Weekly roundup, 01/10: Wildcatz rally with late run over Cowboys
The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team
received some late-game heroics from an unsung hero in Wednesday night’s
non-league match against visiting Salinas High.
Senior Alexis Valenzuela scored his first goal
of the season to help lift the Wildcatz past the Cowboys, 2-0.
Salinas was undefeated going into the...
HS football: Orradre named top player in Pajaro Valley
St.
Francis senior Lawson Orradre is a man of few words. This season, he let his
actions speak for itself whenever he hit the football field.
The
Sharks’ senior recorded a team-high 53 tackles, 3 1/2 sacks and two forced
fumbles in nine games played. He racked up 320...
Aptos’ Neu, Fulton earn all-league honors | High school softball
APTOS—Aptos High softball coach Phil Rojas had high hopes going into the spring season with a group primed to make a run at a league title.
The Mariners (11-11, 6-6) found themselves instead sailing to a third-place finish in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League...
HS football: Watsonville taps alumnus Anthony Valdivia as new head coach
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High School athletics department announced this week that Anthony Valdivia was named the new head coach of the varsity football program.
Valdivia, a Watsonville alumnus and former player from 2001-04, returns to the team after a 15-year absence.
“It’s my school,” he said “It’s...
Local Roundup. 12/16: St. Francis girls’ soccer continues undefeated season
Riley Croghan scored two goals, Ashley Raich scored and made an assist and the St. Francis High girls’ soccer team improved to 6-0 on the season with a 5-0 preseason win over Anzar High on Thursday evening.
HS football: Wildcatz blanked by the Panthers
The Watsonville High football team had two weeks to prepare for its preseason finale against Burlingame High. Yet, the Wildcatz on Friday came out flat in a loss to the Panthers in non-league action.
CCS Softball: Watsonville advances to semis for first time since '07
With airtight defense and short but powerful bursts of offense, No. 4 Watsonville held off No. 5 Los Gatos High, 3-1, on Saturday at Fremont High to advance to the CCS Division I semifinals for the first time since 2007.
