Sports

After playing in the outfield last season, Velasco made the move to pitcher this spring. She got off to a tough start while recovering from gallbladder surgery, but rounded into form down the stretch and guided the Sharks through an impressive four-game win streak to close out the season.

Ariana Azevedo was named the league’s top freshman, while sophomore Lena Ciandro and senior Miranda Janisch earned spots on the SCCAL First Team.

M.V.C.’s star wrestler scored a bit of redemption from last year’s runner-up finish on Saturday night by holding off dangerously focused Palma sophomore Zak Thompson, 9-7, for the 113-pound Central Coast Section crown.

Nick DeCarlo scored an impressive victory in the eighth annual Pat & Jim Pettit Memorial Shootout Race on Sept. 29 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

SANTA CRUZ–The Wisconsin Herd came into Friday night’s game against the Santa Cruz Warriors as owners of the best record in the G League. They walked away from Kaiser Permanente Arena still the league’s best team with a 116-106 win over the Warriors. Wisconsin (22-5) improved...

The PV Sports Podcast is back and ready for another season. Tune in as sports editor Juan Reyes talks about what’s going at Aptos High and Monte Vista Christian during a new segment called PV Prep Sports Schedule Overview.

Gabby Giuffre and Abby Pardue shot a combined 10-of-15 from 3-point land to lead the Aptos Mariners past the Soquel Knights, 66-54, to their 22nd consecutive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League victory Friday night

SANTA CRUZ — North Monterey County High was one of the hottest teams in the area going into Friday night’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress game against Santa Cruz High. The Condors were looking to extend their five-game win streak but the Cardinals swooped in,...

APTOS—Aptos High alumna Elizabeth Churchill has danced everything from ballet to more upbeat jazz and lyrical performances.  It’s taken her years to hone her skills, including how to sauté with such ease that it looks like at times she could be floating in mid-air.   This past...

WATSONVILLE—It was a memorable campaign for St. Francis High alumnus Saul Noel Aquino who closed out his senior year as a champion, while also earning a couple of accolades along the way.  The standout student-athlete was named the Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast...