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The game is without a doubt a battle of heavyweight teams. Aptos (6-2, 5-0) enters on a five-game winning streak, while Salinas (7-2, 6-0) has won six straight. Both teams’ win streaks have come against league opponents.

St. Francis High sophomore Maya Calfee and freshman Liliana Whitmeyer accounted for nearly 90 percent of the 1,030 points the girls' flag football scored during the 2024 campaign. The dynamic duo were also a force to be reckoned with on defense, helping lead the Sharks...

Pardue scored a game-high 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting from deep, junior guard Hannah Hocom added 18 points and played tough defense on Saratoga High’s top guard and the No. 2-seeded Mariners cruised by the No. 6-seeded Falcons, 61-47, on Wednesday night to return to the D-III final.

Hocom compiled a 78-36 overall record in his four years at Aptos, and helped the program capture its first Central Coast Section title since 1983 and first outright Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown since ’82.

Watsonville’s boys’ track and field team recorded its third dual meet win of the season following a 78-50 victory against Monterey in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action April 24.  Watsonville sophomore Nain Garcia-Ferria (10:10.63), junior Desi Salinas-Holz (10:42.82) and senior Rodrigo Barranco (11:19.91)...

The Watsonville High Wildcatz have had two full weeks to flush their 49-7 preseason loss to Burlingame High, and now the North Salinas High Vikings will be at the forefront of their minds.

Pajaro Valley doesn’t have a home field. It plays its “home” games wherever it can. In tonight’s case, Carl Conelly Stadium on the campus of Cabrillo College will be its “home” field — a location that is roughly 11 miles from the Grizzlies’ campus, yet just two-and-a-half miles from Soquel.

St. Francis High Junior setter Julie Lopez had nine assists, one block, three aces and eight digs for the Sharks girls' volleyball team in a three set 25-16, 25-13, 25-16 loss to University Prep Academy in the Central Coast Section Division V quarterfinals Tuesday...