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Jeal Leal scored twice for the Watsonville High boys’ soccer team as they edged St. Ignatius College Prep, 3-2, in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Saturday. The No. 2 seed Wildcatz, who won the PCAL Gabilan division championship, needed overtime to beat...

Aptos senior Logan Brantley won the discus event with a toss of 169-feet, 6 inches in the open division at the prestigious Arcadia Track and Field Invitational on April 11-12. The Mariners’ standout athlete also placed 12th in the discus invitational division with a throw...

The Aptos High girls’ wrestling team walked away with a pair of top three finishers at the Central Coast Section Wrestling Championships at Independence High on Saturday. Camila Barranco placed third at 111 pounds, while Alex Quintero placed third at 160. Both ladies secured berths to...

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.

Pajaro Valley High sophomore guard notched his third and fourth 30-point games of the season last week for the Grizzlies, scoring 32 against Seaside High and pouring in 33 against Alvarez High two days later.

Keeping in tradition of one of the longest rivalries in California high school sports, the Wildcatz beat the Santa Cruz High Cardinals, 14-12, at home Friday night, giving them their first 2-0 start in 14 years.

The 2024 fall season for Scotts Valley junior Hayden Smith and the Falcons girls’ volleyball team just got underway. So far, so good. Smith finished with a team-best nine kills and seven digs in Tuesday’s non-league victory over Monterey High in three sets (25-12, 25-23, 25-20). “I...

After playing meaningful minutes on one of the most successful women’s basketball teams in school history, the true freshman stepped off the court onto the diamond and immediately established herself as one of the premier hitters on the roster.