Another year on the gridiron kicks off Friday, and Aptos High is still the top team in Santa Cruz County. What the Mariners really want, though, is to be referred to as the top team in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division — the top level of the four-tiered equity league.
The Santa Cruz County Jamboree was a different kind of emotional for each football player who suited up and saw action Friday at Cabrillo College’s Carl Conelly Stadium.
High school football fans will get their first look at the 10 county teams this week. Seven of them will take the field at the Santa Cruz Jamboree at Cabrillo College’s Carl Conelly Stadium on Friday night.
Aptos High senior right-handed pitcher Gabe Gaeckle, a member of Team USA’s U18 National Team, announced on Saturday on Instagram that he’ll further continue his athletic and academic careers at University of Arkansas.
Right-handed pitcher Gabe Gaeckle, an incoming senior at Aptos High, was selected to compete in Perfect Game’s 20th All-American Classic in Phoenix on Aug. 28.
Mason Carlton, a Soquel High alum who competes for Indiana University and Indiana Swim Club, shined in his opening race at the 2022 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine on Tuesday.
The Wharf to Wharf 6-mile footrace returns to an in-person format for the first time since 2019 on Sunday morning. An expected 14,000 runners will toe it up at the start line just off the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to compete in the historic race to Capitola Village.
Aptos native Tyler LaTorre was named the new head baseball coach for Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He becomes the 15th head coach in program history.
Soquel High water polo standout Quinn Healy, a club player for Stanford Water Polo Foundation, was named to the Team USA roster for the 2022 PanAm Junior Championship.
Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman, 20, won gold in the women’s boulder competition at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, on Friday.
Nikki Hiltz, 27, a non-binary professional runner out of Aptos, qualified for their fifth consecutive 1,500-meter final at the 2022 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday.
Mount Madonna School’s boys volleyball team took third place in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this season, but there was little question that the Hawks boasted the top individual talent.
The Soquel High and San Lorenzo Valley softball teams earned a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular-season crown. The programs also earned a split when it came to top honors during all-league voting.
Aptos High’s baseball team rolled to the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular season and tournament titles behind a pair of future NCAA Division I committed talents, and the Mariners were rewarded during all-league voting with a sweep of top honors.
Aptos High midfielder Kale Lampman’s scoring prowess made him an easy decision for Pacific Coast Athletic League boys lacrosse coaches when it came time for all-league voting.
Friends, family and former pupils from up and down the state are expected to show up at Aptos High on Saturday to pay tribute to Bill Warmerdam, who is said to be as good a person and teacher as he was a legendary high school basketball coach.
Jeremy Kain lost his voice ahead of the 102nd CIF State Track and Field Championships. But, thank goodness, he didn’t lose his stamina and speed after graduating from Scotts Valley High on Thursday.
Three athletes from Santa Cruz County advanced from the prelims at the 102nd CIF State Track and Field Championships on Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High in Clovis.
Santa Cruz’s Maddie Storrer took second in the Explorer Women’s final to lead Santa Cruz County surfers who qualified for finals at the NSSA West Coast Championships at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday.
The first part of the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships looked like a Santa Cruz County showcase. Winner from Soquel. Winner from Aptos. Winner from Scotts Valley. Another winner from Scotts Valley.
Relief pitcher Gabe Gaeckle didn’t wait until the end of the game to let senior starting pitcher Reed Moring know what he meant to Aptos High’s baseball team Saturday in the Central Coast Section quarterfinals.