HS Football Preview, Week 2: Mariners close out preseason at Placer; W.H.S., M.V.C., St. Francis trying to stay hot
Aptos High will close out its preseason at a place head coach Randy Blankenship once called home. The Mariners (1-1) will travel to Auburn to play the Placer High Hillmen on Friday night. Blankenship, the Mariners coach for the last seven seasons, was born and raised in Auburn and attended Placer as a freshman.
Boy's SCCAL Swimming & Diving Championships: Clarke has big day; Aptos wins 4th straight title
Focused, relaxed and smooth, Clarke dominated the field each time he jumped into the San Lorenzo Valley High pool to help the Mariners four-peat as SCCAL champs. He picked up wins in the 500-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley with times of 4 minutes
Field of Dreams?
The City of Watsonville has a plan to improve Ramsay Park by renovating a softball diamond that could also be used as a soccer field, which would be the park’s third pitch. Is that enough or does the city finally need a true soccer complex?
Little League: Capitola-Soquel All-Stars wins 11s championship
Capitola-Soquel All-Star pitcher Dylan Hull recorded a complete game shutout on Saturday in a 7-0 win against the Aptos Little League All-Stars in the District 39 11s Championship Round.
JC Baseball: Seahawks put it all together in win over Lobos
The Seahawks put all the ingredients together and dominated Thursday’s contest against the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos at the Hawks’ Nest, 4-1.
PONY All-Stars tournament returns to Watsonville
Starting today, six All-Star PONY teams from the Monterey Bay will descend on McElroy Field at Franich Park to compete for the regional championship and the right to move on to the NorCal Super Regional round. The winner and runner-up of the regional, whi
HS Football, Week 3: Mistakes halt Watsonville's hot start
Watsonville’s perfect start came to a screeching halt in a 14-0 loss to the Irvington High Vikings of Fremont on Friday night.
HS Track & Field: Watsonville’s Ruiz resets 3,200 record
Watsonville sophomore Layla Ruiz reset her school record in the 3,200-meters while racing against some of the best high school distance runners in the state at the Stanford Invitational on March 29.
Girls' soccer: Magdaleno the secret weapon for PCAL-M champion Watsonville
Magdaleno has scored at least 24 goals over the course of the season, and her head coach, Gladys Mondragon, estimates she’s made at least seven assists.
Girls' SCCAL Soccer: Aptos continues roll, exacts revenge on Soquel
Senior forward Maya Pruett scored off an assist from junior forward Haley Veldhuis, and junior keeper Caroline Miller posted her ninth shutout of the season to power Aptos over Soquel High to a 1-0 victory, its sixth straight Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League win, on Thursday night.
