Mariners sail past SLV en route to victory | Boys basketball
APTOS—Aptos High senior Trevor Brady and sophomore Isaiah Ackerman were supposed to be key components this season in helping continue the program’s legacy with the next generation.
Both standout players continue to be instrumental on the court for the Mariners boys’ basketball team following a...
Boys' HS Soccer preview, 2017-18: Watsonville trying to win titles in season rumored to be Hedgpeth’s last
The 2017-18 season has been rumored to be the final season in Roland Hedgpeth’s legendary coaching career at Watsonville High. But not everyone is convinced he will hang up the whistle at the end of the year.
HS Football Roundup, Week 3: St. Francis ends preseason with big win over P.G.
Senior quarterback Derric Estrada-Haro tossed a pair of touchdowns and ran for one, junior receiver Andrew Seymour caught a score and ran for another and St. Francis High finished up its preseason with a 48-7 win over Pacific Grove High on Friday night in Pacific Grove.
Nationals drop opener to Padres in TOC title round | Little League
LIVE OAK—It’s been a little more than a decade since a Watsonville-based team won the District 39 Little League Tournament of Champions championship.
The Nationals of the Pajaro Valley Little League were on the cusp of achieving that feat on Tuesday, needing just one more...
Tony's Thoughts: 49ers reaping what they sowed in offseason
Instead, they were OK with being the worst team in the league this year and the winless start is disappointing but not surprising. They’re trotting out 14 rookies every week and expecting them to learn the game while getting shelled. For some reason, the Niners have been spared the bashing and criticism that the equally bad Cleveland Browns, who are also 0-7, have received.
Girl's SCCAL Basketball: Aptos' father-daughter duo honored by league
In three years, the Aptos Mariners went from a first-round exit in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tournament to the program’s first Central Coast Section title in more than 30 years.
Tony's Thoughts: Offensive line the strength of explosive Aptos despite inexperience, lack of size
Aptos’ starting quintet of Josh Sousa-Jimenez, Angel Morales, Levis Slay, Adam Candelario and Mennie have taken pride in that. They’re not the biggest, they’re not the fastest and they most certainly do not have an overwhelming amount of experience — only one played a full varsity season before this fall. But they’ve done their job to the best of their ability over, and over, and over again.
