Sports

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.

The Pacific Collegiate School Pumas won the SCCAL Championship outright with a 25-19, 25-16, 18-25, 21-25, 15-12 victory on Friday at Harbor High School, holding off the Mariners from completing a furious comeback and denying them from repeating as league

With 110 athletes to choose from, the Mariners once again have plenty of depth, but also carry a few stars that will be in the mix to win league titles.

WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley High senior Emily Quezada tried out for the softball team last season after deciding she wanted to play the sport for the first time ever.  She was starting to pick up the game quite well until she was sidelined following an ankle injury...

The loss stops Watsonville’s (12-5-4) streak of advancing to a CCS championship match at four straight seasons. The 11-time CCS champions will have to watch the rest of the playoffs from the sidelines.

SANTA CRUZ—A dozen years have passed since a Watsonville-based Little League team won the District 39 Majors Tournament of Champions title.  Pajaro Valley Little League Nationals manager Robert Brooks came close to bringing a championship home two years ago, only to watch it slip away...

Some of the top high school softball players in South Santa Cruz County are getting ready to sing their swan songs, and a strong group of underclassmen — mostly consisting of freshmen — is primed to fill their large shoes.