Sports

For being the fearless and consistent heart of the Sharks’ squad, the Register-Pajaronian is naming Gallo our Player of the Year for boys basketball.

Aptos High sophomore outside hitter Ella Dueck had 19 kills, four aces, 20 digs and three blocks in a five-set (25-23, 16-25, 25-17, 24-26, 15-9) win over Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball action Oct. 22.  Junior right side Kenzie Smith...

Pajaro Valley freshman Liz Zamora had a team-best 13 points for the Grizzlies girls’ basketball team in their 27-26 loss in overtime to Greenfield in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division action Jan. 10.  Teammate junior Olivia Contreras contributed nine points, while junior Monique Ayala...

Making his fourth and final appearance at the state meet, Kelly completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, and 51.3 seconds. He passed up 15 runners over the last mile to notch his best finish in Fresno — he was 29th last fall.

Aptos, Monte Vista Christian, St. Francis, Watsonville all rolled to wins last week.

The term “statistics can be misleading” is meant for players like former Gilroy High and Monte Vista Christian standout Brendan Doyle, who is second on the tight end depth chart on the University of Memphis football team.  On Friday, the Tigers (9-3) play Iowa State...

The Santa Cruz Warriors will get the opportunity to play some basketball this year.  The NBA’s development league announced the 2020-21 season will start as soon as February. But they’ll be doing so nearly 3,000 miles away from the Santa Cruz team’s normal home of...