Sports

Aptos High came into last week’s game against newly formed rival Palma High with a league record of 1-1 and major playoff implications. As expected, the game was offensively fueled with back and forth scoring as neither team had a clear edge heading into the...

Members of the Watsonville High girls’ basketball team weren’t sure whether they’d get a chance to compete in the Central Coast Section playoffs.  But the Wildcatz snuck their way into the Division I bracket technically as the No. 16 seed and will play at No....

Haley Batten placed ninth in the women’s mountain bike event three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics. One would figure that’s already quite the accomplishment itself just being able to get to that point. Instead, she departed the “Land of the Rising Sun” feeling as...

Aptos High sophomore forward scored 25 points on 12 of 14 shooting, and had six rebounds, five blocks and five steals in the Mariners win over Live Oak High in the quarterfinals of the CCS Division III playoffs on Saturday afternoon.

Reyes this fall pieced together arguably the most impressive football season in the program’s history, breaking at least 14 records and earning league M.V.P. honors while leading Aptos to its fourth Central Coast Section championship of the decade and first-ever regional bowl game berth.

The Pajaro Valley High Grizzlies edged the Watsonville High Wildcatz in girl’s volleyball for the first time since the 2009 season on Tuesday night in Monterey Bay League Pacific division action. The scores were 25-14, 25-13, 23-25, 25-21.

The Watsonville High football team had two weeks to prepare for its preseason finale against Burlingame High. Yet, the Wildcatz on Friday came out flat in a loss to the Panthers in non-league action.

The young up-and-coming stars of the 30th annual $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank came to play on Tuesday at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos.