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Mariners will get their first true test of the season this week against Aragon.

Stingy, speedy and mean, Watsonville’s defense kept the Wildcatz in every game last season but the offense struggled mightily to keep up its end of the bargain, averaging just 12.8 points per game. Watsonville’s offensive struggles ultimately cost the program a shot at the MBL-P championship, as the Wildcatz failed to score a touchdown in a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to eventual league champion Seaside High.

Upon further review, St. Francis football head coach John Ausman took note after last week’s set of scrimmages that the coaching staff might be dealing with a problem.  No need to worry, though. Ausman made sure to mention that it was what he called a “good...

SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz Warriors lost their NBA G League preseason opener to the Mexico City Capitanes, 107-96, at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.  The Warriors starters all scored in double figures, led by L.J. Figueroa with 24 points to go along with seven...

After making a big impression as a freshman last winter, Monte Vista Christian’s star wrestler will be considered one of the local favorites to win a Central Coast Section crown.

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 (20-6) and Pajaro Valley (20-4) were on opposite ends of the spectrum when the official postseason brackets were released on Wednesday night. The Mariners received the No. 1 seed in the D-III playoffs, and the Grizzlies were unseeded.