Sports

Watsonville High senior and football junkie Joselyn Gutierrez has been playing competitive flag football since her days of ruling the grass fields at Lakeview Middle School. When she became a freshman, her career was momentarily cut short only because the sport wasn’t an option in...

Brad Furr took another step toward the season championship with his win in the 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car Main Event Friday night at Ocean Speedway.

The No. 3-seeded Sharks swept the scrappy No. 6-seeded Summit Shasta Black Bears 26-24, 25-18, 25-18 to advance to the CCS Division V semifinals and notch their first postseason victory since the 2009 season.

Aptos High senior Eddie Alvarez wanted to prove this past season he was still the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s best returning soccer player in 2023-24. Last year’s all-league accolades stated otherwise, but nonetheless the Mariners’ standout was a force to be reckoned with anytime...

The Mustangs junior outside hitter had to sit out the entirety to last year’s post season because of an injury to her right eye which required surgery to repair.

Clara Adams, Monterey County's all-time record holder in the 200- and 400-meter races, will transfer from North Salinas to Watsonville High for the upcoming 2025-26 school year.  The incoming junior will join the Wildcatz track and field team next year in the spring in hopes...

LIVE OAK—It’s been a little more than a decade since a Watsonville-based team won the District 39 Little League Tournament of Champions championship. The Nationals of the Pajaro Valley Little League were on the cusp of achieving that feat on Tuesday, needing just one more...

The Pajaronian’s Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Oct. 7-13. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit nominations to sports editor Juan Reyes at [email protected].  Boys Casey MacConnell (Sr.), Aptos Casey Maconnell played a critical role on both...