the Mariners took a major blow after losing integral pieces in NCAA Division I pitching prospects Reed Moring...
Boys MBL Basketball: Pajaro Valley’s Quintero named top sophomore
Quintero, the Freshman of the Year last season, averaged 22.2 points per game over 25 contests, a mark that was second-best in the entire Central Coast Section, according to the stats kept by MaxPreps.
Local Roundup, 9/18: Che leads Grizzlies past the Hawks
Pajaro Valley High senior outside hitter Julie Che led the way with a team-high 26 kills and 16 digs to help the girls’ volleyball team get past Anzar on Tuesday night.
HS Volleyball: WHS coach steps down after probe in neighboring county
Tom Schatz, an embattled former teacher and volleyball coach who recently resigned from Rancho San Justo Middle School in Hollister, has stepped down from his head coaching positions with the Watsonville High girls and boys volleyball programs, Watsonville Athletic Director Marcus Northcutt told this newspaper on Wednesday.
Sharks ready to attack | HS football
WATSONVILLE—The St. Francis High football team came into last week’s Apple City Jamboree with a roster that looked surprisingly bigger and deeper than some of its most recent squads.
And it’s the first time, in a long time, that Sharks coach John Ausman had to...
HS Football: David Reese leaving MVC after nine seasons
WATSONVILLE — David Reese, the man responsible for turning the Monte Vista Christian football program into a consistent league and section title contender, recently turned in his letter of resignation after spending the last nine years as the school’s foo
Watsonville native Luke Keaschall gets his name called in MLB Draft
Luke Keaschall was at his home in Watsonville with his family sitting on the couch on Tuesday, July 11, as they kept a close eye on the Major League Baseball Draft, which was being streamed live on a slight delay from their television.
However, the...
