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February 12, 2026

Healy's double in 9th lifts Athletics past Mariners 4-3

Healy bounced a ground-rule RBI double to right-center with two outs in the ninth inning Saturday night to give the A's a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners after Smith pitched six solid innings.

CCS Softball: Watsonville knocks off top-seeded Pioneer, Azevedo; advances to first final since '06

No. 4 Watsonville kept its cool in the hottest of moments and slayed the giant on Thursday night at PAL Stadium in San Jose, stunning superstar pitcher Holly Azevedo and the top-seeded Mustangs, 1-0, in 10 innings to advance to the Central Coast Section D

Weekly roundup, 3/1: Local players sign letters to college football programs

Aptos High two-sport athlete Shane Modena on Wednesday signed his national letter of intent to play football at NCAA Division III Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash.

HS Baseball: WHS to name field after coach Harlan Guy

Watsonville will honor Guy on Wednesday night by naming the baseball field after him in the moments before the Wildcatz’s Monterey Bay League Pacific division game against cross-city rival Pajaro Valley.

Semien, Cotton send Athletics past sloppy Astros 3-2

The play in the 3-2 victory reminded Semien of the last time he was involved in something similar — which actually was in Little League.

Giants swept heading into All-Star break

Stanton homered twice, the second coming after A.J. Ellis' tiebreaking two-run shot in the 11th inning, and Miami held on to beat San Francisco 10-8 on Sunday to complete the three-game sweep.

Former St. Francis teammates selected in MLB Draft

WATSONVILLE—Ruben Ibarra and Chase Watkins used to be teammates on the St. Francis High baseball team, leading the Sharks to back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League titles and three straight Central Coast Section playoff appearances. The Watsonville natives continued their journey together on Monday. They...

US women beat Canada in Olympic hockey; Gisin tops Shiffrin

The United States' women's hockey team beat Canada 3-2 on Thursday in a gold-medal game that claimed a spot among the Olympics' most thrilling moments in recent memory.

Girls' CCS basketball: Unseeded Pajaro Valley stuns No. 12 Hillsdale

Unseeded Pajaro Valley stunned No. 12 Hillsdale, 56-39, in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs on Friday night in San Mateo.

Condors’ football team confident to have turnaround season

CASTROVILLE—Last year was the first time North Monterey County High junior Steven Poudrier ever put on a uniform for the Condors’ football team.  The 5-foot-5-inch, 142-pound receiver started off on the JV team and his work ethic was through the roof.  NMC coach Juan Cuevas couldn’t...