Football
Season Record (9-2, SCCAL 5-0)
Coach Randy Blankenship
SCCAL Champions: 5th Straight Year
CCS D III Open Division Playoffs
Aptos 35 – Aragon (San Mateo) 14 (Nov 11, H)
Aptos Stats: 16 First Downs, Rushing yds 33-250, Passing yds 102, Comp-Att-Int 7-9-0, Fumbles-Lost 2-1, Penalties-yds 4-40
Rushing: Jack Wolf 10 carries for 124 yds 3 TDs; Danner Pardue 9 carries for 42 yds, 1 TD; Joey Riccabona 3 carries for 40 yds; Kidasi Nepa 4 carries 20 yds
Passing: Gavin Glaum 7-9 for 102 yds
Receiving: Fabian Chaves 3 receptions for 50 yds; Darrien Lee 1 reception for 27 yds; Joey Riccabona 1 receptions for 19 yds
Aptos 38 – SLV 7 (Nov 5, A*)
Aptos Stats: 12 First Downs, Rushing yds 30-300, Passing yds 116, Comp-Att-Int 4-7-0, Fumbles-Lost 2-1, Penalties-yds 8-85
Rushing: Jack Wolf 6 carries for 199 yds 2 TDs; Trenton Black 2 carries for 31 yds 1 TD; Joey Riccabona 2 carries for 21 yds; Marcos Reyes 2 carries for 13 yds; Danner Pardue 4 carries for 9 yds
Passing: Gavin Glaum 3-5 for 108 yds, 2 TDs; Angel Aparecio 1-2 for 8 yds
Receiving: Joey Riccabona 2 receptions for 80 yds; Joe Mendoza 2 receptions for 36 yds
Aptos 87 – Harbor 6 (Oct 28, H*)
Aptos Stats: 18 First Downs, Rushing yds 33-427, Passing yds 24, Comp-Att-Int 1-3-0, Fumbles-Lost 0-0, Penalties-yds 2-10
Rushing: Bubba Gallardo 3 carries for 74 yds: Danner Pardue 2 carries for 70 yds, 2 TDs; Joey Riccabona 3 carries for 58 yards 1 TD; Jack Wolf 5 carries for 57 yds 1 TD; Fabian Chaves 2 carries for 37 yds 1TD; Silvano Lopez 4 carries for 27 yds 1 TD; Marcos Reyes 3 carries for 25 yds, 2 TDs
Cross Country
CCS Championships
DIVISION III at Crystal Springs (2.95 miles)
Aptos Girls Team: Champions (32)
Qualified for State Meet
Individual: 1) Marea Zlatunich 17:25.9; 7) Annika Niles 19:23.6; 8) Sofia Natividad 19:37.4; 9) Annika McBride 19:49.5; 11) Reina Garcia 19:54.3; 16) Ruth Conneely 20:09.6; 18) Abby Watkins 20:15.3.
Aptos Boys Team: 4th Place
SCCAL Championships
Aptos Girls: Champions (32)
Individual: 2) Marea Zlatunich, 17:48; 5)Annika McBride, 18:40; 7) Sofia Natividad, 19:05; 8) Reina Garcia, 19:12; 10) Annika Niles, 19:24.
Aptos Boys: Champions: 40
Individual: 2) Koya Oki, 16:00; 4)Matthew Quinn, Aptos, 16:15; 6. Luis Garcia, Aptos, 16:21; 9. Josiah Sweet, Aptos, 16:38
Water Polo
Girls Season Record (14-10, League 7 – 3)
Coach Mark Knapp
Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division
- First Team: Kiegan Lee, Kristen Malone and Skylar Poulos.
- Second Team: Jordan Wagner and Kamele Nugent
CCS D-II Playoffs
Menlo School 9 – Aptos 6 (Nov 1)
Aptos spotted Menlo School a first half 6-1 lead. The Mariners clawed back to make it close, before a 9-6 loss in a DIV III 1st round game played at Santa Cruz High school.
The Mariners lead early off of a Kiegan Lee shot. But then Menlo scored six unanswered goals. The Mariners never gave up, playing hard until the end. Playing in her last game for Aptos, Kiegan Lee scored three goals, one assist and three steals. Contributing two goals, two assists and four steals was sophomore Kristen Malone.
— Mark Knapp
Boys Season Record (11-11, League 7 – 7)
Coach Cody Gilbert
CCS D II Playoffs
Half Moon Bay 8 – Aptos 7 (Nov 3)
Girls Volleyball
Season Record (18-6, SCCAL 14-0)
Coach Lucas Bol
SCCAL Champions
CCS D III Playoffs
Burlingame def Aptos (3-2) (Nov 12)
Aptos def Notre Dame (3-1) (Nov 9)
SCCAL Postseason Tournament
Aptos def Soquel (3-2) (Oct 27)
Aptos def Scotts Valley (3-0) (Oct 25)
Girls Tennis
Coach Linda Hitchcock
SCCAL Champions
CCS Girls Tennis
Lila and Rebecca Sampson advance to Semis of CCS Girls Tennis Doubles Championships. They upset No. 2 seed Yana Gurevich and Fiorella Chen of Los Gatos 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals at Bay Club Courtside. The twin sisters are the first female tennis players from the county in singles or doubles that has reached the semifinals since 1986.