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November 25, 2025

Santa Cruz resident captures silver medal at Paris Games | 2024 Summer Olympics

Haley Batten placed ninth in the women’s mountain bike event three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics. One would figure that’s already quite the accomplishment itself just being able to get to that point. Instead, she departed the “Land of the Rising Sun” feeling as...

MBL Cross Country Championships, 2017: Ruiz impresses again en route to Watsonville's first female title since '89

Ruiz not only cruised to the individual Pacific division title at the Monterey Bay League Championships but finished just four seconds behind the Gabilan division champion, Notre Dame-Salinas sophomore Angela Leavitt, in the league’s overall results.

Girls volleyball: Hawks capture CIF NorCal D-V title

WATSONVILLE—The Mount Madonna School girls’ volleyball team dropped the opening set of Tuesday’s CIF NorCal Division V championship at home, also known as the “Hawks’ Nest.” But junior Savannah Cambell said they quickly reminded each other why they were the top seed going into the...

MVC coaching duo steps down after more than a decade with programs

WATSONVILLE—Don and Jennifer Keathley have been part of the Monte Vista Chrisitan School athletic department for more than a decade, leading their respective programs to league titles and Central Coast Section appearances over the years.    But the longtime husband and wife coaching duo is stepping...

HS Wrestling: Longtime assistant Rudy Guzman takes over Aptos program

Guzman was recently promoted from assistant to head coach, Aptos Athletic Director Mark Dorfman told the Register-Pajaronian.

HS Football, Week 10: St. Francis' playoff hopes in jeopardy after loss to Santa Cruz

With their first league title since the program’s inception in 2006 within sight, the St. Francis High Sharks came tantalizingly close to completing a furious comeback but ultimately fell to the home team Santa Cruz High Cardinals, 21-14, on Friday night in Mission Trail Athletic League Coastal division action.

Kevin Durant still questionable for Game 3

Durant participated in a light practice and was still listed as questionable to play in Saturday’s Game 3 of the playoffs at Portland because of a strained left calf.

Mustangs stay undefeated with crushing win over Stevenson | Girls lacrosse

WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian girls’ lacrosse team is still somewhat of a new program that has been slowly developing over the past three years when they first arrived on the scene. Sure, one can still consider the Mustangs as the new kids on the block...

Giants surrender 3 homers in 7-2 loss to Royals

Moustakas hit his 18th home run leading off the second inning, Jorge Bonifacio and Lorenzo Cain followed with back-to-back shots in the third and the Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Wednesday to complete a two-game sweep.

PCAL Placings: Winners, surprises and everything in-between

As if the MBL’s Gabilan division was not tough enough already, the PCAL’s Gabilan division boosted the difficulty a whole ‘nother notch.