Girls' CCS basketball: Pajaro Valley unseeded despite 20-win season
Aptos (20-6) and Pajaro Valley (20-4) were on opposite ends of the spectrum when the official postseason brackets were released on Wednesday night. The Mariners received the No. 1 seed in the D-III playoffs, and the Grizzlies were unseeded.
Local Roundup, 2/3: Aptos girls’ hoops wins first league title since 2000-01
Natalia Ackerman had 21 points, eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks, Gabby Giuffre added 16 points and eight rebounds and the Aptos High Mariners cruised to their first Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship since the 2000-01 season with a 64-42 win over Soquel High on Thursday night.
Central Coast All-Star Football Game filled with local talent
CENTRAL COAST—For some of the local athletes selected to play in the 36th annual Central Coast All-Star Football Game, the contest represents one last chance to put on their pads and compete with and against their friends.
Athletes who attend a school in Santa Cruz,...
PDL Soccer: Breakers FC keeping dreams alive
Madrigal is part of the Santa Cruz Breakers FC inaugural Premier Development League (PDL) soccer team, which is set to play its first home match on Saturday at Cabrillo College at 7:30 p.m. against the San Francisco Glens SC.
HS Wrestling: Lovell’s ‘passion’ lives on in 50th year of tournament
The former SCCAL Commissioner was on hand for the dedication last year, but his absence during the 50th edition of the tournament today will leave a gigantic hole in the hearts of a wrestling community so accustom to his gregarious, fun-loving personality.
Togo’s Athletes of the Week, 02/28: Alan Bedolla, Katherine Burke
Alan Bedolla, Pajaro Valley: Grizzlies’ junior scored five goals in their 9-0 win over Ceiba Prep in the CCS play-in match on Feb. 19. Bedolla finished with a team-high 26 goals this season for the Pajaro Valley.
Katherine Burke, Pajaro Valley: Grizzlies’ freshman had six...
Mariners confident they can make a run at a CCS D-II title | Girls soccer
APTOS—The divisions and seedings for the Central Coast Section soccer playoffs were all set in place on Thursday evening.
And when it was all said and done, Aptos High coach Gina Castañeda was hoping they’d end up in the Division I field. Especially because they...
JC Roundup, 2/15: Cabrillo sees title chances wash away
The Cabrillo College men’s basketball team saw its chances of capturing at least a share of its 13th consecutive Coast Conference South title wash away with the El Nino storms following a 62-46 loss to host Gavilan College in Gilroy on Feb. 8.
Boy's Basketball: Watsonville A.D. Marcus Northcutt steps in as interim head coach
Watsonville High Athletic Director Marcus Northcutt will serve as the interim head coach of the boy’s basketball team, the school’s principal Elaine Legorreta told the Register-Pajaronian on Tuesday.
CCS Football: Aptos rolls Terra Nova, earns rematch with Palma
Marcos Reyes, Hunter Matys and Josh Powell all rushed for more than 100 yards, the defense recorded four takeaways and No. 5 Aptos rolled into the Central Coast Section Open Division III semifinals with a 62-37 win over No. 4 Terra Nova on Saturday night.