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After coming up empty at the Central Coast Section Track & Field Championships each of the last three years, Zlatunich exorcised her demons in her final go-around. The Mariners’ senior distance runner stunned the 1,600-meter field at Gilroy High on Friday night to win her first-ever section title.

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...

Aptos seniors Kristen Malone and Jordan Wagner were named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division First Team after leading the Mariners to second place in the league’s top division.

SALINAS—Watsonville Junior Wildcatz standout Giovani Rivero has been nearly impossible to contain in the Monterey Bay Youth Football League this season. He’s been using his agile legs to juke opposing defenses and zipping past offensive lineman for quarterback sacks.  Rivero used his swiftness once again to...

Pajaro Valley High Athletics Department on Thursday announced that Kristian Flores was resigning from his position as head coach of the girls soccer program. Flores confirmed with The Pajaronian on Thursday afternoon following the school’s notification. “It’s a big time commitment, and my kids are getting...

Aptos High’s longtime coach Jamie Townsend was named a Central Coast Section Spring Honor Coach for the 2016-17 season on Friday.

Tom Schatz, an embattled former teacher and volleyball coach who recently resigned from Rancho San Justo Middle School in Hollister, has stepped down from his head coaching positions with the Watsonville High girls and boys volleyball programs, Watsonville Athletic Director Marcus Northcutt told this newspaper on Wednesday.

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High School girls’ volleyball coach Tina Pendleton was placed on administrative leave earlier this week pending an investigation into actions that Watsonville High Principal Clara Fernandez says put students in danger. Fernandez said she could not disclose any information about why Pendleton, who has...

Shannon Stabler was named the new assistant general manager of the Santa Cruz Warriors, according to a press release issued by the team Oct. 2. She became the first woman in the franchise’s history to take on that role.  “My new role as the assistant...