CCS Track & Field Semifinals: Ruiz, Salazar, Zlatunich lead locals into championships
Heart, resolve and courage, Ruiz showcased all of the above while punching her ticket to next week’s CCS Championships back at Gilroy High. She took fourth in her star-studded heat, which featured a trio of highly-decorated seniors: Rebecca Hasser, Kaylah Grant and Mari Friedman.
12th Annual RSF Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game set to take place Sunday
The 12th Annual Reggie Stephens Foundation Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game is set to tip off this weekend, continuing a long-standing tradition of highlighting the top basketball talent from Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
The best high school senior boys and girls along with 8th...
Local Roundup, 3/18: Mariners’ boys, girls win big on track
Danner Pardue raced to wins in the 100-meters (11.31 seconds) and 200 (23.16); Ethan Rasmussen was first in the discus (114 feet, 5 inches) and shot put (40-7); and Tal Williford won the high jump (5-0) and 110 hurdles (17.92).
G League: Warriors split pair of games to pull to .500
The Santa Cruz Warriors (4-4) fell to the Texas Legends (4-3) on Monday at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, 113-107.
Warriors center Deyonta Davis logged 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in 25 minutes tonight. Guard Jeremy Pargo scored 17 points and dished...
Boy's CCS Soccer: Ferro's goal, Frias' save lifts Watsonville into 4th straight final
Watsonville senior Armando Ferro scored the game-winning goal in added time to beat No. 6 Menlo-Atherton, 1-0, and advance to their fourth straight section championship game.
Local Roundup, 11/08: Mariners capture cross country league title
The Aptos High girls’ cross country team ran away with the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title on Thursday at Pinto Lake County Park in Watsonville.
Junior Susana Estrada placed second in 18 minutes, 17 seconds in the 2.93-mile varsity race to help the Mariners...
Girls' MBL-P Basketball: Rios powers Watsonville past Alvarez
A handful of days after escaping with a six-point win over cross-city rival Pajaro Valley High in their league opener, the Wildcatz had to fight for a full 32 minutes to notch their second MBL-P win of the season, a 39-32 victory over Alvarez High on Tuesday night at home.
HS Athlete of the Week: Layla Ruiz, Watsonville
Wildcatz’s freshman distance runner Layla Ruiz won the 400- and 3,200-meters at the King City Invitational on Saturday. She moved into seventh in both events in Watsonville’s all-time record book.
Mariners narrowly edged by Harbor in league action | Boys soccer
SANTA CRUZ—The Aptos High boys’ soccer team sailed into enemy territory Tuesday evening hoping to gain a victory over Harbor High in the frigid-cold and inch closer to within the league standings.
Instead, the upset-minded Mariners had to jump overboard following a 2-1 loss to...
