Aptos’ Ella Porter makes debut in professional flag football league
Aptos High senior Ella Porter trained for seven days a week on her craft as the quarterback for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League flag football champion Mariners during the 2025 campaign.
Their season came to an end Nov. 3 after an early exit in...
CCS Football: Aptos stuns Palma, advances to 5th title game of decade
Marcos Reyes rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns, Hunter Matys ran for a pair of scores and tossed another and the No. 5-seeded Aptos Mariners trounced the top-seeded Palma Chieftains, 49-6, to advance to the Central Coast Section Open Division III championship game.
Ackerman’s dominance lead Aptos to CCS title
Top-seeded Aptos won its second Central Coast Section Division III crown in the last three years, and the Mariners made it look easy with a 58-37 redemption win over No. 2 South San Francisco on Feb. 23 at Palo Alto High.
New coach Arbet changing things up at Cabrillo
The former head coach and general manager of the four-time Arena Football League-champion San Jose SaberCats, Arbet didn’t promise to break his foot off in his player’s “John Brown hind parts,” as Denzel Washington so eloquently said while playing Boone in the 2000 football flick. But the Seahawks’ heavyweight offseason hire does expect his players to be as close to perfect as possible.
Cabrillo determined to have bounce-back season | College football
The road to recovery hasn’t been easy for DeSean Gomez after a torn ACL injury sidelined him during his senior year at Aptos High two years ago.
But now the Cabrillo College freshman is back feeling healthier, and stronger, than ever.
“I hear a lot of...
Girls' SCCAL basketball: Soquel reignites rivalry with stunner over Aptos
Soquel erased a double-digit first half deficit to snap Aptos’ 26-game regular season win streak against Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opponents with a stunning 52-42 upset on Friday night.
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.
SCCAL track and field: Aptos' Hunter Matys breaks school records in league finals
To say Aptos High senior Hunter Matys was on top of his game at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys track and field championships would probably a real understatement.
JC Baseball: Seahawks put it all together in win over Lobos
After two long weeks of losing, the Cabrillo College baseball team finally found the winning formula again.
Mariners piece together unforgettable CCS title run | Girls soccer
It’s been nearly one month since Aptos High senior Alexa Castañeda was hoisting a Central Coast Section championship trophy above her head.
Yet, not a day goes by that at least one flashing moment goes through her head of that historic point in time.
The Mariner...
