Aptos High’s softball team earned its first win in the Central Coast Section playoffs since 2019 with its upset of host Alisal in the Division III quarterfinals on Saturday. Watsonville won its opener, in D-IV, and also moved into the semifinals.
Aptos High’s football team beat Alvarez 54-24 to set the stage for its anticipated Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division showdown with Salinas by surpassing 50-plus points for the third straight game Friday night.
Soquel High’s girls volleyball team is starting to find itself with talented outside hitter Jessie Dueck playing libero as she recovers from bicep tendinitis.