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April 21, 2026

JC Softball Preview, 2017: Slugging Seahawks off to slow start

Cabrillo College softball has been electric at the plate but has not been able to keep up on the mound.

Preps of the Week: Aptos’ Eddie Alvarez, Watsonville’s Nancy Morado | Pajaronian Sports Ticker

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Dec. 12-18.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter at @jmreyes831 for score...

Prep Athletes of the Week: St. Francis’ Joseph Dayritt, Maya Calfee

The Pajaronian’s Prep Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Sept. 1-7. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit nominations to sports editor Juan Reyes at [email protected]. Boys Joseph Dayritt (Sr.), St. Francis: The speedy Shark tailback racked...

Local high school sports pushed to December

High school sports
CENTRAL COAST—The Central Coast Section, the local governing body for schools stretching from San Francisco along the coast to King City, this week unveiled its plans for the fall sports season and beyond.  The governing board on Tuesday announced in a press release that mid-December...

HS Athlete of the Week, 2/5-2/10: Christian Quintero

Pajaro Valley High sophomore guard notched his third and fourth 30-point games of the season last week for the Grizzlies, scoring 32 against Seaside High and pouring in 33 against Alvarez High two days later.

Aptos’ Natalia Ackerman continues basketball career at Cal Berkeley

Aptos High alumna Natalia Ackerman has had an incredibly strong basketball career since leaving Santa Cruz County to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  After obtaining her degree, Ackerman’s growth and love for the game led her to enter the transfer portal late in...

AP source: Jackson agrees to $56M, 5-year deal with Raiders

The Oakland Raiders have locked up another member of their stellar 2014 draft class, agreeing to a five-year extension to keep guard Gabe Jackson under contract through the 2022 season.

CCS Track & Field: Grizzlies enjoying ‘best ever’ season

The times, the heights, the grades and the clutch performances in big moments, it’s been a little bit of everything for Avila’s Grizzlies in a season dubbed the “best ever” before it even started. And Genis and Sedano, both seniors, will try to keep the m

Matt Kemp's 2-run HR in 11th lifts Braves past Giants 5-3

Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer off Cory Gearrin in the 11th inning to lift Atlanta to a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.

Girls volleyball: Hawks, Mariners advance to CIF NorCal finals

Mt. Madonna School senior Paola Jacobs celebrated her birthday by extending the girls’ volleyball team’s season.  The top-seeded Hawks defeated No. 4 Colfax High in four sets, 25-21, 25-27, 25-14, 25-13, on Saturday in the CIF NorCal Division V semifinal. Jacobs had 23 kills and 21...