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The optimism meter is higher than ever for the Aptos High boys’ soccer team following some success during the non-league portion of its regular season schedule.   Senior attacking midfielder Eddie Alvarez is leading a group of speedy wingers on the outside that have been opening...

The Aptos High Mariners finished up Reggie Roberts’ final Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League dual meet season perfectly with a pair of wins over Scotts Valley High and St. Francis High on Wednesday night at home.

Watsonville impressively has 63 players on its roster and a majority of them have packed on the muscle and trimmed off the fat in hopes of building on last year’s winning season, the program’s first since 2009.

Aptos High boys soccer coach Roberto Zuñiga has a banner hanging in his office to commemorate a league championship for the 2021-22 season. It’s a reminder of how they were snubbed from bringing home a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown all because of a...

St. Francis High senior forward scored 51 points over a pair of wins against Aptos High and Santa Cruz High last week, moving the Sharks into a tie for first in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings.

But when San Benito High Haybalers' senior defensive back Elisha Reyes intercepted Monte Vista Christian Mustangs' senior quarterback Sean White Friday night with less than two minutes left in a home game that ended 36-29, then it was over.

St. Francis made a name for itself following a tremendous 2023 fall campaign in what was the inaugural official season for girls flag football in California.  Opposing teams who didn’t know it then should probably start paying closer attention now. The Sharks are off to...