Sports

The sports world took a major hit Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee announced it will postpone this year’s summer games.  Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, and Abe Shinzo, prime minister of Japan, decided the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not take place until...

Watsonville High senior Katelynn Ruiz was trailing the lead runner during last week’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships until she reached the second hill at Palo Corona Park.  That’s when she saw a chance to pick up her pace and outrun the rest...

After coming up empty at the Central Coast Section Track & Field Championships each of the last three years, Zlatunich exorcised her demons in her final go-around. The Mariners’ senior distance runner stunned the 1,600-meter field at Gilroy High on Friday night to win her first-ever section title.

Because of troubles with its scoreboard, Pajaro Valley moved its Friday night Monterey Bay League Pacific division showdown against Christopher High from the “Grizzly Den” to Watsonville’s historic Goicovich Gym. At the same time, Watsonville welcomed in MBL-P leading Seaside High across the street.

Watsonville High alumnus Chris Rivera last week was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-American third team.

Win or lose, first or last, Watsonville’s boys and girls cross country teams will advance to the Central Coast Section meet no matter how they perform at Saturday’s inaugural Pacific Coast Athletic League cross country finals.

For being the fearless and consistent heart of the Sharks’ squad, the Register-Pajaronian is naming Gallo our Player of the Year for boys basketball.

Down 22-11 at the end of the first quarter, Watsonville had to rally over the last three quarters to fight its way back into the Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia division title chase with a 52-46 upset of Oakwood.