Blankenship rejuvenated after record-setting season
Aptos head coach Randy Blankenship said he’ll try to take “a couple of weeks” off to soak in the Mariners’ historic 2018 season, which featured a win in the Central Coast Section Open Division III championship game and Santa Cruz County’s first California Interscholastic Federation NorCal bowl game berth.
Taylor holds off Mickelson for win at Pebble Beach
By JON CHOWN, Special to the Pajaronian
PEBBLE BEACH—Swirling winds opened the door for Phil Mickelson to come from behind and claim his sixth title at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but leader Nick Taylor shut it with a birdie chip on the 15th...
Weekend Roundup, 10/27: Seahawks keep winning streak alive
The Cabrillo College men’s soccer team pushed its unbeaten streak to three games with a 2-1 win against West Valley College on Friday in Coast-South Conference action.
The Seahawks continue to roll in October with a 3-1-2 record in conference play. They currently sit in...
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.
Mariners’ Austen a BIG deal
Alex Austen, a senior offensive lineman for the Aptos High football team, stands at a towering 6-foot-5-inches and 311 pounds. Standing next to his fellow lineman, the starting left tackle makes them all look like members of the freshman squad. Six-foot-2, 283-pound senior tackle Joseph Gutierrez-Lee might as well be 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds.
Boys basketball: Mariners ready to battle in hotly contested SCCAL
The Aptos High boys’ basketball team turned on the afterburners before the start of Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play last season and soared to a share of the league championship.
The Mariners shared the SCCAL title with Santa Cruz High by beating the Cardinals...
Mariners finish perfectly
The Aptos High Mariners have been the cream of the crop in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League all season long.
That trend continued at April 25's league championships.
Senior Kourosh Safari repeated as the SCCAL singles champ with a grueling 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Santa Cruz High’s Jack Tierney, while the Mariners’ duo of Carter Bond and Jake Kluger breezed through Soquel High’s pair of Lincoln Cooley and Casey Valcarcel, 6-1, 6-3, for the doubles title at the Seascape Sports Club.
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.
