Sports

Focused on building up her mental toughness and working the inside of the plate, Watsonville High’s star junior pitcher did not put up the gaudy strikeout numbers of a year ago, but the end result was just as good — or maybe even better. The coaches of the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division said as much, naming Rodriguez the division’s top pitcher for the second straight season.

The Cabrillo College football team continues to peak at the right time of the season. The Seahawks kept things rolling in a 34-8 triumph of San Jose City in the teams' Golden Coast Conference game Saturday at Carl Conelly Stadium. The Seahawks have a 7-1...

PALO ALTO—The Pajaro Valley High boys soccer team had managed to overcome everything thrown in its direction during the shortened Covid-19 season. The Grizzlies were close to overcoming the role of the underdog once again. But, they fell short against No. 3 Gunn High, 5-3,...

Playing in their first Central Coast Section playoff game since 2013, the No. 12-seeded Wildcatz made even more history by surviving a possible game-winning shot at the horn to beat unseeded Milpitas High, 47-46, for their first postseason win since 2008.

WATSONVILLE—The annual Belgard Kup meeting between Pajaro Valley and Watsonville is usually a game filled with lots of mixed emotions both on and off the field. The cross-town rivals aren’t only playing for bragging rights but there’s also a sense of a “family rivalry” that...