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Scotts Valley High alum Robert Hipwell took one step closer to getting into the “Big Leagues” after his name was called during the second day of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.  The Santa Clara University third baseman was selected by the San Francisco Giants...

Catcher Derric Estrada-Haro, pitchers Chase Watkins and C.J. Gomez and outfielder Josiah Granados-Diaz all earned a spot on the All-SCCAL First Team after helping the Sharks to a second-place finish in the league and a runner-up finish in the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs.

Gilles Muller and Bernard Tomic have pulled out of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger, organizers informed the Register-Pajaronian on Friday morning.

The Seahawks (1-5, 0-1) lost three fumbles and threw an interception in the first half and the Mustangs (6-0, 2-0) turned all four takeaways into scores to take a 33-2 lead.

A group of local runners will compete in the upcoming CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno this weekend.  Watsonville High junior Katelynn Ruiz punched her ticket to the state finals after she placed seventh in 19 minutes, 13.3 seconds in the...

No other player in the state is averaging more points per game than Solorzano, according to the stats kept by MaxPreps.com. She is also eighth in the nation in points per game, and is the only player in the Central Coast Section averaging at least 20 points, eight rebounds and six steals per game.

St. Francis High alumnus Sahid Valenzuela ranks second in the Big West Conference in batting average (.370) and hits per game (1.42) and has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List — an award given to the nation’s top shortstop.

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High softball team is going back to the Central Coast Section championship thanks to a late heroic performance by Yaviana Prado and the rest of the ’Catz crew. The junior outfielder hit a two-out, walk-off grand slam that capped a six-run inning to...