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March 2, 2026

Raiders' inability to go deep leads to struggles for offense

With a strong-armed quarterback, one of the best pass-blocking offensive lines and a pair of talented receivers on the outside, the Oakland Raiders have all the ingredients to stretch the field with the deep pass.

Nordic Naturals Challenger: Groth lives up to reputation on Day 3

Sam Groth sailed through to the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank after defeating Jason Jung in the second round on Wednesday at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos.

Youth soccer: Smashing impact

San Jose Earthquakes midfielder/forward Cristian Espinoza made a special visit to the Watsonville Breakers Youth 10 club's practice to spend time with the youngsters.

A's beat White Sox 7-4 to move Melvin closer to milestone

Gray pitched six mostly sharp innings to beat Chicago for the second time in two weeks and Oakland defeated the White Sox 7-4 on Wednesday.

‘Catz gradually returning to championship form | High school flag football

Watsonville senior Stephanie Martinez and the rest of the Wildcatz crew are back on track after brushing off what seemed to be a shaky start to the 2025 fall campaign. On Wednesday, they extended their win streak to four straight—three in the past three days—following...

Mustangs poised to make noise in PCAL Mission Division | Girls basketball

After pushing through a tough week of class finals, Monte Vista Christian senior Rhazelle Gonzales still had one more test to go before heading into the holiday break.  The Mustangs girls’ basketball team capped off their preseason portion of the schedule in a battle tested...

Salinas’ Diego Estrada wins 51st Wharf to Wharf

Salinas native Diego Estrada was well on pace to win last year’s Wharf to Wharf after he stayed in front of the leading pack during the first half of the race.   That was until he made the tiniest of the most minute mistakes by running...

McHugh throws 6 innings in Astros' 3-0 win over A's

McHugh threw six innings, Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run single and the Houston Astros defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-0.

MVC’s Shayna Lebovitz impresses at SCCAL finals | Track and field

SANTA CRUZ—Monte Vista Christian School senior Shayna Lebovitz was on a mission Saturday afternoon, taking home the gold in four events at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League track and field championships.  She won the 300-meter hurdles in 48.92 seconds, the high jump in 5...

Girls' soccer roundup, 1/25: Castillo scores twice in Grizzlies' PCAL-C tie

Jasmin Castillo scored two goals to help the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies force a Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress division tie on Wednesday evening.