RP Sports Podcast: St. Francis High's Audrey Ryan talks volleyball & a preview of Aptos football's CCS Open Division III game vs. Terra Nova
Tony Nunez, the sports editor of the Register-Pajaronian, previews Friday's CCS Open Division III football game between Aptos and Aragon (4:30), recaps the local CCS cross country (14:15) and CCS volleyball (16:38) results and then then sits down with St. Francis High senior volleyball player Audrey Ryan (18:51).
MVC hires experienced coach Joe Sturdivant, 40, to lead football program
Monte Vista Christian School on Tuesday announced it hired 40-year-old Joe Sturdivant as the new head football coach just in time for the upcoming 2026 fall season.
Sturdivant replaced Spencer Ferrari-Wood, who spent the past three seasons at the helm.
According to a press release issued...
Boys' SCCAL Tennis Championships, 2018: Safari repeats in singles; Bond, Kluger victorious in doubles for team champ Aptos
Senior Kourosh Safari repeated as the SCCAL singles champ with a grueling 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Santa Cruz High’s Jack Tierney, while the Mariners’ duo of Carter Bond and Jake Kluger breezed through Soquel High’s pair of Lincoln Cooley and Casey Valcarcel, 6-1, 6-3, for the doubles title at the Seascape Sports Club.
Watsonville names Elaine Parker as newest athletic director
Elaine Parker, former principal at Ann Soldo Elementary for the past decade, made the switch during the summer from running an entire school to becoming the next director of athletics for another.
Watsonville High named Parker, who is entering her 35th year with Pajaro Valley...
PONY Baseball: Brouse fans 17, leads team to league championship
Nationals player Adrian Banuelos scored the Nationals’ only run, giving them a lead in the first inning. But Los Diamondbacks responded with two rallies of their own in the third and fourth, rocketing them to a secure 7-1 lead.
Boys' soccer roundup, 2/1: Streaking ‘Catz crack state’s top 15
Watsonville moved up to 15th in the state, according to MaxPreps’ rankings, and made its debut on Top Drawer Soccer’s Winter FAB 50 national rankings after beating Alvarez. Sophomore Jael Leal and junior Eric Vasquez each scored a goal to help the ‘Catz improve to 11-1-3 overall and 4-0-1 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division action.
Watsonville 'sisters' Rodriguez, Wilson sign letters of intent to D1 softball programs
Best friends since preschool and softball teammates since they were 8, Watsonville’s star batterymates shared another special moment on Friday, signing their respective letters of intent to play NCAA Division I softball in front of more than a hundred friends, family, teammates and coaches.
