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A year after being named the top female freshman cross country runner in all of Northern California, Ruiz is back and determined to improve on her breakout season.

Freshman pitcher Gio Besio (5-1) threw a complete game of three-hit ball, allowing just one run while striking out four, as Cabrillo easily took the first of a three-game series, 6-1, against Skyline College Trojans in Aptos on Monday.

The Aptos High Mariners plucked the Templeton High School Eagles 58-12 at Trevin Dilfer Stadium, ushering in another year of title hopes, but only with bigger stakes as they enter the Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division.

After making a big impression as a freshman last winter, Monte Vista Christian’s star wrestler will be considered one of the local favorites to win a Central Coast Section crown.

The Aptos High girls’ volleyball team kept its perfect record intact after a thrilling win against San Benito on Tuesday in non-league play.

For a minute, it almost seemed like Aptos High was going to get over the hump of getting past newly formed rival Burlingame High in the Central Coast Section boys basketball playoffs.  Instead, the No. 2 seed Mariners came up short in their attempt of...

Watsonville High’s star freshman runner took third in the CCS Division I race with a time of 19 minutes, 6 seconds to not only solidify herself as one of the top young runners in the section but also become the first female Wildcat to advance to the California Interscholastic Federation state meet since Consuelo Mata did so in 2000.

Aptos, Palma, San Benito and Salinas will all have a chance to win a share of the league title after a pair of wild finishes on Friday night.

Rob Gallaher and Justin Sanders each won their respective main event races on Friday night at Ocean Speedway.

Cabrillo racked up 16 hits. Cooper Krug and Nick Ciandro each hit homers.