Sports

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High boys’ volleyball team defeated cross-town rival Pajaro Valley in sweeping fashion (25-15, 25-20, 25-12) in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play Thursday evening. Senior middle hitter Isaak Vargas said getting the league win was a big momentum shift for them, especially...

WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High athletic director and girls basketball coach Adam Hazel wasn’t sure if the Sharks were going to get another chance to play this season, especially after he was uncertain who was playing and who was opting out of the Central Coast Section...

WATSONVILLE—Monte Vista Christian School football senior standout Brendan Doyle was everywhere his coaches needed him to be this season, both on and off the field. His hard work and dedication to the game didn’t go unrecognized as coaches within the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...

APTOS — A superb week of practice can lead to great things on game day. At least that’s the way Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship put it.  The end result of this week’s practice: a crushing 28-7 win over Alvarez High on Friday in...

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of April 29-May 5.    Preps of the Week Boys: Watsonville High senior pitcher Aiden Rodriguez had back-to-back solid games, allowing just one run in 14 innings pitched for...

At 4-0, Pajaro Valley is off to its best start in program history and has shown no signs of slowing. The Grizzlies return all nine players from last year’s squad, which won just four games in total but learned a valuable lesson while taking its lumps.

Pajaro Valley, a school with an enrollment of a little more than 1,400 students, has just 13 seniors on its 27-player roster. Only six of those seniors, however, played varsity football last season. Diego Navarro, Irepan Romero, Jaylen Carreon, Adrian Sil