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.
College Baseball: Valenzuela starring in Cape Cod Baseball League
The star shortstop is batting just below .400 — .381 as of Wednesday night — through 10 games with the Wareham Gatemen of the CCBL. He has 16 hits, eight RBIs, three doubles and a home run.
Boy's SCCAL Basketball: Sharks win tournament; complete perfect SCCAL season
APTOS — Too big. Too fast. Too good.
The St. Francis Sharks were that and then some all season long.
That stayed true on Saturday.
HS football: Mariners decide not to play against Hilmar High
The Aptos High athletics department announced Wednesday that the varsity football team will not play Friday night’s game against Hilmar High.
The Mariners were set to host the Yellowjackets in a non-league game to make up for an originally scheduled Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan...
Grizzlies continue hunt for first-ever league crown | Boys basketball
WATSONVILLE—The start of the season didn’t go as planned for Pajaro Valley senior Matthew Silos and the boys' basketball team after going winless during its non-league portion of the schedule.
However, the 6-foot-1, 250-pound center now has the Grizzlies on the hunt for the program’s...
Cross Country: Salazar places fifth at CCCA championships
Hartnell College sophomore Daniela Salazar went through a rough patch at the start of the cross country season and got a later start than most of her peers.
The Watsonville High alumna suffered shin splints at the end of last year’s track and field season,...
Mustangs’ offense puts on show in home opener | High school football roundup
Monte Vista Christian football team was back in action for Friday Night Lights at Mustangs Stadium and boy did it put on a show for the home crowd.
The Mustangs lit up the scoreboard with a 57-26 thumping win over Santa Clara in non-league action,...
‘Catz remain focused on winning league championship | PCAL cross country
It was a historic season for the Watsonville High girls’ cross country team in 2022 after it earned a trip to the CIF State Championships for the first time in a little more than a decade.
The Wildcatz will try to stay on the same...
Junior ‘Catz pounce North County for Super Bowl title | Youth football
SALINAS—Watsonville Junior Wildcatz standout Giovani Rivero has been nearly impossible to contain in the Monterey Bay Youth Football League this season.
He’s been using his agile legs to juke opposing defenses and zipping past offensive lineman for quarterback sacks.
Rivero used his swiftness once again to...
Cavs, Warriors gear up to begin championship quests again
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant heard it yet already knew it — and everybody on the defending champs and King James' Cleveland Cavaliers realizes these teams could be destined for another championship showdown at the end of this season.














