Sports

Aptos senior Logan Brantley won the discus event with a toss of 169-feet, 6 inches in the open division at the prestigious Arcadia Track and Field Invitational on April 11-12. The Mariners’ standout athlete also placed 12th in the discus invitational division with a throw...

Aptos senior Nami Banks was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024-25 boys soccer season. According to statistics on the Monterey Bay Preps website, the Mariners’ team captain finished with 13 goals and six assists in his fourth...

Aptos senior Anahi Macias was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year for the 2024-25 girls soccer season. The Mariners’ team co-captain finished with five goals and one assist.  Macias, the SCCAL’s reigning Defender of the Year, made the switch to...

The season came to an end for the Santa Cruz Warriors following a 131-127 loss to the Valley Suns in the first round of the NBA G League Playoffs at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Tuesday night. Two-way forward Braxton Key led the Warriors with 30...

The 2025 spring season is near the midway point for both San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley’s track and field teams. Both schools showcased their athletic abilities at the 52nd Annual Avis Kelley Track and Field Invitational at Gilroy High School on March 29. SLV...

Watsonville native Adrian Rebollar and Monterey Bay FC teammate Carlos Guzmán were both named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for their performances in the Union’s 3-1 victory over the Phoenix Rising FC on March 29.  Rebollar notched his first goal of the...

Aptos senior Isaiah Ackerman and Santa Cruz junior DeMarco Hunter were named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 boys’ basketball season. According to statistics on the Max Preps website, Ackerman had an average of 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and...

Scotts Valley juniors Samantha Rebbert and Brooklyn Williams were each named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 girls’ basketball season. Rebbert had an average of 11.5 points, 6.5 steals, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, while Williams finished...

Scotts Valley’s girls’ lacrosse team was down to a dozen players prior to last week’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division match against Monte Vista Christian in Watsonville. There were barely enough bodies to field a full squad for the Falcons, but apparently that’s all...

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...