Catz sneak past the Mariners in extra innings | Weekly Roundup
APTOS—Watsonville High freshman Cameron Llamas sprinted her way to home plate for the go-ahead run that helped lift the Wildcatz past Aptos High in an extra-inning thriller on Saturday.
The Wildcatz edged the Mariners, 8-7, in eight innings to close out their season in Santa...
Wildcatz boys’ basketball defeats Salinas in season-opener | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Watsonville junior Max Aceves had a team-best 21 points for the Wildcatz boys’ basketball team in its 63-52 win over Salinas in non-league action Tuesday evening.
“It was our teamwork, we have good chemistry,” he said. “We also went over plays. They put confidence in...
Cougars embrace challenging road ahead | PCAL football preview
San Lorenzo Valley High football head coach Dave Grant decided to test his returning players by putting them up to a challenge during the offseason.
So far, he’s pretty impressed with the response.
“One thing for sure is these guys have been putting in the work,”...
Photos: Stanford’s VanDerveer becomes all-time NCAA’s basketball leader in wins
Stanford University women's basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer etched herself into the record books this past weekend by becoming the all-time NCAA’s leader in wins for either men or women’s basketball.
VanDerveer surpassed former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory at...
Local high schools gear up for 2023 kickoff | PCAL football special
The start of the 2023 football campaign officially kicks off this weekend after weeks of summer practices and offseason workouts.
It’s a fresh start for the five local teams: Aptos, Monte Vista Christian, Pajaro Valley, St. Francis and Watsonville high schools, which are set to...
Seahawks primed to make run at conference title | Women’s volleyball
The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team geared up during its preseason portion of the schedule in order to compete for the upcoming conference season, facing some of the top teams in the state and being competitive with the top three of San Joaquin Delta,...
Aptos’ Trent Nosky sprints to victory at SCCAL finals | High school cross country
WATSONVILLE—Aptos High senior Trent Nosky continuously looked over his shoulder as he made his way toward the finish line in last week’s league finals.
It wasn’t a sprint to the finish but he was still cautious enough to know that anything can happen at the...
CIF census: Overall participation up; football, wrestling continue to lose student-athletes
Overall, student-athlete participation was at an all-time high for the fifth consecutive year, making a .78 percent leap to 785,357 participants.
PV’s Lara-Alvarez named Santa Lucia’s top player | All-PCAL football
In 2024, Pajaro Valley senior Benito Lara-Alvarez was primarily on the defensive side of the ball for the Grizzlies.
Prior to the start of this season, he jumped on the opportunity to add more on his plate as the team’s newest starting running back.
“I've always...
