Sports

A look at the local high school football action happening in week 7.

Watsonville High senior Rylee Gomez once again lit up the scoreboard with just one crack of the bat for the Wildcatz softball team.  The nifty short stop launched a two-run home run in Monday’s 9-5 victory against North Salinas High in Pacific Coast Athletic League...

Coach Andre Bailey and Co. received the No. 10 seed in the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs, and will welcome in unseeded Greenfield (15-9) for a first round matchup at 7 p.m.

Cabrillo (13-5, 1-1) mounted multiple attempts to recover from the early offensive blitzkrieg launched by the Rams (16-2, 2-0), shrinking the lead to as little as two points, but ultimately submitted.

The Mount Madonna girls’ volleyball team competed through blood, sweat and tears in this past weekend’s Everett Alvarez High Varsity Volleyball Tournament.   A collision in the first game between two Hawks players resulted in a bloody head injury. But they recovered and helped the team...

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.

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High softball team continued its quest for an undefeated season with another blowout victory in its final home game.  The Wildcatz defeated the Soquel High Knights, 11-2, in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday, improving to 15-0 overall and capturing their...

The power-running downhill back bulldozed his way to a spectacular season in which he led Aptos to its eighth straight Central Coast Section playoff appearance, was recognized as the top offensive player in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division and etched his name into the program’s record book.

SOQUEL—Aptos High’s Elizabeth Churchill was literally running all over the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships, setting personal records in three events and standing atop of the podium for two.   The junior standout competed in the long jump, the 100-meter hurdles and took home...

LAS VEGAS—Golden State Warriors two-way player Jeff Dowtin Jr. finished with a game-high 28 points to help lift the Santa Cruz Warriors past the Long Island Nets, 81-77, at the NBA G League Winter Showcase Cup on Monday.  Dowtin, who scored 18 points in the...