HS girls cross country: Ruiz wins PCAL-Mission championship race in dominate fashion
Watsonville High junior Layla Ruiz asserted herself as the best runner in the Pacific Coast Athletic League with a dominating performance in Saturday’s league championships.
Ruiz won the Mission division 3-mile girls’ varsity race in 19 minutes, 30 seconds and finished a little more than...
Football Utopia: Watsonville's numbers continue to rise despite statewide decline
Watsonville has 63 players on its varsity team, 41 on junior varsity and 46 at the freshman level. Those are numbers that numerous programs across the tri-county would love to have, but can’t seem to replicate.
St. Francis’ Nash Horton, MVC’s Kayla Fullalove-Silveira named Preps of the Week | Central Coast Preps Sports Ticker
This week’s edition of the Central Coast Preps Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of March 25-31.
Preps of the Week
Boys: St. Francis High junior Nash Horton batted a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run—his third of the season—to...
Weekly Roundup, 3/6: Catz pounce on Mariners in softball season opener
Anastacia Alba helped the Watsonville High softball team kick off the season with a bang with a smashing win Wednesday.
The Junior infielder finished with three hits, two home runs–including a grand slam–, seven RBI and four runs scored in an 18-0 road win against...
Local athletes qualify for CIF State Wrestling Championships | Sports Roundup
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior Danisha Nunez was laser focused going into her 106-pound division title match at last week’s CCS Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High.
But an attempt to overthrow Evergreen Valley junior Sabrina Tran backfired on her. In a blink of an eye, Nunez was...
Sharks’ late surge leads to victory | High school football roundup
PACIFIC GROVE—The St. Francis High football team remains on the quest to finish the season undefeated for the first time in the program’s history.
Senior running back Diego Wolfe recorded three touchdown runs for the Sharks, including two in the second half en route to...
‘Catz aim to compete for shot at league title | Girls soccer
Ever since Gladys Mondragon took over the program in 2005, the Watsonville High girls’ soccer team has been consistently showing up to compete.
This season should be no different.
“I think that we have the players to defend, we have the players to attack,” she said....
Weekend Roundup, 10/22: Seahawks extend conference winning streak to 115 straight matches
The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team extended its conference winning streak to 115 straight matches Friday.
The Seahawks defeated Hartnell College in three sets, 25-18, 26-24, 25-21, in Coast Conference play.
Sophomore outside hitter Ellie Cary finished with a game-high 12 kills and 11 digs for...
Girls volleyball: Hawks, Mariners eliminated in SCCAL Tournament semifinals
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...
HS athletic programs having tough time finding assistant, head coaches
Several athletic programs have had trouble finding varsity assistant coaches this summer.
