Sports

The Watsonville Starlings Volleyball program was founded 15 years ago to offer competitive, junior olympic volleyball to young girls in the community.

The Travis Fox era has officially begun at Aptos High, as he recently stepped in as athletics director. Fox will replace Mark Dorfman, who decided to step down after 30 years.

APTOS—The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League high school basketball season got underway last week. But the Aptos High boys and girls programs will have to wait a tad bit longer to get going after recent positive Covid-19 test results.   Aptos High Athletic Director Travis Fox...

APTOS—The Aptos High wrestling team is still overcoming the low turnout of wrestlers after nearly three years since the Covid-19 pandemic first broke.   So, when the Mariners began their season with substantially more athletes than the previous year, the primary objective for head coach Rudy...

The Cabrillo College football team began the season with a 31-7 thumping of Contra Costa College in non-conference play.

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...

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-7-trying-to-stay-alive In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will recap the football season with some team updates and their latest Power Poll Rankings. Then they'll have John Devine join them to discuss the game of the week and bring us up to...

Several words come to mind when describing longtime Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship. Most will say he’s stern when it comes to his coaching methods, while others might call him caring, enthusiastic and motivational.   Yet, it might take just one word when talking about his...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Jr. Wildcatz football and cheer programs were hit with a big surprise last month when thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of safe-and-sane fireworks intended to sell as a Fourth of July fundraiser. Shanon Mornhinweg, president of Watsonville Cadillac Buick GMC at 500...

Jaclyn Ruby Garcia spent most of her childhood growing up at her grandparents’ house in Watsonville and the one thing she remembers the most is they were always in a giving spirit, helping those in need. Last year, both Quirino (Lolo) and Purificacion (Lola) Sulay...