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February 16, 2026

Local Roundup, 2/10: N.M.C. pulls into tie with W.H.S. for 3rd in MBL-G

North Monterey County High played itself into a tie for third place in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan division with a 4-2 win over Watsonville High on Thursday night.

Curry has season-high 45 points, Warriors beat Clippers

He finished with a season-high 45 points without playing the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors ran away from the Los Angeles Clippers 121-105 for their fourth straight victory.

Kadri tugs at Thornton's beard, Maple Leafs beat Sharks

Kadri ripped out part of Joe Thornton's mountain-man beard in a fight off the opening faceoff and scored in regulation in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-2 shootout victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

HS Baseball: Aces take tough-luck losses in key league games

Senior pitcher Chase Watkins tossed a complete-game one-hitter with nine strikeouts, but the Sharks offense mustered up only one hit in Tuesday’s 1-0 loss to league-leading Santa Cruz High.

G League Basketball: Cleveland, Santa Cruz Warriors ready to rebound

Santa Cruz has a deep roster that screams switchability on defense, and attention to detail everywhere else. Ten of 12 players on the team’s opening day roster are 6-foot-4 or taller, and half have NBA experience.

Aptos’ Elizabeth Churchill wins four events at Knights Invite | Girls track and field 

SOQUEL—Aptos High senior Elizabeth Churchill won four events including a record-setting performance in the high jump at the fifth annual Knights Invite.  Churchill, who is competing next year at UC Davis, jumped a personal-best 5 feet, 08 inches that helped her claim the high jump...

Ocean Speedway: Sanders wins 33rd Annual Pombo/Sargent Classic

Justin Sanders won the 33rd running of the Pombo/Sargent Classic June 22 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

CCS Basketball Roundup: Pajaro Valley boys, NMC girls notch wins in first round

The unseeded Pajaro Valley boy’s basketball team notched its first Central Coast Section playoff win since 2009 in comeback fashion, edging No. 12 Soledad in the first round of the Division III bracket on the road on Tuesday night.

Couture scores twice as Sharks top Jets 4-0

Couture scored two goals and Martin Jones had 38 saves as the San Jose Sharks beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-0 on Saturday night.

Better weather gives leg up to crews on California wildfires

The winds eased, some of the smoke began to clear and the forecast Monday offered a tantalizing chance of rain to thousands of firefighters trying to corral the wildfires that have laid waste to the nation's most celebrated wine-making region.