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January 6, 2026

HS Football Roundup, Week 1: St. Francis, M.V.C. continue strong starts

St. Francis High continued its hot start to the season on Friday night with a 47-0 non-league blowout of the California School for the Deaf Eagles at Santa Cruz High.

Flores homers in 9th, Mets rally past A's 6-5 for 4th in row

Wilmer Flores hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and New York rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Saturday night for its fourth consecutive victory.

Prep Athletes of the Week: MVC’s Evan Vessey; Watsonville’s Abigail Sanchez

The Pajaronian’s Prep Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Sept. 15-21. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit nominations to sports editor Juan Reyes at [email protected].  Boys Evan Vessey (Jr.), Monte Vista Christian: The Mustang starting quarterback...

Sharks aim to remain as PCAL’s lone undefeated team | High school football

The St. Francis High football team is currently the lone undefeated team in the entire Pacific Coast Athletic League this season.   They’re hoping to keep it that way as the Sharks (7-0, 3-0) get ready to take on King City in Cypress Division action Saturday...

Local Roundup, 12/26: Gallo, Seymour lead St. Francis over Watsonville

Jason Gallo had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Andrew Seymour added 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists and St. Francis cruised to a 66-49 preseason victory over Watsonville High on Friday.

Seahawks return to the pool with a vengeance | Women’s water polo

Just last year the Cabrillo College women’s water polo program was barely in existence when it skipped the 2022 season after it didn't have enough players to field a team. The Seahawks managed to rebuild and regroup this year including three returning players from the...

Pavelski scores in shootout to lift Sharks over Coyotes

Dell was perfect through the three rounds of the shootout and had 30 saves, and Joe Pavelski scored the only goal of the tiebreaker to lift San Jose over the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Tuesday night.

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.

Belt HR, Giants beat Reds 8-3 for 1st 3-game win streak

Belt homered again and the Giants posted their first three-game winning streak of the season, beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Sunday.

All-Pajaronian Soccer Team, 2019: Watsonville stars Elyanna Magdaleno, Ricardo Alvarado named area’s top soccer players

For the first time since the 2011-12 season, Watsonville’s boys’ and girls’ teams both finished the year with a league championship — the two programs also earned the top seed in their respective division of the Central Coast Section playoffs. And Magdaleno and Alvarado each a had big hand in their team’s success.