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January 31, 2026

Oakland swept by Toronto

Pearce hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the 10th inning and Toronto beat the Oakland Athletics 8-4 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep.

Cubs avoid sweep, top Dodgers 3-2 to cut NLCS deficit to 3-1

Baez snapped an 0-for-20 skid with two home runs, Wade Davis hung on for a six-out save and Cubs avoided a sweep, holding off the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Wednesday night in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.

Kris Weems to take over Santa Cruz Warriors

The Santa Cruz Warriors announced Thursday that assistant coach Kris Weems was named the team’s new head coach for the upcoming season.

St. Francis off to superb start in formidable PCAL’s Gabilan Division | Prep flag football

St. Francis was given a friendly reminder that it is not in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division anymore. They found that out quickly after escaping with a narrow 21-18 win over Salinas in the teams’ Gabilan Division contest on Wednesday afternoon. After building a...

Aptos’ Trent Nosky sprints to victory at SCCAL finals | High school cross country

WATSONVILLE—Aptos High senior Trent Nosky continuously looked over his shoulder as he made his way toward the finish line in last week’s league finals. It wasn’t a sprint to the finish but he was still cautious enough to know that anything can happen at the...

All-R-P Girls Soccer, 2017-18: Aptos' Hernandez Marquez named Player of the Year again

With that infectious love for the game as her guiding light, Hernandez Marquez was the driving force behind Aptos High’s success over the last four seasons. An All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team selection as a freshman, the league’s forward of the year her sophomore year and the SCCAL’s Most Valuable Player each of the last two seasons, Hernandez Marquez can now add another accomplishment to her long list.

Mariners’ cheer team captures program’s first CCS title 

SAN JOSE—The Aptos High competition cheer team made a name for itself this past weekend at the Central Coast Section Championships at Independence High School.  Team captains Jessika Parra and Gwen Parry along with the rest of the Mariners’ cheer squad captured the Show Cheer...

Women’s JC basketball: Seahawks have conference title on radar

APTOS–The Cabrillo College women’s basketball team is on the right path to capture a third straight conference title. The Seahawks opened up Coast Conference South Division play with a 90-50 win against Hartnell College on Wednesday.    Coach John Wilson said the main objective is to win...

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,...

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.