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The Watsonville High boys soccer teams received a well-deserved escort out of town as they headed to Sacramento for the California Interscholastic Federation State Division III championship in Sacramento on Saturday. The newly crowned Northern Regional champion Wildcatz will face Southern Regional champion Los Alamitos...

The Aptos High boys’ soccer team went on an unprecedented postseason run during the 2025-26 winter season. It began with bringing home the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section title, an accomplishment no other team has been close to doing in nearly 25 years. They sailed even...

The ‘Catz’s mystique is back, ladies and gentlemen. The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team made history Saturday evening after winning their first-ever NorCal Championship in the program’s history. After the final whistle blew, junior forward Justin Alfaro sat down for a quick minute to soak in...

Jackie Cano has been an unstoppable force for the Watsonville girls’ soccer team since the Central Coast Section playoffs began in mid February.  The star senior forward was responsible for three game-winning goals, including the go-ahead score in overtime that helped the No. 4 Wildcatz...

The word pressure had no meaning for Watsonville junior Jesus Contreras-Barboza during last weekend’s Central Coast Section Division II boys soccer championship game. The crowd fell dead silent as he was setting up for a potential game-winning penalty shot, and all that could be heard...

It was a special, and historical, Wednesday night for four local high school soccer teams that kept their Central Coast Section postseason runs alive for at least one more weekend. The Watsonville boys’ group is returning to the section finals for the first time since...

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...

The Cabrillo College Athletic Department on Thursday announced that Anthony Romero will be the interim head football coach for the upcoming 2026 fall season. Romero is stepping in after head coach Justin Hansen took a formal family medical leave of absence earlier in February. Cabrillo Director...

If someone would’ve told Pajaro Valley High senior Monique Ayala back in November they’d be Pacific Coast Athletic League champions come the end of the winter campaign, she’d probably still be laughing till this day.  The Grizzly team captain was guffawing after last week’s regular...

Aptos High’s Ivan Zavala recorded a pair of goals as the boys’ soccer team defeated Soquel, 2-0, in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Wednesday night. Teammates Josiah Siqueiros and Haziel Parra each were credited with one assist for the Mariners, who placed second with...