Sports

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Jan. 9-15.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores, stats and photos to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter @jmreyes831 for scores...

On its way back home following a three-game trip to Hawaii, Watsonville (9-1-3, 2-0-1) had its flight rerouted back to the island state after the plane’s cabin smelled of smoke an hour and 15 minutes into the journey.

The postseason run of dreams came to an end in the California Interscholastic Federation NorCal 4-A championship game.

MONTEREY—One of the world’s most premiere cycling festivals made its grand return to the Monterey Bay this past weekend.   After more than two years, the Sea Otter Classic was in full swing at the Leguna Seca Recreation Area from Oct. 7-10, drawing in hundreds of...

The Mariners were looking to score a double dip of revenge on Saturday. The Knights had not only stonewalled the Mariners in last year’s CCS D-III championship, but they also swept the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League series to end their rival’s five-year reign over the league.

Natalia Ackerman, Aptos, (Sr.): Mariners’ senior recorded 27 points in the Marin Catholic Tournament championship game. She was named to the all-tournament team. Joey Garibay, St. Francis, (Sr.): Sharks’ senior scored 24 points to help lift the St. Francis over Pacific Collegiate last week in...

Pajaro Valley High won two years ago. St. Francis High exacted revenge last season. Friday’s rubber match at Emmett M. Geiser Field in Watsonville will determine which team truly owns the bragging rights, at least for the rest of the year.

St. Francis High graduate Aaliysah Gomez had an incident when she was 2 that had doctors saying she would be blind and never able to see out of one eye. Years later, she managed to overcome that obstacle and never let her foot off the...

An efficient 6-foot-2 guard, the Duke University product was the first player in G League history to post a 50-40-90 season. He shot 52.7 percent from the field, 43.9 percent from deep and 94.9 percent from the free-throw line.

Gomes said the 2017 Condors have several similarities to the 2009 team, which also had less than 15 seniors but battled its way to a 7-4 record and a Central Coast Section playoff berth.