Sports

The list of Aptos High student athletes who will continue their athletic and academic careers continues to grow. Aptos seniors Luke Keaschall and Jack Bollinger joined a group of students who have verbally committed to colleges to play sports at the next level.  Keaschall recently announced...

1. M.V.C. (5-1, 3-0): The Mustangs, currently known as the Road Warriors, pushed their winning streak to four straight games. The most impressive part of all this is their wins have been on… surprise, the road.  Monte Vista Christian senior running back Quinn Alexander scored...

The Aptos High athletics department announced Wednesday that the varsity football team will not play Friday night’s game against Hilmar High. The Mariners were set to host the Yellowjackets in a non-league game to make up for an originally scheduled Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan...

The Mount Madonna girls’ volleyball team competed through blood, sweat and tears in this past weekend’s Everett Alvarez High Varsity Volleyball Tournament.   A collision in the first game between two Hawks players resulted in a bloody head injury. But they recovered and helped the team...

The Watsonville High girls’ volleyball team continued its mission for a league title by handling business on the road against Trinity Christian. The Wildcatz swept the Warriors on Tuesday in three sets, 25-8, 25-15, 25-23, in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia division action. Watsonville improved...

Josh Powell, Aptos, (Sr.): Mariners’ senior finished with three touchdowns and nearly 100 rushing yards in last week’s win against Carmel High in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan play. Powell helped the Mariners improve to 2-1 in league play. Layla Ruiz, Watsonville, (Jr.): Wildcatz’s junior placed first...

APTOS — A superb week of practice can lead to great things on game day. At least that’s the way Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship put it.  The end result of this week’s practice: a crushing 28-7 win over Alvarez High on Friday in...

St. Francis High junior safety Davin Avila recovered a fumble and took it back 45 yards for a touchdown to help the Sharks get past Marina High, 32-20, on Friday in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia play. “That was big,” said St. Francis coach...

WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley High girls’ volleyball team was in a bit of a rut and on the verge of letting Thursday night’s game against Pacific Grove High slip away.   But Grizzlies’ senior Julie Che and the rest of the squad pulled a rabbit...

The Watsonville High football team had two weeks to prepare for its preseason finale against Burlingame High. Yet, the Wildcatz on Friday came out flat in a loss to the Panthers in non-league action.