HS baseball: Mariners' players selected for SCCAL All-League first team
Aptos High had four players recognized for first team honors at last week’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League coaches’ all-league voting meeting.
District 39 All-Stars Tournament, 2018: Aptos, Scotts Valley, Cap-Soquel win titles
Aptos edged the Capitola-Soquel, 5-4, on Saturday at Scotts Valley to finish up its undefeated run to the District 39 Little League All-Stars Majors championship.
Girls Basketball: Chris Grieves takes over talented Aptos team
Grieves, a 2009 Aptos graduate, has been hired as the new girls basketball coach, he confirmed with this newspaper on Monday evening.
Grieves spent the last three seasons with the school’s boys junior varsity team, and is well acquainted with the talent-rich squad he will inherit for the upcoming 2018-19 winter season. His junior varsity team often scrimmaged with the girls varsity team over the years, and his family is ingrained in the Aptos youth basketball scene.
Aptos native Nikki Hiltz wins B.A.A. mile race
Nikki Hiltz made her first-ever trip to Boston to compete at the Boston Athletic Association Invitational Mile on April 13 and did what she’s been doing throughout her prestigious running career.
HS baseball: Aptos High keeps win-streak alive behind all-out team performance
he Aptos High baseball team continues to stay on pace at making another postseason run into the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Aptos burnt by sizzling Soquel in championship
Aptos freshman forward Natalia Ackerman (35) shoots the ball through a pair of Soquel defenders during the second half of their SCCAL tournament championship game on Feb. 18 at Cabrillo College in Aptos. Photo by Tony Nunez
Mariners looking to make some noise in league play | Girls golf
APTOS—Matt Anderson has adjusted quite well in his second stint as coach of the Aptos High girls’ golf team. He’s feeling more confident than ever, ready to make some noise in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this season.
However, the Mariners are going to...
Shorthanded Mariners miss chance at share of first
Aptos High senior Matt Perko reaches on a throwing error to Soquel High junior first baseman Ryan Murtha during their Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball game in Aptos. Photo by Bryce Stoepfel
College football: Seahawks fall for trick play, lose bowl game
SALINAS—As the gusty Salinas Valley winds began to pick up, so did the howls from Lobos fans sitting in the stands, cheering for their Monterey Peninsula College football team as it got into victory formation to close out the season.
The Lobos defeated Cabrillo College,...
Girls basketball: Aptos’ Ackerman hoping to pair individual, team success
APTOS—Natalia Ackerman knows what it’s like to hoist a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division III basketball title in a single season.
But that was so last season.
The 6-foot-1 Aptos High senior forward has her eyes set on something bigger for...