Sports

APTOS—The Aptos High cross country program got off to a smooth running start to begin the fall sports season.  For junior Brook Willoughby, returning to...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team was firing on all cylinders after five different players each recorded a goal in last week’s crushing victory...

Ruiz, battling through nagging leg injuries over the course of the season, hung with Carlmont junior Kaimei Gescuk as long as she could, but could not close the gap down the final stretch of the Division I race.

Aptos High is coming off a championship season after it captured its fourth Central Coast Section title since 2013. Here’s a breakdown of this year’s Mariners' football team.

PACIFIC GROVE—The St. Francis High football team remains on the quest to finish the season undefeated for the first time in the program’s history.    Senior...

APTOS—The Covid-19 pandemic took another jab at local prep sports after Aptos High Athletics Director Travis Fox announced that all indoor activities, home and...

SANTA CRUZ—David Rose was a local renowned general surgeon who passed away nearly two years ago. His former colleague and close friend George Mendoza couldn’t...

SALINAS—The Monte Vista Christian football team had to play until the final whistle to stun previously unbeaten Alisal High on Thursday night.  The Mustangs scored...

No. 6 Watsonville will play in its first-ever CIF NorCal championship game after edging No. 2 Richmond, 3-2, in a seesaw battle on Thursday night in the East Bay. The Wildcatz will travel to San Rafael — their third 100-plus-mile trip of the tournament — to play No. 4 Marin Academy for the Division II championship.

WATSONVILLE—The St. Francis High girls’ basketball team took a hard hit last week after six players were forced to sit out due to Covid-19...