Soquel High football team honored for earning county’s first state championship
The Soquel High School football team paraded onto their home field Wednesday, sandwiched between the school’s band percussion team and the varsity cheerleaders in...
Mariners feel confident to repeat as SCCAL champion | Boys basketball
A lot could be said about last season’s remarkable run for the Aptos High boys’ basketball team which not only turned several heads, but...
Local teams advance to CIF State Championships | High school football
A trio of Central Coast Section champions are just one win away from adding a state title to the trophy case.
Soquel, Palma and Los...
MVC’s Dominic Pierini earns first-team honors following record-breaking season | All-PCAL football
After going through a year full of growing pains, Monte Vista Christian junior Dominic Pierini was feeling vigorous and ready to take charge of...
Locals set to compete at CIF State finals | High school cross country
A group of local runners will compete in the upcoming CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno this weekend.
Watsonville High junior...
End of an era: Randy Blankenship retires after 50-year football coaching career
Several words come to mind when describing longtime Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship.
Most will say he’s stern when it comes to his coaching...
Aptos’ Fiona Carey earns first team honors | All-SCCAL girls water polo
There were several key elements this season that helped the Aptos High girls’ water polo team reach last week’s Central Coast Section Division II...
Aptos’ Suarez-Abraham twins earn first, second team honors | All-SCCAL boys water polo
Aptos High twin brothers Gabriel and Rafael Suarez-Abraham both made an immediate impact as freshmen on the Mariners boys’ water polo team in 2023.
Gabriel,...
Aptos’ Ella Dueck named league’s top freshman | All-SCCAL girls volleyball
Aptos High freshman Ella Dueck was a stalwart on the court in her first year with the Mariners girls’ volleyball team.
The standout outside hitter...
‘Catz claw their way into the CCS Championships | High school cross country
Watsonville High cross country coach David Knight said qualifying for the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships will and always be the end goal...
Aptos takes down Watsonville in battle of the ‘Black and Blue...
At one time in the teams’ long history, Aptos and Watsonville were nemesis on the gridiron as members of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...
