Local Roundup, 8/5: St. Francis football, cheer raising money with 49ers
Each ticket is $40 and half of the proceeds will go to St. Francis, which is flying north to play La Salle on September 8. To purchase tickets visit fevo.me/2sRcbWW and to donate to St. Francis select other in the drop down menu during check out.
HS football: Ron Myers retires from coaching
Ron Myers has spent nearly half a century on the football field sidelines, calling the shots and transforming countless student athletes into young adults off the field.
But after 47 years, the godfather of the Black Death defense at Watsonville High, is stepping down after...
HS football: No horsin' around
Monte Vista Christian bounced back late last season after winning its final four Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division games of the season. Here’s a breakdown of this year’s Mustangs football team.
Female Athlete of the Year: Aptos’ Izzy Graff brought excellence to the field, classroom
Aptos graduate Izzy Graff was on the verge of joining the cross country team going into her junior year in 2023 so she could stay busy in what would’ve been a non-active fall season.
On top of competing in three different sports, it also meant...
TOGO’s Athletes of the Week, 10/18: Davin Avila and Paola Jacobs
Davin Avila, St. Francis, (Jr.): Sharks’ junior recovered a fumble and took it back 45 yards for a touchdown to help the Sharks get past Marina High in last week’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia game. As the starting quarterback, Avila set up...
Watsonville history: Watsonville High has many traditions, one of them is written with a ‘z’
Before last week, I was never curious as to why Watsonville used a z instead of an s at the end of its mascots' name. Like I said, I accepted it. It’s not a spelling mistake, which was my first thought when I went to my first high school basketball game, it’s the unspoken rule — like not putting ketchup on a hotdog. No Watsonville alumnus asks why, they just accept it.
