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Weeklys Sports Ticker: St. Francis flag football cruises past Seaside

Monte Vista Christian senior Dominic Pierini finished with 400 yards passing and four touchdowns for the Mustangs football team in a 49-28 non-league loss to Piedmont Hills High on Aug. 30.   The star quarterback also had two interceptions and two fumbles lost. “That was kind of...

Preps of the Week: St. Francis’ Mason Borrego, MVC’s Courtney Miller | Pajaronian Sports Ticker

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Feb. 27-March 5.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter @jmreyes831 for scores...

DubTown Colt baseball team wins tournament in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ—It took two days and just about every last ounce of effort from the DubTown 16-U Colt baseball team out of Watsonville to win the 2021 Santa Cruz Colt Baseball Tournament.   The No. 4-seeded DubTown crawled their way back going from the losers’ bracket...

Aptos alumna Hiltz takes sixth at USATF nationals

Aptos High alumna Nikki Hiltz took sixth place in the 1,500-meter final at Saturday’s USATF Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, cementing her spot as the top collegian in the event this season and earning All-American status.

Local Roundup, 4/27: Pajaro Valley’s Davis signs with VCSU

Pajaro Valley High alumnus Zack Davis recently signed his letter of intent to run cross country and track for NAIA Valley City State University in North Dakota.

Togo’s Athletes of the Week, 03/13: Damian Rivas, Anastacia Alba

Damian Rivas, Watsonville: Wildcatz’s senior won the 1600 and 800 meter races at the Winter Time Trials at Watsonville High on March 6. He helped Watsonville finish third as a team with 91.5 points. Anastacia Alba, Watsonville: Wildcatz’s junior infielder finished with three hits, two...

HS Football Rankings, Week 11: Aptos finishes rankings where it began

Watsonville High leaps St. Francis, Monte Vista Christian in final rankings of the 2017 high school football season.

St. Francis off to superb start in formidable PCAL’s Gabilan Division | Prep flag football

St. Francis was given a friendly reminder that it is not in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division anymore. They found that out quickly after escaping with a narrow 21-18 win over Salinas in the teams’ Gabilan Division contest on Wednesday afternoon. After building a...

Mariners program remains on course | SCCAL cross country 

Aptos High senior Rachel Hoops got a late start to the 2023 cross country season after she returned from a school trip, causing her to miss some big races.   The biggest concern for her was getting left behind the rest of the competitive field which...

Raiders receivers get chance to learn from Megatron

Former Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson is spending the week at practice with the Raiders as the guest of offensive coordinator Todd Downing, giving tips to Cooper and the team's other receivers and answering questions about what made him so successful