G League Basketball: Casey Hill returns to Santa Cruz with fond memories of 5 years with Warriors
The former head coach of the Warriors will return to K.P. Arena for the first time as the opposition. Now the leader of the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, Hill will play his former team in a Pacific division battle at 7 p.m.
Mariner girls’ squad earn top seed in Division II | CCS soccer playoffs
After an impressive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship run, Aptos earned the top seed in this year’s Central Coast Section Division II playoffs.
The Mariners (15-2-1)—winners of five straight—will host No. 8 Homestead (8-7-4) in the teams’ quarterfinals match on Saturday at 11am.
“The girls,...
Mariners set to make a run in the CCS D-III playoffs | Boys basketball
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...
Former St. Francis teammates selected in MLB Draft
WATSONVILLE—Ruben Ibarra and Chase Watkins used to be teammates on the St. Francis High baseball team, leading the Sharks to back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles and three straight Central Coast Section playoff appearances.
The Watsonville natives continued their journey together on Monday. They...
Prado’s walk-off grand slam lifts ’Catz into section championship game | CCS softball
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High softball team is going back to the Central Coast Section championship thanks to a late heroic performance by Yaviana Prado and the rest of the ’Catz crew.
The junior outfielder hit a two-out, walk-off grand slam that capped a six-run inning to...
Girls CCS Cross Country: Watsonville's Ruiz, Salazar advance to state; Aptos wins 7th straight title
Watsonville High’s star freshman runner took third in the CCS Division I race with a time of 19 minutes, 6 seconds to not only solidify herself as one of the top young runners in the section but also become the first female Wildcat to advance to the California Interscholastic Federation state meet since Consuelo Mata did so in 2000.
