Local athletes set to compete at CIF Track and Field Championships | Cover 3 Sports Ticker
The Cover 3 Sports Ticker highlights pivotal matchups in the Games of the Week, and provides updates on local athletes in the Local Stars and Pajaro Valley Little League sections.
Games of the Week
St. Francis vs. Carmel, baseball, Friday at 4pm: The No. 4 seeded...
Seahawks 10U football team headed to Florida for Pop Warner Super Bowl
The Santa Cruz Pop Warner 10U team is making the trek to the Sunshine State this weekend.
But don’t think for one second this is any type of vacation to Universal Studios.
It’s more of a business trip for the Seahawks, who will battle for a...
12th Annual RSF Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game set to take place Sunday
The 12th Annual Reggie Stephens Foundation Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game is set to tip off this weekend, continuing a long-standing tradition of highlighting the top basketball talent from Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
The best high school senior boys and girls along with 8th...
Pajaro Valley 50-70 team completes undefeated season | Youth baseball
For years, the Little League Intermediate 50/70 Baseball Division has served as the bridge between the Majors and high school baseball in Santa Cruz County.
It gives kids the chance to develop even further before stepping onto the bigger field.
In 2024, there was a new...
Summer slugging at Franich Park
WATSONVILLE—For two weeks, the District 39 Little League baseball organization used Franich Park to host a pair of the largest tournaments in Northern California.
Twelve of the best teams from Hollister to Eureka battled in the Majors Section and NorCal All-Star tournaments on Ruso Field—home...
PV United flies across the pond to compete at Gothia Cup in Sweden | Youth soccer
A pair of teams from the PV United soccer club got the opportunity of a lifetime this week to showcase their skills in front of hundreds of soccer enthusiasts in Sweden.
The 2006 girls’ and 2010 boys’ soccer teams competed in the Gothia Cup, an...
Junior ‘Catz pounce North County for Super Bowl title | Youth football
SALINAS—Watsonville Junior Wildcatz standout Giovani Rivero has been nearly impossible to contain in the Monterey Bay Youth Football League this season.
He’s been using his agile legs to juke opposing defenses and zipping past offensive lineman for quarterback sacks.
Rivero used his swiftness once again to...
Watsonville’s Rylee Gomez named Cal-Hi NorCal softball player of the week | Sports Roundup
Watsonville High senior Rylee Gomez once again lit up the scoreboard with just one crack of the bat for the Wildcatz softball team.
The nifty short stop launched a two-run home run in Monday’s 9-5 victory against North Salinas High in Pacific Coast Athletic League...
AAU girls’ hoops team wins Bay Area tourney
RICHMOND—A local Amateur Athletic Union girls’ basketball team won a competitive tournament in the Bay Area this past weekend.
Athletic Club Santa Cruz beat out teams from Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco to capture the championship that was held at a local gymnasium in Richmond.
ACSC...
Watsonville teenager terrorizes opponents inside the boxing ring
Watsonville Boxing Academy phenom Tony “El Tigre” Torres continues to be a terror in the ring following a pair of big-time victories earlier this year.
In January, the 14-year-old incoming Watsonville High freshman won at the California State Region 8 Silver Gloves Championships in Compton...
Watsonville nurses rally against ICU closure
Several dozen Watsonville Community Hospital nurses and staff warned Wednesday that closing the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit—an idea they said officials have floated amid...
