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Watsonville High’s Abel Pena and Monte Vista Christian’s Christian Cabaug were given the No. 2 seed in their respective weight classes for the upcoming Central Coast Section Wrestling Championships.

Watsonville American will represent District 39 in next week’s Section 5 tournament hosted by Quito Little League in Los Gatos. The tournament is set to start on July 13. Watsonville American plays its first game on July 14 at 5:30 p.m. against the winner

The former head coach of the Warriors will return to K.P. Arena for the first time as the opposition. Now the leader of the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, Hill will play his former team in a Pacific division battle at 7 p.m.

So when the coaches of the Monterey Bay League Pacific division decided to name him co-Coach of the Year along with Alisal High’s Bernie Castaneda, he was more than happy to distribute credit for the honor among his assistant coaches Ed Ackerman, Eric Eldridge and Joe Manfre.

Pajaro Valley High senior Julie Che finished with a team-high 21 kills for the girls’ volleyball team as the Grizzlies defeated Seaside High on Tuesday in non-league play.

The top-seeded Sharks mercy ruled the No. 4-seeded Chieftains (16-12), 11-1, in six innings behind a flurry of rugged cracks of the bat, and Watkins’ three-hit, 13-strikeout performance on the mound.

I’ve never hit a home run, and I probably never will — you’ll never catch me playing adult league softball, sorry. So I went around South San Cruz County, and asked some of the top sluggers and their coaches what it’s like to go yard and what it takes to get the ball over the fence.

For the past two years, P.V. United has been raising money to fly out the entire 16-player team and coaching staff to play in the prestigious IberCup in Barcelona. And with a little less than a year left to generate funds, Guerrero and Co. have sped up th