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The No. 4-seeded Watsonville High Wildcatz notched their first postseason win since 2007 on Wednesday, shutting out No. 13 Santa Clara High, 4-0, in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs in Watsonville.

Aptos High hosted the “San Francisco 49ers High School Takeover” with a football doubleheader Sept. 27. With San Francisco 49ers mascot Sourdough Sam roaming the field and a social media team in place to film the action, two great games took place. The first one...

WATSONVILLE–Gene Johnson, who coached nearly six decades in Santa Cruz County, died Jan. 14, two days shy of his 95th birthday. He spent the last year and a half at Valley Convalescent Hospital in Watsonville with his wife, Doris, where they celebrated their 73rd anniversary...

The Santa Cruz Warriors set a new season-high in points in their 141-117 win over the Northern Arizona Suns on Wednesday night at Kaiser Permanente Arena.

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...

The Mariners have done plenty of winning in the short amount of time. Aptos has won eight of its last nine games, including its last four Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division contests to grab second place heading into the second round of league play.

The undefeated Coast Conference champions continued their dominance over Northern California by blanking Foothill, 5-0, and nearly shutting out West Valley, 4-1, to push their win streak to 10 matches.

Bud Kaeding sprinted to victory lane for a fourth time this season after winning the 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car main event on Friday night at Ocean Speedway.