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Whether it’s playing tough defense, coming up with loose balls, clogging passing lanes or chasing down long offensive boards, the 5-foot-3 “glue gal” has quietly helped Aptos to a top-10 ranking in the Central Coast Section and a 14-4 start to the season.

The Cabrillo College Seahawks women’s basketball began its season with a 62-60 win over the College of Marin on Saturday night on the road.

Watsonville American continued its solid play on the first day of the final four section of the District 39 Majors All-Stars Little League tournament, besting Capitola-Soquel 10-2 on Tuesday in Santa Cruz.

Coach Andre Bailey and Co. received the No. 10 seed in the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs, and will welcome in unseeded Greenfield (15-9) for a first round matchup at 7 p.m.

Behind stellar pitching and timely hitting, Watsonville won its first-ever CCS title this season, beating Homestead High for the Division I crown in late May. The Wildcatz also became the first softball squad from Santa Cruz County to win a section title.

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley High football team has been conditioning for several weeks, gearing up for what will be the shortest season in the program’s history.  That season is in danger of becoming a week shorter after this Saturday’s game for the illustrious Belgard Kup against...

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team might actually get its chance to play a rubber match against league rival Santa Cruz High in the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason.   The Mariners and Cardinals, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, split their regular-season meetings...

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-11-wrapping-up-the-fall-season?si=b5ee6573f8b046779a362a5f327fc5f5 In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will give you a recap of what happened during the CCS football championships, along with our final power rankings of the season. Then they'll have John Devine join us to see what’s going on...

During head coach Rich Taylor’s tenure with Aptos, his squads have never finished worse than second place. The Mariners (8-1, 4-1) appear to have the star players and depth to get it done this year.