Sports

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.

According to the stats kept by MaxPreps, Solorzano, a three-year varsity starter, led the state in scoring this winter, dropping 28.8 points per game to help Pajaro Valley win its first-ever league title and break the program record for most wins in a single season.

The Central Coast Section took a huge step backwards and went from 11 to just nine crews made up of five officials for the football season.

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...

The Mount Madonna School girls’ volleyball team had Harbor High on the ropes in Tuesday night’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals. But the Hawks ran out of gas in a loss to the top-seeded Pirates in four sets, 25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 26-24, at...

The coaches of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League got together last week to make up this year’s all-league girls volleyball teams.  The dynamic duo of Aptos High outside hitter Peyton Dueck and opposite Natalia Ackerman were named to the league’s first team. Dueck led the...

Ron Myers has spent nearly half a century on the football field sidelines, calling the shots and transforming countless student athletes into young adults off the field. But after 47 years, the godfather of the Black Death defense at Watsonville High, is stepping down after...

Alex Lazo spent his first three years playing soccer at Watsonville High but the team colors he sported weren’t exactly black and gold. However, the 5-foot, 10-inch, 160-pound defender decided to put on a Wildcatz’s jersey for his senior year, hoping that he’d make the...

WATSONVILLE–The Pajaro Valley High girls’ soccer team had what was arguably the program’s best season to date.  They won the Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia title and went to the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs. It was the first time the Grizzlies had accomplished...

CENTRAL COAST—The Central Coast Section, the local governing body for schools stretching from San Francisco along the coast to King City, this week unveiled its plans for the fall sports season and beyond.  The governing board on Tuesday announced in a press release that mid-December...