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January 13, 2026

HS Football, Week 7: Pajaro Valley drops heartbreaker to Greenfield

Pajaro Valley lost a 37-35 heartbreaker to visiting Greenfield on Saturday night at Carl Conelly Stadium to fall to 0-2 in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia division play.

Girls' basketball roundup, 2/8: Pajaro Valley, St. Francis win long-awaited league titles

The Grizzlies thumped visiting Gonzales, 59-17, to win the PCAL-SL title outright a night after clinching a share of the championship with a 60-36 win at Greenfield.

CCS Basketball Roundup: Pajaro Valley boys, NMC girls notch wins in first round

The unseeded Pajaro Valley boy’s basketball team notched its first Central Coast Section playoff win since 2009 in comeback fashion, edging No. 12 Soledad in the first round of the Division III bracket on the road on Tuesday night.

Gallagher hits slam for 1st MLB homer, Royals beat A's 6-2

Gallagher hit a grand slam for just his second big league hit, leading Kansas City past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Monday night.

Wildcatz’s CCS champion softball team honored by Watsonville City Council

Behind stellar pitching and timely hitting, Watsonville won its first-ever CCS title this season, beating Homestead High for the Division I crown in late May. The Wildcatz also became the first softball squad from Santa Cruz County to win a section title.

Raiders WR Amari Cooper downplays big game

Instead of gloating after coming off the best game of his career with 11 catches for 210 yards last week against Kansas City, Cooper maintained the same even-keeled persona.

Giants hold off late rally, beat Tigers 5-4 behind Blach

Blach took a shutout into the seventh inning, and the Giants held off a late Detroit rally in beating the Tigers 5-4 on Wednesday night. Blach allowed only three hits in the first six innings.

Love's 301 yards helps Stanford beat Arizona State 34-24

No player in Stanford history has ever had the type of day that Love did on Saturday when he set a single-game school record for 301 yards rushing and three touchdowns to help the Cardinal beat Arizona State 34-24.

Boys CCS Volleyball: Aptos advances to D-II section final

Top-seeded Aptos High survived a five-set barnburner against No. 5 Leigh High on Thursday to advance to Saturday's Central Coast Section Division II championship match. The scores were 25-20, 35-37, 25-16, 17-25, 15-12.

R-P Male Student-Athlete of the Year, 2017-18: Sharks’ two-sport standout named top student-athlete — again

Watkins helped St. Francis finish second in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League in both sports, while also guiding the baseball team to a Central Coast Section championship game and the basketball team to a section semifinal.