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October 20, 2025

Weeklys Sports Ticker: Aptos girls volleyball takes down Scotts Valley in five sets

Aptos High sophomore outside hitter Ella Dueck had 19 kills, four aces, 20 digs and three blocks in a five-set (25-23, 16-25, 25-17, 24-26, 15-9) win over Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball action Oct. 22.  Junior right side Kenzie Smith...

St. Francis’ Nash Horton named Cypress Division’s top player | All-PCAL boys’ basketball

St. Francis senior Nash Horton was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024-25 winter season. After missing one year on the court, the standout Sharks guard returned to score an average of 21.1 points per game and...

Local Roundup, 1/16: Pajaro Valley boys’ hoops falls to Seaside in heartbreaker

The Pajaro Valley High boys’ basketball team suffered its first loss Monterey Bay League Pacific division loss of the season on Friday night, falling to league-leading Seaside High, 49-47.

CCS Basketball Roundup: St. Francis boys, girls fall in semifinals

The top-seeded St. Francis High Sharks lost to No. 4 Pinewood, 74-71, in triple overtime of the Central Coast Section Division V semifinals on Wednesday night in Los Altos.

Deadline additions help streaking Sharks surge into playoffs

During this streak, they have managed to win wide-open games as well as tight checking ones and have managed to negate the speed of teams such as Vegas as well as deal with more physical play like they had Saturday in a 5-1 win over Calgary.

America still in turmoil a year after Kaepernick's protest

Supporters of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick demonstrated outside the Los Angeles Rams' Aug. 12 preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys, part of calls for boycotts of the upcoming NFL season. Film director Spike Lee is promoting a rally on his behalf.

Girls Basketball: Hocom named Academic All-American by NHSCA

The Aptos High star junior basketball player was named an Academic All-American by the National High School Coaches Association late last month, and also earned a spot on Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Underclassmen Third Team.

No obstacle is too large for young Sharks squad | Girls flag football

St. Francis made a name for itself following a tremendous 2023 fall campaign in what was the inaugural official season for girls flag football in California.  Opposing teams who didn’t know it then should probably start paying closer attention now. The Sharks are off to...

Warriors rally for 113-111 win after Spurs lose Leonard

Curry scored 40 points and hit a tying 3-pointer with 1:48 remaining, and the Warriors rallied from way behind after Kawhi Leonard was lost to an ankle injury to beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-111 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Sharks beat Canucks 3-1 after losing Thornton to leg injury

Tomas Hertl scored twice in the first period to snap a 16-game goal drought before fellow center Joe Thornton went down with an apparent injury to his left leg, and the Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 Sunday.