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SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz Warriors are set to celebrate its sixth annual “Pajama Night” event this weekend.   Basketball fans are encouraged to bring a pair of new, unworn pajamas to Friday night’s game against the NBA G League Ignite at Kaiser Permanente Arena. The donated pajamas...

And it’s arguably the biggest reason why the No. 3-seeded Hawks, powered by an airtight defense and an on-fire attack, will play at top-seeded San Marin High tonight for the NorCal Division V championship.

With the school’s long-awaited athletic fields also finally moving ahead, Pajaro Valley could be on the verge of becoming a blossoming football program. And this year’s senior class — 14 of the 31 players on roster — wants to be the group to spark that change.

WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High junior Aaliysah Gomez and her teammates were given the green light to take as many shots as possible from beyond the arc in last week’s league opener.  The game plan was executed to perfection. However, the shots came up short and so did...

The Santa Cruz Warriors let an 18-point lead slip from their grasp on Thursday night in a 113-108 loss to the Oklahoma City Blue at Kaiser Permanente Arena.

The Aptos High girls' volleyball team came up short against Soquel in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play on Tuesday night.

APTOS—Aptos High football coach Randy Blankenship joined the state’s 300-win club last year, becoming one of a dozen coaches who have reached that feat. Prior to that he brought home four Central Coast Section championships to the Mariners’ program since he arrived in 2010.  But the...