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March 7, 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.

G League to offer $125,000 contracts to elite prospects

The G League will begin offering "select contracts" worth $125,000 next year to elite prospects who are not yet eligible for the NBA, a move that could slightly lessen the handful of one-and-done players at the college level.

Raiders WR Amari Cooper downplays big game

Instead of gloating after coming off the best game of his career with 11 catches for 210 yards last week against Kansas City, Cooper maintained the same even-keeled persona.

G League Basketball: Warriors ready after offseason full of changes

Only three players that were signed with Santa Cruz last season return to the team and head coach Casey Hill, who led the franchise to a championship in 2015 and is now the leader of the Agua Caliente Clippers, is also gone, replaced by first-time head coach Aaron Miles in July.

20 Athletes in 20 Days: Hannah Hocom

The reigning Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League M.V.P. will be back for her fourth and final varsity campaign with an uber-talented Aptos High girls basketball team this winter.

Nordic Naturals Challenger: 4 of 8 seeded players ousted on Day 1

On the first day of the 30th annual $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank, four out of the eight seeded players in the tournament lost in the first round.

MBL Softball Preview, 2018: Defending CCS champ Watsonville returns with more power, same stout defense

Watsonville graduated a pair of starters in second baseman Liyah Lopez and centerfielder Nicole Wilson — Scott’s daughter — but has been lucky enough to fill those holes with freshman Maliyah Sandin and sophomore Jazmyne Martinez, respectively. Along with those additions, the Wildcatz have also added freshman outfielders Anastacia Alba and Maya Guerrero and freshman pitcher Daisy Ortiz.

Mariners cap season with unblemished record | HS football

SANTA CRUZ—Aptos High posted a 42-0 win against Santa Cruz High in a scrimmage at Memorial Field on April 16.  The game was scheduled as a regular season Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game, but officials never showed up. The game did not count as...

Aptos High student athletes verbally commit to play college ball

The list of Aptos High student athletes who will continue their athletic and academic careers continues to grow. Aptos seniors Luke Keaschall and Jack Bollinger joined a group of students who have verbally committed to colleges to play sports at the next level.  Keaschall recently announced...

Men's JC basketball: Free throw woes sink Seahawks in preseason loss

After going undefeated in the month of December, the Cabrillo College men’s basketball team lost what some were calling “the most physical game played this year in the CCCAA” to the visiting Allan Hancock College Bulldogs, 81-77, Saturday night in the Adobe Palace.