Salinas’ Diego Estrada wins 51st Wharf to Wharf
Salinas native Diego Estrada was well on pace to win last year’s Wharf to Wharf after he stayed in front of the leading pack during the first half of the race.
That was until he made the tiniest of the most minute mistakes by running...
Togo's HS Athletes of the Week, 3/15: Hunter Matys & Layla Ruiz
Togo's HS Athletes of the Week for the week of March 4-10.
Aptos girls’ volleyball splits pair of SCCAL matches | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Aptos’ girls’ volleyball team continues to show signs of improvement after splitting a pair of Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League matches this week.
The Mariners began by beating Mount Madonna in a three-set sweep on Tuesday, and then fell to defending league champion Harbor in...
Seahawks women’s soccer program recruits local talent
APTOS—The Cabrillo College women’s soccer program is in the midst of building something special this offseason.
Nellie Pintor of Aptos High was one of nine new local recruits who recently committed to play for the Seahawks in the upcoming fall season.
The midfielder/forward had some options...
Mariner girls’ squad earn top seed in Division II | CCS soccer playoffs
After an impressive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship run, Aptos earned the top seed in this year’s Central Coast Section Division II playoffs.
The Mariners (15-2-1)—winners of five straight—will host No. 8 Homestead (8-7-4) in the teams’ quarterfinals match on Saturday at 11am.
“The girls,...
Howard leads Hornets past Warriors
Dwight Howard was so good Friday night against the defending NBA champs that acting Charlotte Hornets coach Stephen Silas rode him to the finish line of a 111-100 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Mariners continue to roll past the competition | Boys basketball
Aptos this past weekend accomplished something that no other group in the program has been able to do since it began hosting the Aptos/Santa Cruz NorCal Invitational 11 years ago.
They captured the program’s first-ever tournament championship following a 52-47 win over Half Moon Bay...
JC Baseball: Cabrillo’s playoff chances slim after loss
With 10 games to go, Cabrillo is eight games under .500 and is danger of missing the postseason for the first time in seven seasons.
Photos: Santa Cruz County Jamboree | High school football
APTOS—The high school football season unofficially kicked off this past weekend with the Santa Cruz County Jamboree at Cabrillo College.
St. Francis, Pajaro Valley and Watsonville high schools along with four other schools within the county scrimmaged for the first time this season at...
Mariners’ season comes to an end after a stunning loss to Sacred Heart Prep | CCS girls soccer
ATHERTON—When a high school soccer team scores the go-ahead goal in the 70th minute, it usually goes on to win. Sometimes, it will end in a tie and rarely does it ever end in defeat. But the latter situation is exactly what unfolded for...















