Sports

Aptos High’s longtime coach Jamie Townsend was named a Central Coast Section Spring Honor Coach for the 2016-17 season on Friday.

St. Francis High alumnus Sahid Valenzuela ranks second in the Big West Conference in batting average (.370) and hits per game (1.42) and has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List — an award given to the nation’s top shortstop.

After serving as the Sharks’ defensive coordinator for the past two seasons under Adam Hazel, Ausman is now the head coach of the St. Francis program. The University of La Verne alumnus has tried to keep most of the same offensive and defensive concepts i

For the past three years, Dominic Pierini has experienced just one winning season as the starting quarterback for the Monte Vista Christian football program.   It came in 2023 when the 6-foot-3,195-pound slinger led them to a 6-4 overall record and on the brink of qualifying...

It’s now or never for Watsonville High senior Daisy Cornejo as she enters her fourth year with the girls’ volleyball team.  And the same can be said for nine other Wildcatz seniors aiming to leave their mark in what they hope will be a successful...

Sayers unexpectedly tumbled to the dirt while running out a foul ball, but quickly rose to her feet, dusted herself off and started the Mariners’ game-sealing push with an RBI triple in the seventh inning of Thursday evening’s 7-3 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League win over host St. Francis High.

The 2024 fall season for Scotts Valley junior Hayden Smith and the Falcons girls’ volleyball team just got underway. So far, so good. Smith finished with a team-best nine kills and seven digs in Tuesday’s non-league victory over Monterey High in three sets (25-12, 25-23, 25-20). “I...

Easily the youngest team Blankenship has had in his eight years at the school, Aptos grew up right before his eyes in Friday night’s massive 35-13 Monterey Bay League Gabilan division victory over five-time defending champion Palma High at Rabobank Stadium.

Quinn Cook had 28 points and nine assists, Damian Jones and Damion Lee added 15 points apiece but it wasn’t enough for the Santa Cruz Warriors in a 105-97 loss to the Austin Spurs on Sunday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland.