Sports

SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz Warriors lost their NBA G League preseason opener to the Mexico City Capitanes, 107-96, at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.  The Warriors starters all scored in double figures, led by L.J. Figueroa with 24 points to go along with seven...

Aptos junior Sam Hansen took home the gold in the boys’ division at the 2nd Annual Tom Leikam Cross Country Invitational at Pinto Lake County Park on Sept. 20. The Mariner standout runner won the race in 15 minutes, 54 seconds on a new modified...

Over the past 19 seasons Marcopulos has built men’s basketball at Cabrillo College from perennial cellar dweller into a conference powerhouse. In nine of the last 11 years, the Seahawks have been named at least co-champion of the Coast Conference South, and produced five of the last six Conference MVP’s.

Watsonville will honor Guy on Wednesday night by naming the baseball field after him in the moments before the Wildcatz’s Monterey Bay League Pacific division game against cross-city rival Pajaro Valley.

Meltzer, who is the first from the county to win the CCS title since fellow Mariner Nick Ragsac accomplished the feat in 2007, fired a 4-under par 67 to tie Murphy for first. He won the playoff with a par on the 1st hole, which was a par-4 hole.

Watsonville’s junior forward Elyanna Magdaleno was named the Most Valuable Player in the Mission division, and Monte Vista Christian junior defender Sophie Bessa earned M.V.P. honors in the Cypress division.

Watsonville High junior Layla Ruiz asserted herself as the best runner in the Pacific Coast Athletic League with a dominating performance in Saturday’s league championships.     Ruiz won the Mission division 3-mile girls’ varsity race in 19 minutes, 30 seconds and finished a little more than...

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Christian senior forward Mason Beske came down with a small case of amnesia to forget about last year’s downward spiral during league play.   The Mustangs went winless in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division action. They also missed the Central Coast Section...

A quick look at the Aptos High football schedule for the upcoming fall.