Women's JC basketball: Cabrillo stunned by Mission in battle for conference supremacy
The visiting Saints (12-9, 5-0) outlasted the Seahawks (13-4, 4-1) in a neck-and-neck battle between the top two teams of the Coast Conference South division on Wednesday night.
A's nipped by Royals in 9th
Alex Gordon hit a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth after Oakland tied it in the bottom of the eighth, and Kansas City beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Wednesday.
Local roundup, Sept. 1: Sambrailo traded to Falcons
The Denver Broncos traded tackle Ty Sambrailo to the Atlanta Falcons on Friday for a fifth-round pick in 2018.
Girls' CCS soccer: Aptos loses in PKs to Christopher
Aptos, ranked 58th in the state by MaxPreps, finishes its season with a 13-1-6 overall record — the loss is officially scored as a tie. It also ends its year without a championship banner for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
Boy's CCS Basketball: Sharks find mojo, win first CCS title since 2010
The top-seeded Sharks surgically dismantled the No. 2-seeded Panthers, 61-39, at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont to win the program’s second-ever section title.
Weekly Roundup, 8/1: Pajaro Valley hires Cesar Padilla as new coach for girls' soccer team
Pajaro Valley High announced Wednesday that Cesar Padilla is stepping in as the new coach of the girls’ soccer program.
Local Roundup, 1/25: St. Francis, Aptos wrestling continue undefeated seasons
The St. Francis High wrestling team improved to 3-0 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League dual meets with a victory over San Lorenzo Valley High on Tuesday night. The final score was 36-36. The Sharks won by criteria, scoring four pins to none.
Column: Kaepernick unemployed, but at least Cutler has a job
Gotta hand it to the bigwigs who run the NFL: When they blackball a guy for taking a courageous stand against social injustice by doing nothing more than kneeling, they go all in.
Watsonville inks Manny Contreras as new football head coach
Watsonville High announced Thursday that Manny Contreras was named the new football head coach for the upcoming 2024 season.
“I always had dreams of becoming a teacher and always had dreams of becoming a head coach of a program,” he said. “Things started falling and...
Pajaronian Sports Ticker: Aptos’ Carlos Gutierrez, Pajaro Valley’s Valeria Acosta named Preps of the Week
This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Feb. 12-18.
Preps of the Week
Boys: Aptos High senior Carlos Gutierrez had three goals and four assists in three games played for the Mariners boys’...














