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February 4, 2026

All-R-P Girls Soccer, 2017-18: Aptos' Hernandez Marquez named Player of the Year again

With that infectious love for the game as her guiding light, Hernandez Marquez was the driving force behind Aptos High’s success over the last four seasons. An All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team selection as a freshman, the league’s forward of the year her sophomore year and the SCCAL’s Most Valuable Player each of the last two seasons, Hernandez Marquez can now add another accomplishment to her long list.

Muller, Tomic pull out of Nordic Naturals Challenger

Gilles Muller and Bernard Tomic have pulled out of the $100,000 Nordic Naturals Challenger, organizers informed the Register-Pajaronian on Friday morning.

Soquel High football team honored for earning county’s first state championship

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The Soquel High School football team paraded onto their home field Wednesday, sandwiched between the school’s band percussion team and the varsity cheerleaders in a special proclamation ceremony after becoming the first football team in Santa Cruz County to win a California Interscholastic Federation...

School athletics can begin conditioning

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District came one step closer to bring back athletics for its students by releasing a set of guidelines for summer conditioning, which can begin as early as next week.  Athletic conditioning and workouts will be permitted beginning the week of...

Girls' basketball roundup, 1/11: Pajaro Valley’s Solorzano off to strong start

No other player in the state is averaging more points per game than Solorzano, according to the stats kept by MaxPreps.com. She is also eighth in the nation in points per game, and is the only player in the Central Coast Section averaging at least 20 points, eight rebounds and six steals per game.

Cabrillo builds from local talent to pave the way to conference title | Women’s Basketball

APTOS—There comes a time in an athlete’s career where opponents can turn into teammates. That’s the reality for many players on the Cabrillo Women’s basketball team right now.  With the majority of the team being composed of local talent, ranging from Aptos, Santa Cruz, Scotts...

Oscar Valdes named athletic director at North Monterey County

CASTROVILLE—It’s been four years since North Monterey County High School has had a dedicated athletic director. But newly hired Oscar Valdes believes the sports department is right where it needs to be and that his job is to continue helping build the programs. “My role...

Weekly roundup, 1/11: More than a dozen players selected for local all-star game

Fourteen local players were selected for tonight’s 34th annual Central Coast High School All-Star football game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas.

Ocean Speedway: Gallaher, Hogge, Johnson win on first night of Cecil Memorial

Rob Gallaher won the 40-lap Mike Cecil Memorial Hobby Stock race Friday night at Ocean Speedway.

McDavid, Kassian score short-handed, Oilers beat Sharks 2-0

Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian scored short-handed goals to help the Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 2-0 Friday night, evening their first-round series at one game apiece.