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St. Francis High sophomore Maya Calfee and freshman Liliana Whitmeyer accounted for nearly 90 percent of the 1,030 points the girls' flag football scored during the 2024 campaign. The dynamic duo were also a force to be reckoned with on defense, helping lead the Sharks...

St. Francis senior Nash Horton was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024-25 winter season. After missing one year on the court, the standout Sharks guard returned to score an average of 21.1 points per game and...

After capturing the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section title, Aptos was looking to keep this season’s magical run alive. Junior Adelaide Friedley recorded four goals to help lift the No. 2 seeded Mariners past No. 7 Marin Catholic, 7-4, in the opening round of the...

Aptos senior Ryan Solorio scored eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Mariners rally past Santa Cruz, 43-41, in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship at Cabrillo College on Feb. 15. “We’ve gone through so many years playing...

Aptos sophomore kicker River Cook booted a 38-yard walk-off field goal for the Mariners in a 23-22 win over Alvarez High on Thursday night. “It was a 38-yarder, and he kicked it about 38 and a 1/2 yards,” Aptos head coach Zach Hewett said. “Our...

The Santa Cruz Warriors pulled ahead early and never looked back en route to a 112-101 victory over the Iowa Wolves at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Tuesday evening.  Two-way center Quinten Post led the charge with a career-high 30 points for the...

Aptos senior Vincent Sanford-Carroll threw on a pair of headphones prior to last week’s race at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont.   He was rocking out to some of his favorite songs, including “Dream On” by Aerosmith. It’s a tune that’s calming...

St. Francis junior Robert Gomez Jr. had 25 points, including seven 3-pointers for the Sharks in their 91-43 win over King City in the teams' Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division opener Monday evening. Teammate senior Nash Horton had 21 points to go along with...

Aptos High’s boys’ soccer team suffered its first defeat in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play following a 2-1 loss to Santa Cruz High on Wednesday night. Haziel Parra scored the lone goal for the Mariners in the 32nd minute. The assist was credited to...