Boys' CCS basketball: Aptos sets up meeting with high-powered Monterey in D-III final
No. 2 Aptos will play top-seeded Monterey for the Central Coast Section Division III championship at Palo Alto High.
Girls SCCAL basketball: Giuffre, Pardue shoot Aptos past Soquel
Gabby Giuffre and Abby Pardue shot a combined 10-of-15 from 3-point land to lead the Aptos Mariners past the Soquel Knights, 66-54, to their 22nd consecutive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League victory on Friday night
Seahawks’ football returns after two-year hiatus
APTOS—It almost feels like an eternity since the Cabrillo College football team last saw some action on the field.
But two years after they were placed on probation due to a violation for housing out-of-area players, the Seahawks are back and ready to take on...
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
JC roundup, 1/18: Cabrillo women score another blowout conference victory
Despite having one of the best female ballers in the state, sophomore point guard Heleyna Hill, on the roster, the Cabrillo College women’s basketball team has demonstrated that it is not invincible.
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...
Local Roundup, 10/7: Taylor leads Aptos to another dramatic win
Kelly Taylor scored five goals, including the game-winner with 1:48 left to play, to lift the Aptos High Mariners girl's water polo team to a 10-9 win over the Christopher High Cougars on Thursday in Monterey Bay League Gabilan division play on the road.
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.
NorCal Football: Aptos overwhelmed by sizable McClymonds in 4-A final
The Aptos Mariners — battered and bruised by the end of the night — did their best Rocky Balboa impression, swinging away at the “big piece of meat” over and over again, but there was no fairy tale ending for the group of scrappy underdogs.
