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Dini and the Mustangs finished the year 4-6 overall, the program’s first losing season since 2013, and lost their last four games. They placed sixth in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division with a 2-5 record and missed the Central Coast Section playoffs.

Wildcatz’s freshman distance runner Layla Ruiz won the 400- and 3,200-meters at the King City Invitational on Saturday. She moved into seventh in both events in Watsonville’s all-time record book.

Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, St. Francis High and Monte Vista Christian participated in Apple City Jamboree at Emmett M. Geiser Field on Friday night.

N.M.C. is getting a new all-weather field and track. The project is still several weeks away from completion. The Condors first home game will be against Pajaro Valley High on Oct. 6

Pajaro Valley High’s Jasmin Castillo, Monte Vista Christian’s Syerra Montes and North Monterey County High’s Marcella Gudiel were all honored by the soccer coaches from the Monterey Bay League Pacific division when league awards were released on Monday.

The Aptos High dance team shimmied and grooved their way to a successful 2024 season that was capped off with a strong outing at last month’s USA Dance Nationals in Southern California.  Bella Garvey, a senior, took seventh in the Solo Champion division, while Zoey...

The power-running downhill back bulldozed his way to a spectacular season in which he led Aptos to its eighth straight Central Coast Section playoff appearance, was recognized as the top offensive player in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division and etched his name into the program’s record book.

Elise Coash, a four-year varsity starter and the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player the last two seasons, is no longer with the Mariners; she’s 380 miles away in Southern California playing NCAA Division I volleyball for the UC Irvine Anteaters.

WATSONVILLE— The Saint Francis High boys’ soccer team struggled throughout the preseason to barely get just enough players on the pitch to begin a match. It’s been quite the challenge for Sharks’ first-year coach Valentin Barrelleza, who saw roster numbers reduced to as little as...