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September 25, 2026

Beast Mode proves to be the difference for Raiders in opener

Instead of punting the ball back to the Titans and needing to narrowly survive at the end, the Raiders powered the ball down the field behind Marshawn Lynch and added a field goal that made it a two-possession game and sealed a season-opening 26-16 victory Sunday.

St. Francis senior named section’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Chloe Deleissegues, a multi-sport senior athlete with a 4.55 grade point average, was recently named the Central Coast Section Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Boy's HS Volleyball: Pajaro Valley the team to beat in MBL-Pacific

At the midway point of the Monterey Bay League Pacific division season, the Pajaro Valley High Grizzlies are poised to make history.

Wharf to Wharf, 2017: Pair of Ethiopians win titles

Fresh off a win at Crazy 8s in Tennessee, the 22-year-old Ethiopian captured another title on Sunday, holding off Simion Chirchir, of Kenya, to win the 45th annual Wharf to Wharf championship.

Weekly Roundup, 3/15: Pajaro Valley volleyball blocks Gilroy

Esteban Fernandez had 13 kills and four blocks and Dennar Ocampo finished with 33 assists, three digs and two aces, as the Pajaro Valley boys’ volleyball beat Gilroy, 20-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-19, in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission division action on Wednesday night.

Late heroics help ‘Catz boys squad edge Independence | CCS basketball playoffs

Ahmi Martin has been the main ball distributor as a point guard for the Watsonville High boys’ basketball team throughout the 2025-26 winter season. The game film doesn’t lie.  But just for a split second, the Wildcat senior took a chance to be a hero in...

Togo’s Athletes of the Week, 12/13: Natalia Ackerman, Joey Garibay

Natalia Ackerman, Aptos, (Sr.): Mariners’ senior recorded 27 points in the Marin Catholic Tournament championship game. She was named to the all-tournament team. Joey Garibay, St. Francis, (Sr.): Sharks’ senior scored 24 points to help lift the St. Francis over Pacific Collegiate last week in...

HS football: Apple City Jamboree returns for second year

The annual Apple City Jamboree is back at Watsonville High for a second straight season.

Raiders break ground on 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas

In a ceremony that balanced the glitz that Las Vegas embodies and the tragedy from which it is still recovering, the Oakland Raiders on Monday broke ground on a 65,000-seat domed stadium across the freeway from the city's world-famous casinos.

Condors’ football team confident to have turnaround season

CASTROVILLE—Last year was the first time North Monterey County High junior Steven Poudrier ever put on a uniform for the Condors’ football team.  The 5-foot-5-inch, 142-pound receiver started off on the JV team and his work ethic was through the roof.  NMC coach Juan Cuevas couldn’t...