Watsonville High senior forward/center Leilani Yasin-Espinoza shined at both ends of the basketball court, but was honored as the Gabilan Division Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to a three-way tie for fourth place in the highest tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
St. Francis High junior basketball talent Robert Gomez Jr. took advantage of opponents focusing on drive-and-create wing Nash Horton in 2024-25. His senior season, with Horton graduated and competing in his freshman season of baseball at Pepperdine University, and after seeing Gomez bury 84 3-pointers and average 16.73 points last year, opponents were prepared to […]
Sophomore guard Isabella Alvarez scored a game-high 35 points, and the No. 3 seed Aptos High’s girls basketball team upset No. 2 Santa Cruz 59-40 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament semifinals at Scotts Valley High on Wednesday.
Senior Diego Guillen had five goals and one assist, and the Watsonville High boys soccer team rolled past host King City 7-2 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday.
Junior forward Levi Race made a driving layup with 1.2 seconds left in overtime, and Aptos High boys basketball team beat rival Santa Cruz 40-39 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Monday.
Pacific Collegiate School’s girls soccer team topped Watsonville 1-0 in a battle of unbeaten teams in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division action at Soquel High on Tuesday night.
Two local wrestlers, Soquel High freshman Aliyah Marcus and Santa Cruz sophomore Vera Bentley, won titles at the fifth annual La Manazanita Ladies Classic at Watsonville High on Thursday.
St. Francis High’s star backcourt, sophomore Maya Calfee and freshman Liliana Whitmeyer, took turns lighting up opponents on the basketball court this season.