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September 15, 2025

Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill readies for three events | CCS Track and field

Aptos High junior Elizabeth Churchill will compete in three events—100-meter hurdles, high jump and long jump—at Saturday’s Central Coast Section finals at Soquel High School.   Churchill qualified for the 100 hurdles with the seventh-fastest time of 16.62 seconds at the CCS semifinals last week. She...

Mustangs’ football team making strides to return winning culture

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Christian senior Kyle Recotta is on a mission to accomplish some big things for the Mustangs’ football team this upcoming season.  Especially after a challenging year plagued with injuries and going winless in the difficult Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division a year...

20 Athletes in 20 Days: Natalia Ackerman

The 6-foot-1, two-sport athlete will try to follow up her breakout sophomore year with an even better junior campaign.

Seahawks women’s soccer standout signs with Holy Names University 

APTOS—Cabrillo College soccer standout Jasmine Taylor will take her talents to Holy Names University in Oakland this fall.  The Aptos High alumna signed her National Letter of Intent to play for the Hawks—who are part of the NCAA Division II—in front of teammates, coaches and...

Watsonville’s Miller-Brown, MVC’s Cortez earn top awards | All-PCAL baseball

Watsonville High’s Patrick Miller-Brown and Monte Vista Christian’s Brady Cortez were each recognized with the highest honors possible in their respective Pacific Coast Athletic League divisions following a stellar baseball season in the spring.    Cortez was named the Mission Division’s co-Most Valuable Player alongside Stevenson’s...

MBL-G Baseball: MVC hopes to catch fire; make CCS during last stretch

To return to the playoffs they will either have to meet the section’s .500 eligibility requirement as an at-large team or finish fifth in the MBL-G.

Local Roundup, 2/15: Aptos girls’ soccer blanks St. Francis in 9th straight win

Monserrat Hernandez Marquez and Bella McDaniel scored two goals apiece in Aptos High’s 4-0 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League win over St. Francis High on Tuesday afternoon.

On the Lowdown: Grizzlies’ softball team is asking for assistance

Pajaro Valley High softball coach Shelley Chavez has been busy this season with her first task of building a full roster from scratch. It’s something that can be very daunting for a first-year coach of a program that’s struggled to find success in recent years. But she’s also been...

Green, Beal ejected in Warriors' comeback win over Wizards

Kevin Durant had 31 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to help rally the Warriors from 18 points down and beat the Wizards 120-117 on Friday night, a game marred by a fight between Green and Washington's Bradley Beal that led to both being tossed.

Sharks lose season-opener in nail-biter to King City | High school football

After trailing for most of the day, St. Francis senior Javier Fonseca was on the verge of capping off the regular-season opener with a potential game-winning drive. But the miraculous comeback fell short following a huge defensive stop by King City on the Sharks’ final...