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June 20, 2026

Girls volleyball: Mariners fall to Harbor in season finale

APTOS — The Aptos High girls’ volleyball team was two points away from having at least a share of this year’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship.  But the Mariners came up short in a five-set loss to Harbor High on Thursday. The scores were...

MVC’s Zach Binder awarded Mission Division’s top offensive player | All-PCAL lacrosse

Monte Vista Christian senior Zach Binder was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division for the 2026 boys lacrosse season. The standout Mustang finished with a total of 82 points (64 goals and 18 assists) during the...

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.

Mariners’ veterans aim for league title | Boys cross country

APTOS—Aptos High senior Trent Nosky spent time over the summer logging in dozens of miles in hopes to improve on his endurance.  It’s something that he's seen as a weakness in the past. “I have a lot of speed but I don't have as much strength...

Girls' basketball roundup, 1/18: Mariners’ Pardue embracing role as glue gal

Abby Pardue has scored in double figures in only two of 18 games this season.

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...

Girls basketball: Mariners’ defense suffocates Knights in SCCAL tourney final

APTOS–The Aptos High girls’ basketball team was a heavy favorite going into Friday night’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament championship against Soquel High. Guard Gabby Giuffre made that clear from the start, scoring the game’s first eight points to help the Mariners cruise past...

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.

Cabrillo football program suspends operations for two years

Cabrillo football
It’ll be a few years before fans will see any action from the Cabrillo College football team.  The community college’s Board of Trustees held a special virtual meeting Tuesday evening and came to a unanimous decision to suspend football operations for at least two years. Cabrillo...

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.