Sports

Grizzlies senior outside hitter Rafael Betancourt recently became the program’s first league MVP, earning the Monterey Bay League Pacific division’s top honor after helping Pajaro Valley to its first-ever title in the spring.

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team went through a major overhaul during the offseason after it lost 10 seniors due to graduation, leaving many roles to be filled.  One such role belonged to Cameron Saldaña, who averaged 18 points per game and was one of...

Watsonville senior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar won both the long jump and triple jump events at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Track and Field Championship at Rancho San Juan High School on May 2.  Aceves-Aguilar was victorious in the long jump with a hop of...

The Capitola-Soquel Majors All-Stars team made some history earlier this month following a thrilling win to capture the District 39 championship for the first time in nearly a decade.  Ace pitcher Ryan Huffaker helped add one more chapter in their memorable run after he recorded...

At 8:30 a.m. sharp, 1,600 runners — a little more than a dozen competing for cash prizes — will zoom through the streets of Santa Cruz into the Capitola Village.

WATSONVILLE—Just after a small cadre of school district officials cut a ceremonial ribbon at Pajaro Valley High School’s gleaming new sports field on Friday afternoon, a group of student-athletes took to the track, running a lap while onlookers cheered. This simple athletic act was both...