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WATSONVILLE—The Claudio França Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school on Main Street hosted a living legend Tuesday night.  About 30 trainees and instructors stopped by the building to catch a glimpse of Grandmaster Francisco Mansor, a Jiu-Jitsu ninth-degree red belt who was awarded his instructor’s degree by the...

The St. Francis High football team bounced back in week 2 with a 28-20 win against Yerba Buena on Friday night in non-league play.

Camryn Rocha and Jolie Samuelson combined for 26 kills in Cabrillo College’s 29-27, 25-15, 25-21 sweep of City College of San Francisco on Friday in Coast Conference North division action on the road.

Aptos (8-0, 5-0) has the league’s top offense (48.3 points per game) and defense (9.3 points allowed per game), while Palma (7-1, 4-1) is second in the league in both offense (36.3) and defense (11.9).

Away on a college recruiting trip during his team’s league loss on March 16, Clarke was back in a big way. He cruised to victories in the 500-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley, while also swimming a leg on a pair of scoring relay teams for the Mariners.

The Mariners’ golfers finished with the third highest cumulative grade point average (3.769) of any boys golf program in the section, while St. Francis had the fourth highest GPA (3.7) among girls track programs competing in the CCS.

Hunter Matys and Marcos Reyes combined to rush for 230 yards and four touchdowns, Fisher Johnson returned a fumble 88 yards for a score and the Aptos High Mariners passed the first test of their Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan division season with flying colors, thumping San Benito High, 42-20, Friday night.

Despite the inexperience, the small K-12 charter school kept it close through two quarters — thanks in no small part to senior point guard Jarrod Garcia.