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Postseason woes continue for Aptos in loss to Homestead | CCS girls soccer roundup

And so the struggle continues for Aptos following yet another early exit in the Central Coast Section girls soccer playoffs this past weekend. The top seeded Mariners were stunned in a 2-0 loss to No. 8 Homestead in the Division II quarterfinals Feb. 22, cutting...

Mariners remain unbeaten in SCCAL play with win over Santa Cruz | Boys basketball roundup

APTOS—It took nearly a month for the Aptos High boys’ basketball team to go toe-to-toe against Santa Cruz High, which has been the league’s juggernaut for a little more than a decade. The delay was well worth it as senior guard Cameron Saldana finished with...

Mustangs blank the Condors in season opener | HS football

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Chirstian School senior Mark Spohn came into this year’s football season having to replace Brendan Doyle, last season’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League A Division MVP.   The first-year starting quarterback made quite the first impression Thursday night, passing for two touchdowns and sneaking...

St. Francis cruises past Gonzales for season-opening win | High school football roundup

St. Francis junior Keon Barcinas-Hill recorded a pair of touchdowns in the Sharks’ 43-2 non-league win over Greenfield on Saturday afternoon.  Teammate Gabe Santos blocked a punt attempt, while Colton Stevens recorded an interception for St. Francis. “Just contributions from everyone, even the guys not playing,”...

Lowrie gives A's 3rd straight walk-off win, 3-2 over Angels

Jed Lowrie hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the 11th inning and the A's beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Monday night for their third straight walk-off win.

20 Athletes in 20 Days: Layla Ruiz, Watsonville High

Watsonville High's star distance runner, Layla Ruiz, broke a school record that stood for nearly 30 years. She will be one of the favorites to win nearly every race — 1,600 and 3,200 meters — she will participate this season.

Late heroics help ‘Catz boys squad edge Independence | CCS basketball playoffs

Ahmi Martin has been the main ball distributor as a point guard for the Watsonville High boys’ basketball team throughout the 2025-26 winter season. The game film doesn’t lie.  But just for a split second, the Wildcat senior took a chance to be a hero in...

HS Athletics: MBL, MTAL to merge into 33-school super league for all sports next school year

The Mission Trail Athletic League and Monterey Bay League will merge into a 33-school super league, the largest in the Central Coast Section, dubbed the Pacific Coast Athletic League starting in the 2018-19 school year.

High School Athletes of the Week, 9/21: Andrew Seymour & Layla Ruiz

The Register-Pajaronian High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 10-16.

Mariners boys’ soccer team captures first SCCAL title in nearly a decade | Sports Roundup

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that it had been nearly 40 years since the Aptos High boys' soccer team last won a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title, which is incorrect. Aptos last won an SCCAL title during the 2013-14 soccer...