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The Santa Cruz Warriors ended their six-game home stand on a high note, beating the Maine Red Claws 111-98 in front of another sold-out home crowd at Kaiser Permanente Arena.

Sayers unexpectedly tumbled to the dirt while running out a foul ball, but quickly rose to her feet, dusted herself off and started the Mariners’ game-sealing push with an RBI triple in the seventh inning of Thursday evening’s 7-3 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League win over host St. Francis High.

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.

The Aptos girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will hit the road on Tuesday for the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal playoffs.

After capturing the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section title, Aptos was looking to keep this season’s magical run alive. Junior Adelaide Friedley recorded four goals to help lift the No. 2 seeded Mariners past No. 7 Marin Catholic, 7-4, in the opening round of the...

The Mariners are not out of it yet but they are definitely in a hole for the rest of the league season after the 25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 25-19 loss to the loaded Knights. The loss not only dropped the four-time defending SCCAL champs into second place in the league standings but also dashed an impressive 30-match win streak against league opponents in the regular season, which dated back to 2015.

Watsonville High cross country runner Layla Ruiz won the girl’s freshman race at the Pacific Grove Invitational on Saturday in Pacific Grove.

Aptos High volleyball star Kacey Losik and Watsonville High softball stalwart Anastacia Alba are our HS Athletes of the Week for the week of April 9-April 15.