Sports

The CCS Top 8 meet, now in its 39th edition, serves as the final preview before the top athletes from the section battle it out for league, section and state titles in the coming weeks.

Watsonville junior quarterback Edwin Cornejo found his way running into the end zone late in the fourth quarter, and the Wildcatz rallied back from a 10-point deficit to beat Pacific Grove, 24-20, in a non-league thriller Friday night.  “Kudos to Pacific Grove,” Watsonville head coach...

Aptos last season finished runner-up to eventual CCS Open Division I champion, Salinas High, in the now-defunct Monterey Bay League Gabilan division. For many, the team’s 6-1 run through the powerhouse league was an impressive feat. For the Mariners, it was a “disappointing” end to an otherwise solid season.

On Saturday, Pardue dusted the competition in the 100- and 200-meter sprints to claim the title of fastest in the county a year after missing the entire season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which he suffered in football.

Jessica Rodriguez, a sophomore already committed to play at NCAA Division I UNLV, was recently named the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division’s Pitcher of the Year by the coaches of the seven-team league.

The first phase of realignment in the Pacific Coast Athletic League began on Wednesday after the board of managers assigned schools to their respective divisions for next year’s fall sports season. According to a press release issued by PCAL, the first batch of sports included...

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...