HS Football: Smoke from Wine Country fires postpone Watsonville, Aptos games
The Aptos High and Watsonville High Friday night football games were postponed because of poor air quality stemming from the ongoing fires in California’s Wine Country.
Foster cleared for 49ers practice; Thomas remains unsigned
No. 3 overall pick Solomon Thomas remained unsigned Thursday as his teammates reported for training camp. Thomas did not take part in the conditioning test and is running out of time to report before the first practice on Friday morning.
High school: Mount Madonna athletics recognized for scholastic achievements
The Central Coast Section announced its recipients for the 2019-20 Scholastic Championship Team for the fall season.
Mount Madonna School had three of its teams — girls cross country, girls volleyball and boys’ cross country — recognized with the highest collective grade point average of...
Boy's MBL Track & Field: MVC 4×400 sets record; 3 other locals win titles
MVC, a team devastated by injuries from the first week of the season until the last, capped off the year with a shining moment of victory at the Monterey Bay League division championships, winning the 4x400 and shattering the school record with a time of
Three local teams qualify for CCS playoffs | High school baseball
A trio of local schools qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section baseball playoffs, giving them one more chance to extend their seasons.
Aptos, Monte Vista Christian and St. Francis high schools are all postseason bound after Wednesday's seeding meeting revealed the teams’ quarterfinals matchups.
The...
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advances to 1500 semifinals | 2024 Olympics roundup
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz advanced to the women’s 1500-meters semifinals after they placed third in their preliminary heat at Stade de France on Aug. 6.
“It was all about patience, and this is incredible. I think I can officially call myself an Olympian now,” Hiltz...
Local Roundup, 9/21: Grizzlies go the distance against the Sharks
The Pajaro Valley High girls’ volleyball team went the distance on Thursday to defeat St. Francis High in five sets in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress division play.
Kadri tugs at Thornton's beard, Maple Leafs beat Sharks
Kadri ripped out part of Joe Thornton's mountain-man beard in a fight off the opening faceoff and scored in regulation in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-2 shootout victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
Ocean Speedway: Dominic Scelzi makes first appearance of season a victorious one
Dominic Scelzi made his first trip of the season to Ocean Speedway and won Friday night’s 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car main event.
‘Catz place on the podium at Pat Lovell Holiday Classic | Boys wrestling
APTOS—Watsonville High senior Lucky McHenry took second place at 285 pounds at the 53rd Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic at Aptos High on Dec. 22.
McHenry, who was Santa Cruz County’s lone finalist, finished 3-1 with three pins. He was pinned in one minute by...















