Mariners set to play in league baseball tourney final | Cover 3 Sports Ticker
The Cover 3 Sports Ticker highlights pivotal matchups in the Games of the Week, and provides updates on local athletes in the Local Stars and Pajaro Valley Little League sections.
Games of the Week
Aptos vs. Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley, baseball, Friday at 4:30pm: The Mariners (21-6,...
Weekly Roundup, 10/12: St. Francis cross country dominating Santa Lucia division
The St. Francis boys and girls cross country squads picked up wins in PCAL-Santa Lucia Center Meet No. 2.
St. Francis’ Nash Horton named co-MVP of Gabilan Division | All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High junior Nash Horton missed the 2023 baseball season due to a major injury to his pitching shoulder.
While still in an arm sling, he was told to jot down any goals he had in mind.
What started as a short list turned into...
Three local teams qualify for CCS playoffs | High school baseball
A trio of local schools qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section baseball playoffs, giving them one more chance to extend their seasons.
Aptos, Monte Vista Christian and St. Francis high schools are all postseason bound after Wednesday's seeding meeting revealed the teams’ quarterfinals matchups.
The...
Girls CCS Volleyball: Aptos' title hopes stuffed by rival Soquel
Behind their hard-hitting one-two punch of outside hitters Maggie Walters and Sam Strah, top-seeded Soquel topped No. 2 Aptos 25-20, 18-25, 25-14, 25-16 on Saturday night for the Central Coast Section Division III title at Watsonville High.
Wharf to Wharf Race returns after two-year hiatus
CAPITOLA—The Wharf to Wharf Race is back in action this weekend in Santa Cruz County for the first time since 2019.
On Sunday, participants will be able to gather around Beach and Cliff streets near the Santa Cruz Wharf for the 50th running of the...
MVC’s Jojo Keldsen named Mission Division’s top player | All-PCAL baseball
Monte Vista Christian senior and baseball stud Jojo Keldsen was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s Most Valuable Player following a monster season on the diamond field.
Keldsen—who also earned all-league first team honors—batted a .461 average (41-of-89) with five home runs including...
Local Roundup, 3/13: Mt. Madonna boys’ volleyball sweeps its weekend slate
The Hawks swept Aptos, 25-18, 25-14, 28-26, on Friday night in a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League match and plowed through tough competition in a tournament at Aptos on Saturday.
New SCCAL commissioner banking on tradition, history in proposed rebuild
Now at the reins of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League as the commissioner, Kittle is hoping that sense of pride and community can lead to a resurgence for the dwindling high school athletic league.
