Sports

Aptos senior Nami Banks was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024-25 boys soccer season. According to statistics on the Monterey Bay Preps website, the Mariners’ team captain finished with 13 goals and six assists in his fourth...

Aptos High will continue to compete in the MTAL North, while Watsonville High will play as an independent team this year.

The 6-foot-5, 315-pounder was still the down-to-earth, small-city guy that left to play college football at Colorado State with dreams of one day playing in the NFL.

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team is coming off another unforgettable season.  Only this time, it might be one that head coach Roland Hedgpeth would instead like to forget.   It was the first time in what feels like an eternity that the Wildcatz missed the Central...

WATSONVILLE—It’s been more than a decade since the Watsonville High girls’ tennis team has won a league title. But that all changed last week after the Wildcatz wrapped up the Pacific Coast Athletic League season undefeated, 12-0, in Cypress Division play.  The last time Watsonville brought...

The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team improved to 11-0 with a pair of wins on the final day of the Cabrillo College Classic, Saturday in Aptos.

A three-sport athlete who made a big jump during his junior year, Matys is poised to be a key contributor for Aptos High athletics during his senior year.

Anthony Rotich becomes first American in 24 years to win Sunday's Wharf to Wharf Race, while Kenyan Vicoty Chepngeno takes home the women’s title.