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WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High junior Sam Braun and his teammates had to wait an extra week to kick off their run in the Central Coast Section playoffs.  It probably felt just as long for the No. 4 seeded Sharks to close out Tuesday night’s 62-59 overtime...

Watsonville High junior Katelynn Ruiz and several other local athletes are set to compete in this weekend’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships in Gilroy.   The Wildcatz standout distance runner advanced in the 3200-meters finals after she finished in 11 minutes, 30.11 seconds during...

Arguably the best receiver in the Southern Conference of the Central Coast Section last season, Bautista will be one of several explosive options for the Monte Vista Christian football team this fall.

Cassidy Schurman, Mattea Romo and Kate Watts combined for 30 kills in a 25-19, 25-18, 26-24 sweep of Notre Dame-Salinas on Tuesday in Monterey Bay League Gabilan division action.

Watsonville High alumnus Chris Rivera last week was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-American third team.

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

Pajaro Valley flag football head coach Cesar Rojas was thrown straight into the Grizzlies den when the school decided to launch the program one week prior to the 2024 season. He had just seven days to prepare 25 student-athletes using a simple playbook that they...

With 10 players back, including four starters, from last year’s regional quarterfinalist team, Aptos knows this could be the year the program does something it has not since the 1982-83 season: play for a California Interscholastic Federation Northern California championship.