Sports

For the first time in what seems like a very long time, this weekend’s 52nd running of the Wharf to Wharf Race is back to its normal capacity limit.   The six-mile race from the Santa Cruz to Capitola wharves will feature 16,000 participants after it...

STAFF REPORT 1. M.V.C. (7-1, 5-0): The football gods couldn’t have given a more perfect scenario in this storybook season for Monte Vista Christian. The Mustangs went from having a game cut in their season to a guaranteed spot in the Central Coast Section playoffs.  M.V.C. also...

WATSONVILLE—It’s been a shaky start for the Pajaro Valley High football team after it lost two straight non-league games to begin the season.    The Grizzlies are far from giving up, however, and head coach Joe Manfre said a lot of the goals they set at...

ORANGE—It was the battle of David versus Goliath. The final showdown for the CIF Division V State Championship. Mount Madonna, the small school nestled deep in the forest made up of 63 high school students, against University High, a juggernaut with about 1,500 students from...

Sam Groth sailed through to the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank after defeating Jason Jung in the second round on Wednesday at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos.

Miles, 34, becomes the franchise’s third head coach. He replaces Casey Hill, who stepped down earlier this summer after leading the Warriors for three seasons and winning a championship in 2015.

The Mexican Football Federation, also known as Federación Mexicana de Fùtbol, will be in town this weekend in search of young and fresh soccer talent.  Pajaro Valley High School will host a group of scouts from Mexico who are making the trek to Watsonville on...