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December 22, 2024

Mariners bring home 16th CCS girls title | HS cross country

BELMONT—Aptos High’s Brooke Willoughby was a little disappointed that the Mariners weren’t able to capture a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Cross Country championship banner this year. So, the junior standout runner and the rest of her teammates went into the Central Coast Section Championships...

‘Catz are loaded with senior-heavy roster | PCAL boys soccer

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team has been a powerhouse program for the past 50 years, winning numerous league and Central Coast Section titles along the way.    This season will be no different as the Wildcatz return to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division...

Covid-19 outbreak puts a damper on local prep and college sports

APTOS—A rise in Covid-19 cases throughout Santa Cruz County has put a halt to some collegiate and high school sports events in the area. The Cabrillo men’s basketball team was supposed to begin its California Community College Athletic Association Coast Conference South Division season this...

Grizzlies girls’ team gets redemption against Monterey | High school soccer roundup

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley High girls’ soccer team got a goal from an unlikely source and stunned Monterey High for its first loss in league action this season Sophomore Heidy Cadenas came off the bench to score the game-deciding goal for the Grizzlies in their 2-1...

‘Catz pounce on Alisal in PCAL action | Girls basketball roundup

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Maritza Resendiz was in the right place at the right time in last week’s win for the Wildcatz girls' basketball team.   Resendiz stood just below the right side of the baseline and grabbed the offensive rebound, putting it back in for the...

Watsonville junior Danisha Nunez finishes with split record at CIF State Wrestling Championships | Sports Roundup 

BAKERSFIELD—Watsonville High junior Danisha Nunez made it through two days of competition in the 106-pound division at last week’s CIF State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield.  Nunez, who was a CCS runner-up, was pinned in 2 minutes, 28 seconds by Kacey Shafer of Marina High on...

Watsonville senior Richie Ortiz earns All-PCAL First-Team honors | Boys basketball

The Watsonville High boys’ basketball team wrapped up one of the best seasons the program has put together, which included a league title for the first time in 10 years. Senior guard Richie Ortiz led the way for the Wildcatz (17-7), who finished as co-champion...

Local athletes verbally commit to compete at collegiate level

A pair of high school student-athletes recently made a decision regarding their future academic and athletic careers. Aptos High soccer standout Jazmine Castañeda and North Monterey County High softball sensation Dejalei Visesio both verbally committed to play their respective sports next year at the collegiate...

Mariners return to take on the league’s best teams | PCAL Gabilan football

APTOS—It seems almost unbelievable how the Aptos High football team managed to get through a Covid-19 shortened spring season filled with ever-changing restrictions. Senior starting quarterback Nick Forbes says he’s just relieved that they’re finally going back to a full-time schedule that won’t be full...

‘Catz pounce on Grizzlies in season opener | HS football

WATSONVILLE—It took a little more than a quarter of action for the Watsonville High football team to get the jitters and rust off its shoulder pads in Friday night’s season opener at Emmett M. Geiser Field.  But once they got going it seemed like nothing...
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