Sports

WATSONVILLE—It was encouraging for Watsonville High boys’ volleyball coach Crystal Cornejo-Perez to have a highly-motivated team this season.  The only thing was she wasn’t expecting them to set the bar so high, especially during her first season with the program. But the Wildcatz were fired up...

Aptos High senior Diego Hernandez had some unfinished business going into last week’s league wrestling championships after finishing runner-up in back-to-back years. There was nothing he wanted more than to finally stand atop the podium for the first time in his career.  The Mariners’ standout wrestler...

The Pajaro Valley High boys’ basketball team rallied, but ultimately fell short in a 64-60 loss to No. 12 Soledad High in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs on Tuesday night.

Already a solid scorer as a freshman for the Pajaro Valley basketball team, the 5-foot-11 guard added to his repertoire and took a massive leap forward.

Pajaro Valley (17-4, 7-0) has already shattered the program’s previous records for overall wins (11) and league wins (5) in a single season — both of which were set during the 2014-15 campaign — and it also reset the program record for points scored in a single game in a 73-25 drubbing of Santa Catalina on Wednesday.

Aptos High soccer standout Jazmine Castañeda didn’t make the cut the first two times she tried out for the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP).  She was 13 at the time, but the news was devastating enough that she was contemplating whether or not...

SANTA CRUZ—The return of the Wharf to Wharf Race didn’t start off as planned after a law enforcement officer on a motorcycle was stuck, forcing competitors to run around him.     It may have slightly thrown off Emmanuel Bor and the rest of the elite pack...

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

By JON CHOWN, Special to the Pajaronian PEBBLE BEACH—Swirling winds opened the door for Phil Mickelson to come from behind and claim his sixth title at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but leader Nick Taylor shut it with a birdie chip on the 15th...

SOQUEL—The Monte Vista Christian 4x400-meter relay team at Saturday’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Finals showed why it belonged with some of the big-name schools from over the hill. The Mustangs—led by Jake Morris, Sage Oliver, Andrew Bachman and Justin Lomeli—finished third in 3...