Sports

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Christian junior goalkeeper Alexa Malespina was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s Defensive Player of the Year for her stellar performance in front of the net this season. According to the Monterey Bay Preps website, she recorded 76 saves and two...

Aptos senior Logan Brantley won the discus event with a toss of 169-feet, 6 inches in the open division at the prestigious Arcadia Track and Field Invitational on April 11-12. The Mariners’ standout athlete also placed 12th in the discus invitational division with a throw...

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team received some late-game heroics from an unsung hero in Wednesday night’s non-league match against visiting Salinas High. Senior Alexis Valenzuela scored his first goal of the season to help lift the Wildcatz past the Cowboys, 2-0. Salinas was undefeated going into the...

The Cabrillo College Seahawks racked up 13 hits in a 19-10 non-conference win over the West Valley College on Thursday in Aptos.

Watsonville High sophomore David Rocha-Vargas and freshman Katelynn Ruiz were on the outside looking in after they didn’t qualify in last week’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships semifinals. But then they received news earlier this week that their seasons are still alive after...

CAMPBELL—For some, the St. Francis High football team wasn't expected to reach the Central Coast Section Division V title game, let alone get past the quarterfinals.  However, the No. 7 seed Sharks, champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division, made some history...

Clara Adams, Monterey County's all-time record holder in the 200- and 400-meter races, will transfer from North Salinas to Watsonville High for the upcoming 2025-26 school year.  The incoming junior will join the Wildcatz track and field team next year in the spring in hopes...