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October 15, 2025

Local Roundup, 4/12: St. Francis, Aptos softball blast opponents

St. Francis High softball pounded out 17 hits in a 21-5 win over Santa Cruz High on Tuesday evening in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action.

HS Volleyball: WHS coach steps down after probe in neighboring county

Tom Schatz, an embattled former teacher and volleyball coach who recently resigned from Rancho San Justo Middle School in Hollister, has stepped down from his head coaching positions with the Watsonville High girls and boys volleyball programs, Watsonville Athletic Director Marcus Northcutt told this newspaper on Wednesday.

MBL-G Softball: Watsonville suffers 1st loss of season to defending league champ

The Wildcatz fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Tuesday evening in a frustrating 2-1 Monterey Bay League Gabilan division loss to the visiting Haybalers.

HS Athlete of the Week, 4/2-4/7: Juliana Wilson, Watsonville

Wildcatz junior catcher was 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two scored runs in Watsonville’s 8-1 MBL-Gabilan division win over Christopher High last week.

All-R-P Girls Soccer, 2017-18: Aptos' Hernandez Marquez named Player of the Year again

With that infectious love for the game as her guiding light, Hernandez Marquez was the driving force behind Aptos High’s success over the last four seasons. An All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team selection as a freshman, the league’s forward of the year her sophomore year and the SCCAL’s Most Valuable Player each of the last two seasons, Hernandez Marquez can now add another accomplishment to her long list.

Local Roundup, 4/10: Deleissegues resets record in 400 at O-Condon

St. Francis High’s Chloe Deleissegues lowered her record time in the 400-meters at the inaugural North Monterey County High O-Condon Invitational on Friday in Castroville.

Thompson, Warriors beat Suns for 15th straight time

The Golden State guard scored 22 of his 34 points in the first quarter and the Warriors beat Phoenix for the 15th consecutive time, 117-100 on Sunday night in the final home game of the Suns' awful season.

ShoTime!: Ohtani hurls 7 superb innings, Angels beat A's 6-1

Ohtani threw seven shutout innings of one-hit ball in his home debut on the mound, propelling the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory Sunday.

Sick Bellinger helps Dodgers beat Giants 2-1 in 10 innings

Bellinger overcame a bout of food poisoning to score the go-ahead run on Kyle Farmer's pinch-hit double in the 10th inning, and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak.