Football
Season Record (1-0)
Coach Randy Blankenship
Aptos 21 – Salinas 14 (Aug 25 – Away)
Aptos Stats – 14 First Downs, Rushing yds 46-140, Passing yds 72, Comp-Att-Int 5-9-0, Fumbles-Lost 2-1, Penalties-yds 3-20
Aptos Scoring – Jack Wolf 24 yd Run, (PAT Desmond Mendoza) 4:06 1st Q; Jack Wolf 1 yd. Run, (PAT Desmond Mendoza) 9:13 2nd Q; Brett Reade 10 yd. Run (PAT Luis Reyes) 2:25 2nd Q: Jack Wolf 6 yd. Run, (PAT Desmond Mendoza) 6:48 3rd Q; Jacob Gonzalez 27 yd. Run (PAT Luis Reyes) 10:44 4th Q
Water Polo
Girls Season Record (League 1 – 1)
Coach Mark Knapp
Aptos 10 – Christopher (Gilroy) 5 (Aug 30, Away*)
First win of the season with a 10-5 Gabilon Division victory over Christopher HS. Mariner Highlights: junior Skylar Poulos with five goals and senior Kiegan Lee with three. Goaltenders Desiree Guzman and Kaylee Pryor had six saves apiece.
Santa Cruz 10 – Aptos 9 (Aug 25, Hm*)
In their first game of the season, the Aptos High Mariners battled back from a two goal down in the 4th quarter to take a two-goal lead. However, Aptos couldn’t hold off a late Cardinal rally, resulting in an exciting 10-9 loss. Highlights for the Mariners: goalie Kaylee Pryor with ten saves; Senior, Kiegan Lee, tallied four goals and one assist; both Kamele Nugent and Quinn Youngs scored two goals apiece.
Boys Season Record (League 0 – 1)
Coach Cody Gilbert
Santa Cruz 9 – Aptos 5 (Aug 25, Away*)
Girls Volleyball
Season Record (0-2 SCCAL 0-0)
Coach Lucas Bol
San Benito (Hollister) def Aptos (25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 25-20) (Aug 25 – Away)
Salinas def Aptos (25-21, 23-25, 18-25, 25-18, 15-7) (Aug 30, Hm)
Girls Tennis
Season Record (2-0 SCCAL 0-0)
Coach Linda Hitchcock
Aptos def Hollister 7-0 (Aug 29, Hm)
Aptos Scoring: Lyndsey Mott 6-4, 6-2, over Julia Pearson: Amy Buchanan & Magdalena Sanchez 6-2, 6-0 No. 1 doubles: Kaitlin Sakae & Ava Totah 6-0, 6-0 No. 2 doubles.
Aptos def San Marin 6-1 (Aug 26, Hm)
Aptos Scoring: Mia Totah over Sarah Teel No. 1 singles: Lila & Rebecca Sampson won No. 1 doubles.