Aptos equipped to make SCCAL title run | High school softball
Several local softball programs had trouble getting the 2025 spring season in full gear with the large amounts of rain pouring all over Santa Cruz County in February.
But with the wet conditions coming to a slight trickle, teams such as Aptos and 10th-year head...
HS Wrestling: Aptos produces six league champs; area sends 31 to CCS
Aptos produced six league champions at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Finals on Feb. 8 at San Lorenzo Valley High.
Girls volleyball: Hawks soar to victory against Wildcats for CIF D-V title
ORANGE—It was the battle of David versus Goliath. The final showdown for the CIF Division V State Championship.
Mount Madonna, the small school nestled deep in the forest made up of 63 high school students, against University High, a juggernaut with about 1,500 students from...
CIF Cross Country Championships, 2018: Sharks' Kelly leads local quartet at state
Making his fourth and final appearance at the state meet, Kelly completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, and 51.3 seconds. He passed up 15 runners over the last mile to notch his best finish in Fresno — he was 29th last fall.
Weekly Roundup, 10/26: Ceiba's Rubio-Pintor scores win in final PCAL-Santa Lucia center meet
Ceiba College Prep freshman Nellie Rubio-Pintor edged Oakwood sophomore Kate Marcotullio by a tenth of a second to finish first in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Center Meet 3 at Toro Park in Salinas on Oct. 18.
‘Steady’ coach Gene Johnson dies
WATSONVILLE–Gene Johnson, who coached nearly six decades in Santa Cruz County, died Jan. 14, two days shy of his 95th birthday.
He spent the last year and a half at Valley Convalescent Hospital in Watsonville with his wife, Doris, where they celebrated their 73rd anniversary...
