Sports

A trio of Santa Cruz County Olympians shined on the big stage during the first week of action at the 2024 Paris Games.  Santa Cruz resident Haley Batten (mountain biking) and Aptos native Caspar Corbeau (swimming) are bringing home a silver and bronze medal, respectively,...

St. Francis High senior linebacker Josh Kovacs was named the Mission Trail Athletic League Coastal division’s Defensive Player of the Year, the league recently announced.

The 23-year-old Watsonville native beat out nearly 300 women to earn a spot on the Oakland Raiderettes, the Oakland Raiders’ cheerleading squad.

The No. 9-seeded Cabrillo College Seahawks had their season come to an end in a 77-60 loss to the top-seeded City College of San Francisco Rams the third round of the CCCAA playoffs on Saturday night.

Over the last three seasons, Reyes has rewritten the Mariners’ record book. Last fall, he tied Mike Allshouse’s single-game rushing record with a 292 yard performance against Monte Vista Christian, and this season he’s eclipsed Allshouse’s career rushing record (2,082 yards) from the early ‘90s and Brooks Nicholson’s career points record (200 points) from five years ago.

Blake Hinson finished with a game-high 37 points for the Santa Cruz Warriors in Wednesday night’s 145-111 victory over the Osceola Magic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Fla. The standout forward made 13-of-19 shot attempts from the field, including six 3-pointers that helped...

A year after being academically ineligible to compete at the high school level, Pena ended the Wildcatz’s nine-year CCS championship drought.