Sports

CAPITOLA—The Wharf to Wharf Race is back in action this weekend in Santa Cruz County for the first time since 2019. On Sunday, participants will be able to gather around Beach and Cliff streets near the Santa Cruz Wharf for the 50th running of the...

BELMONT— The St. Francis High boys’ cross country team is headed to the CIF State Championships after a top-3 finish at the Central Coast Section Championships on Nov. 16. The Sharks finished in third place with 75 points in the Division V 2.95-mile race at...

The St. Francis High girls’ basketball team defeated Harbor High, 45-37, on Saturday to capture first place in the Watsonville Wildcatz Tournament. Senior Grace Kovacs had 13 points and junior Audrey Hernandez added 10 for the Sharks.  They beat Anzar, 48-7, on Thursday led by Hernandez...

The Cabrillo College Athletics Department announced Thursday that longtime men’s basketball coach Tony Marcopulos will step down from his position. Marcopulos spent 20 years at the helm, leading his teams to at least a share of the Coast Conference South championship 10 times and winning...

There’s no need to disguise it. As usual, the Scotts Valley High football team plans to play smash mouth football this upcoming fall season by running up the gut with power backs such as senior Eli Velez. Velez, a senior, carried most of the workload last...

Blake Hinson finished with a game-high 37 points for the Santa Cruz Warriors in Wednesday night’s 145-111 victory over the Osceola Magic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Fla. The standout forward made 13-of-19 shot attempts from the field, including six 3-pointers that helped...

Ruiz not only cruised to the individual Pacific division title at the Monterey Bay League Championships but finished just four seconds behind the Gabilan division champion, Notre Dame-Salinas sophomore Angela Leavitt, in the league’s overall results.

St. Francis High came up short in its season opener against the King City in non-league play on Thursday at Watsonville High.

WATSONVILLE—North Monterey County sophomore Chris Rasmussen was tired of seeing the same scenario over and over again where games this season ended up in heartbreak.   The young running back helped the Condors soar past the Wildcatz, 21-14, in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress...