Modified: Saturday, May 25th, 2013
GILROY -- After just missing the podium last year by coming in seventh place in the high jump, Watsonville High School's Raymond Silver made it his goal to make it to State, and all that hard work is starting to pay off.
The 5-foot-9 inch Silver cleared 6-5 to land him in second place and in next ...more
Posted: Saturday, May 25th, 2013
The Cardinals jetted their way into the AAA final with an emphatic 13-0 win in four innings via the 10-run rule over the Giants.
The Cards were off and flying from the start, putting up five runs in the first inning. With one out, Temo Orta, Quinn Gonzalez and Diego Orta reached base on back-to-back-to-back hits.
Orta ...more
Posted: Saturday, May 25th, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- Austin Burke held off late pressure from Aptos' Nick Silva and 2012 track champion Jim Pettit to secure his second win of the season in the IMCA Modifieds at Ocean Speedway on Friday night.
The 23-year-old from Salinas worked his way up from the middle of the pack and took the lead on Lap 15.
"I was just ...more
Posted: Saturday, May 25th, 2013
ROCKLIN -- After eight years of playing together with the same kids, on the same court and with the same jerseys on their backs the Mount Madonna senior class, which includes Jake Getz, Willy Bryan, Joseph Frediani, Daniel Fust, Rudy Hooven and Bryson Smith, journey has come to an end.
But there are certainly no regrets in how ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
In another back-and-forth tussle, the Padres stayed alive in a 7-6 win and eliminated the Astros in the Pajaro Valley Little League Playoffs.
The Astros took an early 3-0 lead with a solo run in the first and two in the second. Luke Meyers led the game off with a triple, scoring on a Pad's error for the first ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- Mount Madonna seniors Willy Bryan and Jake Getz will both be heading east next year. Getz to the Big Apple to continue volleyball at the University of New York, and Bryan to Ireland, a requirement for his first semester at Northeastern, where he will not continue volleyball.
But first they'll be heading north to face ...more
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
APTOS -- Despite earning numerous records, championships and accolades during her four years on the Aptos' High School track and field and cross country teams, 18-year-old Nikki Hiltz said she hopes that she leaves behind more than just numbers.
"Hopefully I leave behind more than just all these records. I hope that people will remember my personality, ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
Riding a wave of solid pitching and timely hitting, the Rays did thaeir part in turning the bracket upside down with the extra-inning 4-2 win over the Braves, who was the team with the division's best regular season record.
The victors jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first. Maxx Ramirez and EJ Kelly got on ...more
Modified: Monday, May 20th, 2013
Register-Pajaronian Staff report
Six local athletes, three from Aptos, one from Monte Vista Christian and two from Watsonville, and the Aptos 4x400-meter relay team all qualified for the Central Coast Section Finals that will be on Friday at Gilroy High School.
The field events start at 4 p.m. and the track events at 6 p.m.
Aptos:
Nikki Hiltz, ...more
Posted: Monday, May 20th, 2013
SALINAS -- Aptos High School's Michelle Firebaugh and Rita McChreesh both knew that no matter the result of Saturday afternoon's playoff game against Soquel, they'd both continue playing softball next year.
Sadly, just not for the same team.
The Aptos Mariners' run in the Central Coast Section Division III softball playoffs came to a close in an 8-4 ...more
Posted: Saturday, May 18th, 2013
The playoff favorites, sporting a 14-4 record coming in, busted loose with a 12-hit attack to win via the 10-run rule in four innings, 15-2.
Along with a solid day at the plate, Ryan Rivera was also the winning pitcher, notching five K's in two and two third innings.
The Braves advance for a winner's bracket game against the ...more
Posted: Saturday, May 18th, 2013
APTOS -- The Aptos Mariners are back in the second round of the Central Coast Section Playoffs after beating Harker of San Jose 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.
They'll face a familiar opponent today at the Salinas Sports Complex at noon, the Santa Cruz Costal Athletic League Champion Soquel Knights.
While the Mariners split the season series 1-1 ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
SAN JOSE -- "Like Heaven"
Those were the words Mount Madonna Senior Willy Bryan used to describe what it felt like to win a Central Coast Championship after the agony of defeat in back-to-back years.
Bryan finished with nine kills, and capped off his final year as a Hawk with a CCS Division II Championship, the second in ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- The Monte Vista Christian Mustangs couldn't hang on to their early lead and dropped a close contest to the Terra Nova Tigers Wednesday afternoon, ending their season and CCS dreams.
Despite charging out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the first, the Mustangs fell to the team from Pacifica 8-7 in Watsonville.
Despite racking ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
APTOS -- Three Aptos Mariners committed to their respective universities on Wednesday morning at Aptos High School.
Rita McCreesh signed with the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.
She was a four-year varsity player in softball and earned All-Santa Cruz Coastal Athletic League honors in her sophomore year.
Her sophomore and freshman year she helped ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
The Giants blew out the Braves 14-7 during Monday's Pajaro Valley Little League play in Watsonville.
Abel Martinez had a double and an RBI for the Giants. Isaac Gonzalez scored three times. Johnny Ceballos hit a two-shot home run and Joseph Ramirez smacked two doubles that brought in three runs.
Richard Lerma led the braves with two singles. ...more
Modified: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
The Cubs edged out the Rays 6-5 with Jacob Haney's home run during the fifth inning in Saturday's Pajaro Valley Little League action.
Dylan Vargas had two singles and Kyle Passey had one.
Marco Pezzini hit two singles for the Rays.
In other Pajaro Valley Little League action:
•Padres 16, Giants 6: The Padres battered the ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Five Santa Cruz Warriors players and two coaches participated in the NBA Development League's fourth annual Elite Mini Camp, which tipped off yesterday and runs through today at Chicago's Quest Multisports gym.
The camp features top 2012-13 NBA D-League prospects, giving players the opportunity to display their skills and be evaluated by NBA team personnel.
The Santa Cruz Warriors ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- The Kaeding's of California are a tenacious bunch of racers and Le Moore's Carson Macedo found out the hard way as he watched Bud Kaeding fly by him on the last lap for the win in Friday night's 360 winged sprint car series feature at Ocean Speedway.
"That kid (Macedo) has really matured," Kaeding said. "He's getting ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- The last time the Watsonville Wildcatz reached the Central Coast Section Playoffs coach James Gomez was a junior and sported the black and gold jersey.
Now Gomez sits in the dugout and gives sagely advice to an extremely young Watsonville team.
Despite the youth of this year's Wildcatz, having only two seniors on the team, ...more
Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
WATSONVILLE -- After winning a share of the Santa Cruz Coastal League for the first time in the school's history, the St. Francis Central Coast Catholic Sharks are planning on making a deep run into the Central Coast Section Playoffs.
The Sharks only lost two games in the SCCAL all season and earned the right to host a ...more
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