Sports

Boys and girls basketball were both split into five divisions, boys and girls soccer were split in four divisions and wrestling found its home with three.

The Aptos High boys’ volleyball team completed its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season with a 12-25, 25-23, 25-23, 26-24 win over Pacific Collegiate School in the league tournament championship match at Harbor High on Friday night.

After going through the challenging preseason portion of its schedule, Aptos High was primed and ready to make a run at defending last year’s share of the Gabilan Division championship.    The road back to league supremacy became a tad bit harder for the Mariners following...

One of the biggest surprises last school year, Watsonville’s star distance runner will be one of the favorites to win nearly every race she will participate in this fall.

SALINAS—St. Francis High senior Julian Vargas came storming out of the gates at the sound of the pistol, looking to capture his first Pacific Coast Athletic League cross country title.  But it was York School standout senior Michael Julian who crossed the finish line first...

The 6-foot-5, 315-pound St. Francis alumnus was set to become a free agent in March, but Atlanta did not allow the tackle to hit the open market. Terms of the deal were not released by the team, but reports around the NFL claimed the deal was in the $18 million range.

An all-league first team selection for the Aptos High volleyball team last season, Rodriguez will be one of the Mariners’ leaders heading into her senior campaign.