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November 24, 2025

Capture the flag: local schools increasingly adopting girls’ flag football

Girls’ flag football entered a new era on the high school level last week when Saint Francis High squared off with Watsonville High in the teams’ season and program debut. Under cool gray skies, the Sharks charged onto Strawberry FIeld at St. Francis to take...

Weekly Roundup, 10/26: Ceiba's Rubio-Pintor scores win in final PCAL-Santa Lucia center meet

Ceiba College Prep freshman Nellie Rubio-Pintor edged Oakwood sophomore Kate Marcotullio by a tenth of a second to finish first in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Center Meet 3 at Toro Park in Salinas on Oct. 18.

Preps of the Week: Pajaro Valley’s Ignacio Aguado, Aptos’ Abby Sherwood | Pajaronian Sports Ticker

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Jan. 16-22.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter @jmreyes831 for scores and...

Cruz homers twice to power Mariners past A's 6-3

Seattle beat Oakland 6-3 on Wednesday to complete a two-game sweep.

D-League Basketball: Santa Cruz heads into playoffs on six-game win streak

Six players scored in double figures to send the Santa Cruz Warriors into the D-League playoffs with their sixth straight victory, a 127-117 win over the Los Angeles D-Fenders on Friday night in front of the 30th consecutive sellout crowd at Kaiser Perman

Ocean Speedway: Gallaher, Hogge, Johnson win on first night of Cecil Memorial

Rob Gallaher won the 40-lap Mike Cecil Memorial Hobby Stock race Friday night at Ocean Speedway.

G League Basketball: Aaron Miles' professional, easygoing makeup lands him Warriors' coaching gig

If first impressions are any indication, the Golden State Warriors organization can expect two things from new Santa Cruz Warriors head coach Aaron Miles: (1) he will be prepared — if not over prepared — and (2) he will be professional.

Mariners set to make a run in the CCS D-III playoffs | Boys basketball

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team might actually get its chance to play a rubber match against league rival Santa Cruz High in the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason.   The Mariners and Cardinals, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, split their regular-season meetings...

‘Catz clinch PCAL Cypress title | Girls cross country 

SALINAS—Watsonville High’s Katelynn Ruiz is quickly turning into one of the top cross country runners in the area this season.  The freshman sensation won the Cypress Division race in 19 minutes, 50 seconds at Saturday morning’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Championships at Toro County Park,...

HS Wrestling: Roberts calling it a career after upcoming season — his 20th at Aptos

Reggie Roberts, the Aptos High Mariners wrestling coach for the last 19 seasons, will step down from his post at the conclusion of the upcoming winter season.