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Watsonville’s junior duo of Gabby Felix and Annalee Robledo took the reigns of the Wildcatz girl’s soccer program.

Watsonville begins league play on Tuesday at home against Monterey at 4:30 p.m.

Dylan McPhillips hammered a two-run homer and Jackson Collins hit a double for MVC (4-3, 1-3), which hosts Christopher today at 4 p.m.

In three years, the Aptos Mariners went from a first-round exit in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tournament to the program’s first Central Coast Section title in more than 30 years.

Cabrillo racked up 16 hits. Cooper Krug and Nick Ciandro each hit homers.

For the Aptos Mariners, athleticism and depth play a pivotal role for a team that seeks its first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship since 2012.

The top-seeded Sharks will play for history on Saturday against the No. 2 seeded Elliot Christian Eagles, who edged No. 3 Branson, 41-34, to advance.

Jasmine Harrington picked up the win in a complete-game effort, allowing nine hits, six runs and six walks.

With Quintero's scoring punch and defensive presence, Pajaro Valley finished second in the MBL-P and not only made it back to the Central Coast Section playoffs after a three-year absence but recorded its first postseason victory since the 2008-09 season.

Lasich scored a season-high 14 points, Watkins poured in 22, including 10 in the final two minutes, and the top-seeded Sharks came back to beat the No. 8-seeded Argonaut Mustangs of Jackson, 69-62, on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NorCal Division V