Sports

Aptos High senior Tiana Smith knew it would be an uphill battle going into the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tennis Championships as the No. 4 seed in the singles bracket. On Wednesday, she defied all odds on her way to a league championship after...

APTOS—The last time the Aptos High boys soccer team beat Watsonville High the Nintendo Game Boy was a hot item, “Home Alone” was the top movie and Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” was No.1 rap song in the nation. That was 30 years ago, but...

The Oakland Raiders recently played its final regular season game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday. I made the trip to Colorado to watch the “Silver and Black”, which nearly made an exciting come-from-behind victory. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tried to connect with rookie receiver Hunter Renfrow on a...

Monserrat Hernandez Marquez and Bella McDaniel scored two goals apiece in Aptos High’s 4-0 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League win over St. Francis High on Tuesday afternoon.

Brad Furr won the 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car Main Event Friday night at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

The Santa Cruz Warriors were named the 2020-21 NBA G League Franchise of the Year. The announcement was made Tuesday at the league’s sales and marketing meetings.  It marks the second time the organization has won one of the league’s most prestigious awards—they also won...

St. Francis High senior Emily Raich was well aware that the girls basketball team would be missing some important elements prior to the start of the 2023-24 campaign.    Going into season, the Sharks’ standout player knew it wasn’t going to be about the size of...

Danner Pardue raced to wins in the 100-meters (11.31 seconds) and 200 (23.16); Ethan Rasmussen was first in the discus (114 feet, 5 inches) and shot put (40-7); and Tal Williford won the high jump (5-0) and 110 hurdles (17.92).