County qualifies three boys soccer teams for CCS playoffs

SAN JOSE — Santa Cruz County advanced three high school boys soccer teams — up one from last season with the re-emergence of Watsonville — for the 2026 Central Coast Section playoffs. Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Harbor and runner-up Aptos also advanced. Watsonville, the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division champion, and Harbor will both compete in Division II. Both open play with home games in Saturday’s quarterfinals at 7 p.m. The Wildcatz (16-1-2), under the direction of legendary coach Roland Hedgpeth, who turns 84 on April 1, received the No. 2 seed and hosts No. 7 Woodside (10-4-4), the runner-up in the Peninsula Athletic League’s...