HS Football: St. Francis' Kovacs named MTAL-C Defensive Player of the Year
St. Francis High senior linebacker Josh Kovacs was named the Mission Trail Athletic League Coastal division’s Defensive Player of the Year, the league recently announced.
Boys' Basketball: Gallo leads new-look Sharks to season-opening victory
Gallo recorded 27 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and three assists in two and half quarters to lead the St. Francis High Sharks to a 64-34 season-opening victory over the Pacific Collegiate School Pumas.
HS Cross Country: Ruiz takes 2nd in freshman regional championship
Watsonville High freshman Layla Ruiz finished off her impressive first cross country season by taking second in the freshman race of the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship West Regional, Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Girls' Basketball: Aptos holds off Palo Alto, 75-65, in meeting of section champs
The junior guard buoyed Aptos through a third-quarter slump with a trio of 3-pointers and the rest of the Mariners snapped out of a shooting funk in the final stanza to hold off Palo Alto High for an impressive 75-65 preseason victory.
Girls' Soccer: Aptos nets 3-0 statement win over St. Francis
Senior midfielder Monserrat Hernandez Marquez scored and made an assist, junior keeper Caroline Miller recorded a handful of crucial saves and the Mariners shut out juggernaut St. Francis High of Mountain View, 3-0, in a statement preseason victory.
Girls' SCCAL Volleyball: Three locals make SCCAL First Team
St. Francis High senior setter Audrey Ryan and Aptos High’s duo of junior outside hitter Jillian Rodriguez and freshman libero Peyton Dueck made the cut for the league’s seven-player team, which also featured Santa Cruz High junior setter Kianna Lee, Harbor High sophomore middle blocker Kylie Clouse, San Lorenzo Valley High junior middle blocker Audrey Bingham and sophomore outside hitter Samantha Strah.
