SC Warriors donate masks to Loaves and Fishes
WATSONVILLE—The Santa Cruz Warriors’ season ended more than seven months ago—it was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic—but the NBA G League franchise has found different ways to score points in the Santa Cruz County.
Team mascot Mav’Riks on Oct. 12 dropped off a...
Local teams ready for new challenge in Pacific Coast Athletic League
St. Francis is one of 31 schools who combined forces to form the monstrous PCAL, which will be in its inaugural season next school year. The super league will feature former members of the Monterey Bay League, Mission Trail Athletic League and the Coastal Athletic League.
Mariners quintet capture SCCAL titles | High school wrestling
Aptos High senior Diego Hernandez had some unfinished business going into last week’s league wrestling championships after finishing runner-up in back-to-back years.
There was nothing he wanted more than to finally stand atop the podium for the first time in his career.
The Mariners’ standout wrestler...
Aptos’ girls soccer wins third straight with shutout | Weekly Roundup
APTOS—The Aptos High girls soccer team notched another shutout with an 8-0 win against Pacific Collegiate School on Saturday afternoon.
The Mariners’ defense has not allowed a goal in three straight games, having outscored opponents 20-0 during that span.
The Mariners were coming off a 7-0...
Seahawks return to the pool with a vengeance | Women’s water polo
Just last year the Cabrillo College women’s water polo program was barely in existence when it skipped the 2022 season after it didn't have enough players to field a team.
The Seahawks managed to rebuild and regroup this year including three returning players from the...
HS Football: Mariners’ Austen a BIG deal
Austen, a senior offensive lineman for the Aptos High football team, stands at a towering 6-foot-5-inches and 311 pounds. Standing next to his fellow lineman, the starting left tackle makes them all look like members of the freshman squad. Six-foot-2, 283-pound senior tackle Joseph Gutierrez-Lee might as well be 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds.
Aptos’ Isaiah Ackerman named the league’s co-MVP | All-SCCAL boys basketball
Aptos senior Isaiah Ackerman and Santa Cruz junior DeMarco Hunter were named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 boys’ basketball season.
According to statistics on the Max Preps website, Ackerman had an average of 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and...
‘Catz getting adjusted competing in tougher division | Girls tennis
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Brooklyn Llamas and the Wildcatz girls’ tennis team last year reached new heights after a successful run to a league championship.
The ‘Catz clawed their way through the Pacific Coast Athletic League season undefeated, 12-0, in Cypress Division play and captured a...
