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February 10, 2026

Girls CCS Volleyball: St. Francis wins 1st playoff game since 2009

The No. 3-seeded Sharks swept the scrappy No. 6-seeded Summit Shasta Black Bears 26-24, 25-18, 25-18 to advance to the CCS Division V semifinals and notch their first postseason victory since the 2009 season.

St. Francis’ Nash Horton, MVC’s Kayla Fullalove-Silveira named Preps of the Week | Central Coast Preps Sports Ticker

This week’s edition of the Central Coast Preps Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of March 25-31.    Preps of the Week Boys: St. Francis High junior Nash Horton batted a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run—his third of the season—to...

PCAL Cross Country: League’s CCS qualifying causes confusing kerfuffle

Win or lose, first or last, Watsonville’s boys and girls cross country teams will advance to the Central Coast Section meet no matter how they perform at Saturday’s inaugural Pacific Coast Athletic League cross country finals.

Grizzlies work on getting back to winning form | Boys basketball

WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley High boys basketball head coach Eddie Marin has seen plenty of ups and downs during his short tenure with the program. One of those low moments he’d like to put behind him was last year after going winless in his first season as...

Girls CCS Volleyball: Mt. Madonna returns to D-V championship game

Outside hitters Mara Peruzzi and Paola Jacobs combined for 21 kills, 20 digs and seven aces, setter Savannah Cambell had 30 assists, seven digs and three kills and No. 2 Mt. Madonna looked refocused in a 25-22, 25-18, 25-14 sweep of No. 6 Summit-Shasta in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs on Thursday.

Panthers dominant defense sets tone for 23-3 win over 49ers

He got plenty of help as the day went on, with more established players like Star Lotulelei, Julius Peppers and Thomas Davis also delivering big hits on Hoyer that helped fuel a season-opening 23-3 victory for the Panthers over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Mariners sail to victory against Mustangs | Girls basketball

APTOS—It took two weeks for Aptos High junior Jaylen Dang and the rest of the girls basketball team to get back into action after quarantining due to Covid-19 testing results. The junior guard picked up right where she left off, scoring a team-high 13 points...

Sanchez sharp again for Tigers in 6-2 win over Giants

Sanchez pitched six strong innings, and Dixon Machado hit his first career home run to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

St. Francis' Chase Watkins named state’s top D-V athlete

Recent St. Francis High graduate Chase Watkins was named the Division V Boys Athlete of the Year in the state of California by Cal-Hi Sports, the website recently announced.

At 37, Venus Williams looking for a 6th Wimbledon title

Williams has quite a history at the grass-court major, winning her first Grand Slam title in London in 2000. The last of her seven majors came at the same place in 2008.