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Senior libero Alexis Pena is the lone returning starter from a squad that went 6-6 in Monterey Bay League Pacific division play and narrowly missed the Central Coast Section playoffs for the sixth straight season. Senior outside Anissa Diaz, who sparingly saw the court last season, is also a returning senior.

The Seahawks knocked off the defending California Community College Athletic Association champion MiraCosta College, 3-0, on May 10 at West Valley College to become the first team from Northern California to win the state beach volleyball championship.

Ceiba Prep senior Jesse Franco put up a school record 69 points in a 93-87 road loss to Trinity Christian on Wednesday night. The Spartans hadn’t scored more than 44 points in a game in its 0-6 start. It was the most points scored in...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Josh Rocha stood on the sidelines with 40 seconds left in the game, watching every second tick away until the scoreboard read all zeros.  “I was just soaking it in, this is my last time I’m ever going to put on this...

APTOS—It took nearly a month for the Aptos High boys’ basketball team to go toe-to-toe against Santa Cruz High, which has been the league’s juggernaut for a little more than a decade. The delay was well worth it as senior guard Cameron Saldana finished with...

The Aptos High boys’ golf team this season qualified as a group to compete at Central Coast Section Regional Golf Tournament, giving golfers a chance to square off against some of the best in the section at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey.  Mariners standout...

It was a historic night for the Watsonville High girls’ basketball team on Jan. 3 as the Wildcatz pounced all over North Salinas High, 41-25, to tip off the Pacific Coast Athletic League season.  Not only did it help the ‘Catz get off to a...

SANTA CRUZ–The Watsonville High boys’ basketball team on Tuesday took a short road trip up Highway 1 to square off against crosstown rival Pajaro Valley High. The Wildcatz hosted the Grizzlies in their Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division game at Kaiser Permanente Arena, home of the Santa Cruz...

After pushing through a tough week of class finals, Monte Vista Christian senior Rhazelle Gonzales still had one more test to go before heading into the holiday break.  The Mustangs girls’ basketball team capped off their preseason portion of the schedule in a battle tested...