Sports

SOQUEL—Aptos High’s Elizabeth Churchill was literally running all over the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships, setting personal records in three events and standing atop of the podium for two.   The junior standout competed in the long jump, the 100-meter hurdles and took home...

Scotts Valley High junior Taylor Wilson earned the league’s top honors as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year for the 2024 season. “This award means a lot to me because it was my goal from the beginning of the season and...

BELMONT—It’s been a little more than two decades since the Watsonville High girls’ country team last made a trip to the CIF State Championships.  But the Wildcatz will be back in action after they barely qualified in last week’s Central Coast Section finals.  Watsonville sophomore Katelynn...

SEASIDE—After finishing the regular season with three consecutive ties, the Cabrillo College men's soccer team still managed to qualify for the NorCal Regional playoffs.  The No. 9-seeded Seahawks defeated No. 24 Modesto, 3-0, in the first round of California Community College Athletic Association postseason action...

SANTA CRUZ–The Wisconsin Herd came into Friday night’s game against the Santa Cruz Warriors as owners of the best record in the G League. They walked away from Kaiser Permanente Arena still the league’s best team with a 116-106 win over the Warriors. Wisconsin (22-5) improved...

At 3-0 overall and fresh off a 35-14 drubbing of Greenfield High, Watsonville High is off to its best start since 2003. But Friday night’s preseason finale against the Irvington High Vikings will, without a doubt, be the Wildcatz’s biggest test of the season so far.