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Bravo and the Wildcatz no longer have to quickly decipher the half-illuminated numbers from the old scoreboard, thanks to Bill Moncovich, the owner and co-founder of California Giant Berry Farms. Moncovich, who was born and raised in Watsonville and graduated from Watsonville High, donated $15,000 to help the school refurbish its aging scoreboard.

Cook, a 6-foot-2, 179-pound guard who was twice named a G League All-Star with the Canton Charge, joins rookie forward Chris Boucher as the team’s other two-way player.

Smoke kept Aptos, St. Francis, Watsonville from playing last weekend.

Coached by Randy Blankenship, the Mariners (4-2, 3-0) have won their first three games against MBL-G opponents by a combined 90 points and also have the advantage of an extra week’s rest after their game against Alvarez High last week was postponed because of poor air quality, stemming from the California Wine Country Fires.

From the first point to the last, Manor and the Aptos High Mariners dominated the Harbor High Pirates to the tune of a 25-16, 25-9, 25-15 sweep to pull into a tie for first place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with three games to go.

The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team took sole possession of first place in the Coast Conference North division with a 25-12, 13-25, 25-14, 25-16 win over West Valley College on Friday night in Aptos.

The Cabrillo College Seahawks lost their third straight game on Saturday night, falling 34-13 to Monterey Peninsula College in an American Golden Coast Conference contest on Fry’s Field at Carl Conelly Stadium in Aptos.

The St. Francis High Sharks postponed their Saturday afternoon football game against Soquel High to a further date because of poor air quality from the ongoing fires in California's Wine Country, the school announced on Saturday morning.

The Palma High Chieftains took advantage of a handful of M.V.C. errors in the first half to rout the Mustangs, 37-14, in the teams’ Monterey Bay League Gabilan division game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas.

The Mariners (8-7, 8-2) on Thursday night erased a 17-11 deficit in the fourth set and willed themselves back from down 10-7 in the winner-take-all final set to keep themselves in the title hunt and throw another hurdle in front of the Knights’ (11-5, 7-3) championship hopes.