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November 28, 2025

Nationals drop opener to Padres in TOC title round | Little League 

LIVE OAK—It’s been a little more than a decade since a Watsonville-based team won the District 39 Little League Tournament of Champions championship. The Nationals of the Pajaro Valley Little League were on the cusp of achieving that feat on Tuesday, needing just one more...

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...

Santa Cruz Warriors eliminated by South Bay in opening round of the playoffs | NBA G League

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EL SEGUNDO—The Santa Cruz Warriors were eliminated in the first round of the NBA G League playoffs after a 134-123 loss to the South Bay Lakers on Tuesday night.  Kendall Smith led the way with 25 points for the Warriors, and teammates Selom Mawugbe and...

Mariners capture boys team title at 49th Wildcat Relays | Track and field

WATSONVILLE—The Aptos High boys’ track and field team won six events at last week’s 49th Wildcat Relays en route to a team title.   The Mariners won with a team score of 75.95, finishing ahead of San Benito (66.95) in second and Westmoor (62) in third...

America still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick's protest

Supporters of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick demonstrated outside the Los Angeles Rams' Aug. 12 preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys, part of calls for boycotts of the upcoming NFL season. Film director Spike Lee is promoting a rally on his behalf.

On the Lowdown: End of an era

The Oakland Raiders recently played its final regular season game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday. I made the trip to Colorado to watch the “Silver and Black”, which nearly made an exciting come-from-behind victory. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tried to connect with rookie receiver Hunter Renfrow on a...

Local Roundup, 4/25: Watsonville’s Salazar lowers record in 800 at Top 8

A week after breaking the school record in the 800-meter run, Watsonville High junior Daniela Salazar lowered her record time to 2 minutes, 17.58 seconds and took fourth place at the prestigious 38th annual CCS Top 8 track and field classic at Los Gatos H

Triggs overcomes shaky start as Angels beat A's 3-1

Triggs bounced back from his shaky start to pitch six innings, Chad Pinder homered and Oakland held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Wednesday.

Record-setting Triggs helps A's top Rangers 4-2

Triggs allowed three hits over six innings to outpitch Yu Darvish, and Oakland beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Curry scores 13 points over final 1:42, Warriors beat Boston

Curry scored 49 points with 13 of those over the final 1:42 and hit eight 3-pointers, lifting the Golden State Warriors past the Boston Celtics 109-105 on Saturday night in what is already being hyped as a potential NBA Finals matchup come June.