High School Athletes of the Week, 9/28: Hunter Matys & Layla Ruiz
The Register-Pajaronian High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 17-23.
CCS Baseball: St. Francis advances to semifinals with extra-innings win
The No. 7-seeded Sharks edged the No. 2-seeded Soquel High Knights, 4-3, in nine innings on Saturday at Harbor High to advance to the CCS Division II semifinals at Municipal Stadium in San Jose.
Local Roundup, 3/31: Ruiz wins three events for Watsonville in opener
Watsonville’s Layla Ruiz won the 400-, 1,600- and 3,200-meters in the Wildcatz’s Monterey Bay League Pacific division dual meet win over Gilroy on Thursday.
Tony's Thoughts: Aptos’ Marcos Reyes keeping team accomplishments first during record-breaking run
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.
St. Francis finishes undefeated at 18-0 in Mission Division play | PCAL flag football
St. Francis etched itself into the history books this past weekend after the girls’ flag football team captured the program’s first-ever undefeated season in league play.
The Sharks capped off the 2024 campaign with back-to-back wins against Carmel and Rancho San Juan on Oct. 19...
MBL-Pacific Volleyball: Watsonville returns 1 starter in Schatz’s 2nd season as coach
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.
Girl's SCCAL Volleyball: Powerful Soquel hands Aptos first regular season league loss in 3 years
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.
NorCal basketball: Aptos' girls, boys hit the road in first round
The Aptos girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will hit the road on Tuesday for the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal playoffs.
