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April 20, 2026

St. Francis’ Alicia Mendez tosses a no-hitter in crushing win over MVC | High school softball

WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High senior Alicia Mendez and the Sharks softball team are off to a hot start. The right-handed ace pitcher threw a no-hitter and hit three solo home runs to lead them past Monte Vista Christian 15-0 in non-league action Tuesday. With the win,...

HS Football: M.V.C. 2018 schedule overview

A quick look at the Monte Vista Christian football schedule for the upcoming fall.

Mariners cap season with unblemished record | HS football

SANTA CRUZ—Aptos High posted a 42-0 win against Santa Cruz High in a scrimmage at Memorial Field on April 16.  The game was scheduled as a regular season Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game, but officials never showed up. The game did not count as...

Locals shine at Central Coast All-Star game | High school football

SALINAS—It’s been more than two months since Pajaro Valley High senior Eric Viveros last suited up in a Grizzlies football uniform. However, the itch to play one last time never left the standout lineman and he had one more chance to shine on the field...

Gonzalez gets 1st win since April as Nats beat Giants 6-3

Gio Gonzalez pitched into the seventh inning to win for the first time in more than a month, and the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Boxing: Moreno named to hall of fame

Watsonville native Carina Moreno will be inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in Brisbane, Calif.

Alvarez’s miracle comeback falls short against Mater Dei in D-I finals | CIF boys soccer

Just for a split second, it almost looked as though Alvarez was about to pull off a comeback for the ages in last week’s inaugural California Interscholastic Federation State boys soccer championship. A penalty kick goal by Luis Macias gave the Northern Regional champion Eagles...

HS football: Mustangs on track of winning league title

WATSONVILLE — Monte Vista Christian punched an early ticket to the Central Coast Section playoffs with a statement win last week against Alisal High in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission play. But  two big questions remain: who will the Mustangs play and how high will...

MBL Golf: Tran named Pacific division M.V.P. for champion Mustangs

Tran was the overall medalist at Monday’s MBL Golf Championships at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey. He fired a two-over par 73 through the unusually windy and cloudy conditions in the Monterey hills.

Manaea pitches banged-up A's over Yankees 4-1

Moved up a day because of Graveman's sore shoulder, Sean Manaea allowed four hits in seven shutout innings to match Masahiro Tanaka's brilliant start for New York. Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis had two-out, run-scoring hits off Tyler Clippard in the eighth,