Girls soccer preview, 2018-19: Young local teams head into break atop standings, look to stay there
At Aptos, freshmen Jazmin Castaneda and Rowan Bower have helped the Mariners get off to an undefeated start. Freshman Najeli Jimenez and sophomore Brianna Guerrero are powering a resurgence at Watsonville. And North Monterey County sophomores Maria Ramirez, Gina Huerta and Melanie Aquino have been goal-scoring machines for the undefeated Condors.
Late heroics help ‘Catz boys squad edge Independence | CCS basketball playoffs
Ahmi Martin has been the main ball distributor as a point guard for the Watsonville High boys’ basketball team throughout the 2025-26 winter season.
The game film doesn’t lie.
But just for a split second, the Wildcat senior took a chance to be a hero in...
Aptos equipped to make SCCAL title run | High school softball
Several local softball programs had trouble getting the 2025 spring season in full gear with the large amounts of rain pouring all over Santa Cruz County in February.
But with the wet conditions coming to a slight trickle, teams such as Aptos and 10th-year head...
Girls' CCS basketball: Ackerman's dominance leads Aptos to redemption, second D-III title in three years
Top-seeded Aptos won its second Central Coast Section Division III crown in the last three years, and the Mariners made it look easy with a 58-37 redemption win over No. 2 South San Francisco on Saturday at Palo Alto High.
Girls basketball: Young Wildcatz continue rebuild under Cook
Watsonville High girls’ basketball
coach Zachary Cook is in year two of the slow, methodical process of rebuilding
a program with young talented players.
Last year, Cook’s program went through
a season full of growing pains and finished winless in Pacific Coast Athletic
League Mission Division play.
The...
Mustangs stay undefeated with crushing win over Stevenson | Girls lacrosse
WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian girls’ lacrosse team is still somewhat of a new program that has been slowly developing over the past three years when they first arrived on the scene.
Sure, one can still consider the Mustangs as the new kids on the block...
Boys basketball: Mariners ready to battle in hotly contested SCCAL
The Aptos High boys’ basketball team turned on the afterburners before the start of Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play last season and soared to a share of the league championship.
The Mariners shared the SCCAL title with Santa Cruz High by beating the Cardinals...
HS football: Mariners cruise past Eagles for league win
APTOS — A superb week of practice can lead to great things on game day. At least that’s the way Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship put it.
The end result of this week’s practice: a crushing 28-7 win over Alvarez High on Friday in...
