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Watsonville High senior pitcher Dominic Hernandez was in the zone and in total control on the mound for the Wildcatz baseball team Thursday. The right-hander recorded eight strikeouts for the complete game victory in the Catz’s 12-3 win over Alvarez High in Pacific Coast Athletic...

Aptos All-Stars pitchers Kiran Yager and Miles Lee combined their forces to put on a performance of a lifetime in a 9-0 win against Los Altos in the Little League Section 5 championship in Campbell on Wednesday evening.  “It's awesome, still waiting for it all...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Lombardo Flores scored a late goal to help the Wildcatz earn a 1-1 draw against San Luis Opispo in non-league action on Nov. 30. “I was hoping for the win but it was a tough game,” he said. The Tigers (3-1-2) were first...

Aptos, ranked 58th in the state by MaxPreps, finishes its season with a 13-1-6 overall record — the loss is officially scored as a tie. It also ends its year without a championship banner for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

After serving as the Sharks’ defensive coordinator for the past two seasons under Adam Hazel, Ausman is now the head coach of the St. Francis program. The University of La Verne alumnus has tried to keep most of the same offensive and defensive concepts i

APTOS—Aptos High senior Dante Aranda, whose moniker on the football field is “The Bus”, is known for delivering big hits and going full speed whenever the ball is in his hand.     The 5 foot, 10 inch, 235-pound fullback/nose guard was all over the field for...

No. 2 Aptos will play top-seeded Monterey for the Central Coast Section Division III championship at Palo Alto High on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The Mustangs were eliminated from the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs in a 53-45 loss to Palma High in the second round of the tournament on Thursday night.