Sports

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Dec. 5-11.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected].  Preps of the Week  Boys: St. Francis High junior Joseph Rose scored 22...

CASTROVILLE—Last year was the first time North Monterey County High junior Steven Poudrier ever put on a uniform for the Condors’ football team.  The 5-foot-5-inch, 142-pound receiver started off on the JV team and his work ethic was through the roof.  NMC coach Juan Cuevas couldn’t...

Tony Nunez, the sports editor of the Register-Pajaronian, previews Friday's CCS Open Division III football game between Aptos and Aragon (4:30), recaps the local CCS cross country (14:15) and CCS volleyball (16:38) results and then then sits down with St. Francis High senior volleyball player Audrey Ryan (18:51).

Pajaro Valley’s football team couldn’t catch a break in last week’s league opener even when momentum seemed to be riding their way the entire afternoon. As a result, the Grizzlies fell to Santa Cruz, 44-19, in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division...

Watsonville freshman Isabella Alvarez was crowned the Most Valuable Player at this past weekend’s Watsonville Girls Basketball Tournament.   She averaged 15 points and seven steals per game in three games for the Wildcatz who beat Christopher, DCP El Primero and Sobrato for the 3-0 sweep.   Alvarez...

Experienced, deep and skilled, the Aptos High Mariners girl’s golf team is setting its sights on winning its fourth straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League team title.

ORANGE—The Aptos High girls’ volleyball team made a big splash on Saturday night and continued to shake up the world, as the legendary Muhammad Ali once did. The No. 7 Mariners pulled off another stunning upset, this time against top-seeded Nordhoff High in four sets,...

The Pajaro Valley High girls’ soccer team had a chance to separate themselves further from Soledad High in the league standings going into last week’s showdown. And after 80 minutes of competing on a wet semi-muddy grass pitch, the Grizzlies found themselves moving just slightly...