Sports

A year after being academically ineligible to compete at the high school level, Pena ended the Wildcatz’s nine-year CCS championship drought.

The Mariners were looking to score a double dip of revenge on Saturday. The Knights had not only stonewalled the Mariners in last year’s CCS D-III championship, but they also swept the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League series to end their rival’s five-year reign over the league.

High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Jan. 14-20.

APTOS—Aptos High starting pitcher Gabe Gaeckle last week had a career day on the mound with 16 strikeouts.  The junior ace gave up two hits and one walk for the Mariners baseball team in its 10-0 smashing victory against Burlingame in non-league action March 26. Reed...

Solorzano notched her 10th game of the season with 30 or more points, and the Grizzlies reset their program record for most points in a single game in a 72-23 rout of host Gonzales on Wednesday night.

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Josh Rocha stood on the sidelines with 40 seconds left in the game, watching every second tick away until the scoreboard read all zeros.  “I was just soaking it in, this is my last time I’m ever going to put on this...

The Mission Trail Athletic League and Monterey Bay League will merge into a 33-school super league, the largest in the Central Coast Section, dubbed the Pacific Coast Athletic League starting in the 2018-19 school year.

Nearing the end of the regular season, the Monte Vista Christian boys’ basketball team has demonstrated its endurance and find themselves leading the pack as the Central Coast Section playoffs approach. In less than a year, the Mustangs have transformed their previously underachieving record into...

APTOS—Aptos High junior Eddie Alvarez has been slowly making a name for himself as one of the premier soccer players in the area. The Mariners’ superstar forward made a case for himself Tuesday night in a 3-0 shutout win over perennial powerhouse Watsonville High in...