Sports

Aptos freshman Kiana Safari solidified her spot as the league’s top player following a dominant performance at this week’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Tennis Championships tournament in Aptos. The young Mariners standout beat fellow teammate senior Aviana Andrews 6-0, 6-1 to claim the...

St. Francis High is off to its best start in the program’s 13 years of existence. The Sharks have won their first five games after a decade-plus of failing to win more than three games total in a single season.

Losik was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player, Landel won Coach of the Year for the second straight season and five other players earned all-league honors. Seniors Noah Eitzen and Christian Segura made the All-SCCAL First Team, and junior Jackson Shirley made the All-SCCAL Second Team, while senior Michael Spinelli and junior Hayden Mennie landed honorable mention.

Aptos began the 2024 regular season with three consecutive losses, including two against a pair of defending league champions. They dropped the season-opener to Homestead—winners of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division, followed by a loss to Christopher High—winners of the Blossom...

The Mount Madonna girls’ volleyball team competed through blood, sweat and tears in this past weekend’s Everett Alvarez High Varsity Volleyball Tournament.   A collision in the first game between two Hawks players resulted in a bloody head injury. But they recovered and helped the team...

Pajaro Valley senior Valeria Acosta is on the cusp of setting the school’s all-time record for career goals scored.  The Grizzlies star soccer player recorded a hat trick with three goals in a 4-0 shoutout win against cross-town rival Watsonville in non-league action Dec. 21.  Acosta,...