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December 30, 2025

HS Athletes of the Week, 12/21: Diego Padilla & Jayleen Solorzano

The Register-Pajaronian High School Athletes of the Week for the week of Dec. 10-16.

Starting with Bears, surprises galore on Day 1 of NFL draft

After the Browns took Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett with the No. 1 overall pick Thursday night, eight of the next 11 picks were offensive players in a surprising opening day. Overall, 19 of the 32 players were from the defense, which was closer to

On the Lowdown: Placement needs further review

High school sports
This year’s high school football season came to an end a little more than a month ago. But the Pacific Coast Athletic League Board of Managers recently announced its final decision regarding placements for next year’s divisions. There was some shifting going around and I’m...

Owings, Diamondbacks erase 3-run deficit to beat Giants 8-6

But the Arizona Diamondbacks' first-year skipper made the right call in the sixth inning Wednesday night when he sent up Jeremy Hazelbaker to pinch hit for starting pitcher Taijuan Walker. Hazelbaker delivered a one-out double that gave his team the lead,

HS football: Sharks blanked in season opener

St. Francis High came up short in its season opener against the King City in non-league play on Thursday at Watsonville High.

Girl's MBL-G Water Polo: Shorthanded Aptos holds tough, improves to 2-0 on season

Despite playing with only one sub, the Mariners outlasted the Cougars at home to improve to 2-0 overall and in Monterey Bay League Gabilan division play.

Girls' Basketball: Hocom steps down after 4 years at Aptos

Hocom compiled a 78-36 overall record in his four years at Aptos, and helped the program capture its first Central Coast Section title since 1983 and first outright Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown since ’82.

‘Catz softball gets a glance at new championship rings

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High softball team is fresh off a Central Coast Section Division I title run. To commemorate their memorable season, the 2021 Wildcatz team will be presented with championship rings thanks to the fundraising efforts of a local group. The rings will have a...

Podcast: Great to be back | Cover 3 Sports

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-1-great-to-be-back In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will take a step back in time to quickly talk about the shortened Covid-19 season. Then they’ll dive into some football to talk about how the divisions are laid out this season. And finally, they’ll...

‘Catz earn trip to state championships | Girls cross country

BELMONT—It’s been a little more than two decades since the Watsonville High girls’ country team last made a trip to the CIF State Championships.  But the Wildcatz will be back in action after they barely qualified in last week’s Central Coast Section finals.  Watsonville sophomore Katelynn...