Aptos High School Scoreboard

Football

Coach Randy Blankenship

Aptos Season Record (2-0)

Aptos 18 – Carmel 0 (Aug. 29 – Home)

Aptos 21 – Salinas 14 (Sept. 5 – Salinas)

Aptos scored the winning touchdown with 7 seconds to go on a 3-yd pass from Beau Kittleson to Brandon Pierce. The game had been tied when Kittleson replaced Michal Chavez on the Cowboys’ 39-yard line with 21 seconds left. Zak Pepperdine had caught a 36 yd pass from Kittleson to put them in position for the winning TD.

Kittleson finished with 3-of-6 passing for 48 yards and the game-winning touchdown. Chavez was 3-of-7 for 31 yards in the game.

Aptos had punted the ball with just 2:02 left in the fourth quarter, but the Mariners forced the Cowboys to give up the ball with a 3-and-out.

The Mariners led 14-7 at halftime with a touchdown run from Pierce for 5 yards and a 35 yard scamper from Connan Houser in the first half. Miles Beaudoin led Aptos in rushing with 56 yards on 14 carries. The Mariners gave the ball to 11 different ball carriers in the game.

Aptos Stats: First downs 17; Rushing 51 for 209 Yds; Passing Yds 79; Comp-Att-Int 6-13-0; Fumbles-Lost 2-1; Penalties-Yds 6-49

Individual Statistics

Rushing (Rushes-Yds) – Aptos: Miles Beaudoin 14-56, Connan Houser 4-31, Billy Walls 2-6, Michael Chavez 6-20, Austen Verdugo 7-38, Greg Bjur 5-10, Brandon Pierce 4-13, Kyle Marks 4-34, CJ Pisturino 1-13, Beau Kittleson 2-0, team 2-(minus-11). Salinas: Bruce Leighton 24-144, Zach McDermott 9-23, Jeremiah Garcia 5-12, Ryan Jenseon 2-11, Jacob Rivera 6-11, team 1-(minus-3).

Passing (Comp-Att-TDs-Int) – Aptos: Michael Chavez 3-7-31-0-0, Beau Kittleson 3-6-48-1-0. Salinas: Zach McDermott 10-13-68-0-0.

Receiving (Catches-Yds) – Aptos: Zak Pepperdine 1-36, Miles Beaudoin 2-19, Austen Verdugo 1-12, Brandon Pierce 2-12. Salinas: Ethan Aguayo 6-46, Cameron Walker 1-15, Kevin Crosby 1-7, Nick Danity 1-4, Bruce Leighton 1-(minus-4).

Defense – Fumble Recoveries: Aptos1 (Adrian Galindo); Salinas 1 (Gabriel Valdez). Sacks: Aptos 2 (Weston Hinson, Hans Plam); Salinas 1 (Josh Pina).

Aptos visits Seaside on Friday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Girls Water Polo

Coach Mark Knapp

Season Record (0-2)

Salinas 9 – Aptos 8 (Sept. 4 – Home)

Highlights: Loren Bodeman 3 goals; Flora Vanderschoot 2 goals, 2 assists; Molly deCastongrene 1 goal, 4 assists. Goalie Desiree Guzman 10 saves

Soquel 12 – Aptos 2

Highlights: Michaela Chin I goal: Molly deCastrongrene 1 goal, 6 steals; Goalie Desiree Guzman 13 saves.

 

Boys Water Polo

Coach Jasper Billings

Aptos Season Record (0 – 2)

Salinas 17 – Aptos 6 (Sept. 4 – Away)

Soquel 20 – Aptos 10 (Sept. 9 – Home)

Soquel High beat host Aptos 20-10 in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division. Alex Stratton led Aptos in scoring.

 

Cross Country

Coach Dan Gruber

20th annual Early Bird Invitational at Toro Park in Salinas

Aptos High girls cross country finished with the best overall time and team record of 1 hour, 36 minutes and 43 seconds on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Aptos junior Matti Peoples finished third in her grade with a time of 18:46, while teammate and sophomore Annika Mcbride followed in 19:01 to take second in her division.