Sports

Quintero carried the boys’ team to its first-ever Central Coast Section quarterfinals berth, and also earned league M.V.P. honors. Solorzano, meanwhile, powered the girls’ squad to its first-ever winning season and league championship, while also being named the M.V.P. in her respective league.

WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian wrestling team will face a series of tough challenges this upcoming season. Apart from having a roster of primarily underclassmen, the Mustangs were bumped up to the more competitive Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division, by default. MVC coach Jeff Silveira would’ve...

Watsonville’s junior forward Elyanna Magdaleno was named the Most Valuable Player in the Mission division, and Monte Vista Christian junior defender Sophie Bessa earned M.V.P. honors in the Cypress division.

Watsonville and the five other local teams will all partake in league jamborees today at various sites. North Monterey County High and Pajaro Valley High will join the Wildcatz at North Salinas High for the Monterey Bay League Pacific division jamboree and Monte Vista Christian travels to Salinas High for the MBL-Gabilan division jamboree, while Aptos High, St. Francis High and Mt. Madonna will compete in the brand-new Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Jamboree at Santa Cruz High. All three jamborees are set for a 9 a.m. start.

Anthony Bella robbed the Watsonville High Wildcatz of at least a pair of runs by leaping several feet in the air to snag a blistering line drive and Joe Fugate did the rest, twirling a six-inning gem in Aptos’ 5-2 non-league win on Tuesday afternoon.

WATSONVILLE—Just after a small cadre of school district officials cut a ceremonial ribbon at Pajaro Valley High School’s gleaming new sports field on Friday afternoon, a group of student-athletes took to the track, running a lap while onlookers cheered. This simple athletic act was both...

According to the placement of teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s four divisions, those scores are all shockers. Soledad, a member of the Mission division, losing to a team two tiers below it shouldn’t have happened, right?

Defending champion Isaac Mukundi Mwangi, runner-up Silas Kipruto and third-place finisher Teshome Mekonen are all back for another go at the overall title and on the women’s side Risper Gesabwa will try to become the first-ever four-time champ.