Sports

Local tracks stars shine, Watsonville softball dominates, St. Francis, Watsonville & Aptos baseball notch wins and Mariners volleyball continues impressive push.

Watsonville's run game feasted and their defense devoured the North Monterey County High School Condors, leading to a 35-7 victory and a fast start to league play.

A CIF state qualifier each of the last three seasons, Kelly will return for his senior year as the leader of St. Francis High’s cross country team and a bigger contributor for the school’s basketball team.

Midway through the winter campaign, Aptos remains the cream of the crop in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with a current record of 6-0 in league play.  Meanwhile, standout Bella Hartnett continued her case as the league’s top player with the game’s lone goal...

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...

Senior forward Logan Feldbrugge has provided a much-needed scoring punch to support senior point guard Max Pepperdine’s playmaking and scoring, and senior forwards Hunter Matys and Anthony Sanchez have also started to settle into their roles — something the team struggled with during its trying 2-4 stretch at the end of December.

The Pacific Coast Athletic League, a massive super league made up of 33 schools in the southern portion of the Central Coast Section, is coming next school year and I’m excited to see its impact on each program.

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Brooklyn Llamas and the Wildcatz girls’ tennis team last year reached new heights after a successful run to a league championship. The ‘Catz clawed their way through the Pacific Coast Athletic League season undefeated, 12-0, in Cypress Division play and captured a...

Aptos senior Isaiah Ackerman and Santa Cruz junior DeMarco Hunter were named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 boys’ basketball season. According to statistics on the Max Preps website, Ackerman had an average of 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and...