Sports

Watsonville High senior and football junkie Joselyn Gutierrez has been playing competitive flag football since her days of ruling the grass fields at Lakeview Middle School. When she became a freshman, her career was momentarily cut short only because the sport wasn’t an option in...

SANTA CRUZ—Santa Cruz Warriors guard Jeff Dowtin Jr. had a team-high 33 points in Friday night’s season opener but it wasn’t enough to overcome a big second half by the Stockton Kings in a 122-97 loss at Kaiser Permanente Arena. Dowtin, who is a two-way...

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...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High boys’ volleyball team defeated cross-town rival Pajaro Valley in sweeping fashion (25-15, 25-20, 25-12) in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play Thursday evening. Senior middle hitter Isaak Vargas said getting the league win was a big momentum shift for them, especially...

MONTEREY—The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will be jam packed once again with hundreds of spectators hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite professional star athletes, actors or musicians battling it out on the golf course from Feb. 1-5. “Building upon the rich tradition established...

The former SCCAL Commissioner was on hand for the dedication last year, but his absence during the 50th edition of the tournament today will leave a gigantic hole in the hearts of a wrestling community so accustom to his gregarious, fun-loving personality.

Top-seeded Watsonville exploded for five goals to storm past No. 8 Los Gatos, 5-0, in Saturday’s Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals at Emmett M. Geiser Field.

After going winless in the non-league portion of its 2025 spring schedule, Watsonville’s baseball team has seemed to turn things around just in the nick of time. The Wildcatz have won six straight and are 5-0 to begin Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division play,...