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January 20, 2026

Weeklys Sports Ticker: St. Francis flag football cruises past Seaside

Monte Vista Christian senior Dominic Pierini finished with 400 yards passing and four touchdowns for the Mustangs football team in a 49-28 non-league loss to Piedmont Hills High on Aug. 30.   The star quarterback also had two interceptions and two fumbles lost. “That was kind of...

‘Catz earn trip to state championships | Girls cross country

BELMONT—It’s been a little more than two decades since the Watsonville High girls’ country team last made a trip to the CIF State Championships.  But the Wildcatz will be back in action after they barely qualified in last week’s Central Coast Section finals.  Watsonville sophomore Katelynn...

PV’s softball crushes Anzar for mercy rule victory in PCAL play | Weeklys Sports Roundup

Pajaro Valley sophomore Hemeria De La Torre tossed a gem in the Grizzlies’ 18-1 mercy rule victory in five innings over Anzar in Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division softball action Monday afternoon. She allowed just one run on two hits and five walks...

Local Roundup, 1/13: Watsonville boys’ soccer notches 1st league win

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team thumped Monterey High, 3-1, in Monterey Bay League Gabilan division action on Thursday night.

Grizzlies, ‘Catz set to battle for Belgard Kup | High school football

WATSONVILLE—The annual Belgard Kup meeting between Pajaro Valley and Watsonville is usually a game filled with lots of mixed emotions both on and off the field. The cross-town rivals aren’t only playing for bragging rights but there’s also a sense of a “family rivalry” that...

St. Francis flag football rallies to edge Salinas | Weeklys Sports Roundup

St. Francis sophomore Liliana Whitmeyer accounted for three touchdowns, and the Sharks defeated Salinas 20-19 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division flag football action on Monday. After trailing 13-0 in the first quarter, Whitmeyer scored a 14-yard rushing TD that gave St. Francis the...

Boy's SCCAL Volleyball: Aptos pushes PCS to 5 games, falls short in tourney final

The Pacific Collegiate School Pumas won the SCCAL Championship outright with a 25-19, 25-16, 18-25, 21-25, 15-12 victory on Friday at Harbor High School, holding off the Mariners from completing a furious comeback and denying them from repeating as league

Walk-off: Alabama beats Georgia in OT for national title

The freshman quarterback, who had played mostly mop-up duty this season, came off the bench to spark a comeback and threw a 41-yard touchdown to DeVonta Smith that gave No. 4 Alabama a 26-23 overtime victory against No. 3 Georgia on Monday night for the College Football Playoff national championship.

Limping Love helps No. 20 Stanford hold off California 17-14

Love rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown despite missing most of the fourth quarter after aggravating an ankle injury, and No. 20 Stanford held off California 17-14 on Saturday to keep its Pac-12 title hopes alive.

Coaching overhaul: Five of seven local volleyball squads add new head coaches

The newly-formed Pacific Coast Athletic League also brought some changes for the area’s teams. Pajaro Valley High and N.M.C. will join M.V.C., St. Francis and Watsonville in the 33-school equity league this fall.