Sports

APTOS — The Aptos High girls’ volleyball team was two points away from having at least a share of this year’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship.  But the Mariners came up short in a five-set loss to Harbor High on Thursday. The scores were...

Watsonville High junior Layla Ruiz asserted herself as the best runner in the Pacific Coast Athletic League with a dominating performance in Saturday’s league championships.     Ruiz won the Mission division 3-mile girls’ varsity race in 19 minutes, 30 seconds and finished a little more than...

Watsonville High senior Savanah Quintana and Pajaro Valley High junior Jayleen Solorzano made the MBL-Pacific division First Team, while Monte Vista Christian freshman Mackenzie Tellez and North Monterey County High senior Jocelyn Cazarez earned spots on the MBL-Gabilan division First Team.

The Cabrillo College Seahawks lost their third straight game on Saturday night, falling 34-13 to Monterey Peninsula College in an American Golden Coast Conference contest on Fry’s Field at Carl Conelly Stadium in Aptos.

Rounding the corner and kicking to the finish line of the 200-meters at Friday’s Central Coast Section Track & Field Championships, Pardue found another gear to take third and squeak into the prestigious California Interscholastic Federation state meet.

WATSONVILLE—The Mount Madonna School girls’ volleyball team dropped the opening set of Tuesday’s CIF NorCal Division V championship at home, also known as the “Hawks’ Nest.” But junior Savannah Cambell said they quickly reminded each other why they were the top seed going into the...

Wilson, who is already verbally committed to play NCAA Division I softball for the University of Central Florida, powered the Wildcatz to their first-ever CCS title, which was also the first section softball title for any team from Santa Cruz County.