Sports

The Aptos High athletics department announced Wednesday that the varsity football team will not play Friday night’s game against Hilmar High. The Mariners were set to host the Yellowjackets in a non-league game to make up for an originally scheduled Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan...

APTOS—The time is finally here for the beginning of the National Letter of Intent signing period. Aptos High hosted a special event on Wednesday to celebrate with seven senior student-athletes who signed their letters of intent to compete in collegiate athletics.  The Aptos girls volleyball team...

AROMAS—Watsonville native Hugo “Prince” Chavez Jr. won his professional boxing debut in February that ended with a technical knockout, taking him less than one round to get the job done.  On Saturday, the 18-year old will attempt to keep his unblemished 2-0 record intact.  The “Prince”...

St. Francis High came up short in its season opener against the King City in non-league play on Thursday at Watsonville High.

The junior goalkeeper posted her second shutout of the tournament and made a huge save in penalty kicks to lift Watsonville over Santa Cruz High in the championship of their own tournament on Saturday night.

Watsonville sophomore Diego Garcia had a team-best 19 points, including five 3-pointers in the Wildcatz’s 67-52 victory over Marina in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys basketball action Wednesday evening. Fellow teammate junior Leon Madec added 15 points and his brother, George, had 11....

Pajaro Valley High softball coach Shelley Chavez has been busy this season with her first task of building a full roster from scratch. It’s something that can be very daunting for a first-year coach of a program that’s struggled to find success in recent years. But she’s also been...