HS Baseball: Leroy Dozal takes over Watsonville baseball
Leroy Dozal, a 1988 Hollister High graduate and Cal Sate Hayward alumnus, has been named the head coach of the Watsonville High baseball program, the school’s Athletic Director Mark Northcutt recently told the Register-Pajaronian.
From sports star to inmate: OJ Simpson to plead for parole
Now, an aging Simpson will appear as inmate No. 1027820 in a starkly plain hearing room in a remote Nevada prison Thursday to plead for his freedom. He's spent more than eight years behind bars for armed robbery and assault with a weapon after trying to t
HS Football, Week 11: Aptos falls short of PCAL-G title
A week after falling one yard short of a game-winning touchdown against Palma, the Mariners fell a yard short of icing what would have been a title-clinching victory in Friday night’s 28-24 loss to Salinas at “The Pit.”
Local Roundup, 5/18: Hocom named to Cal-Hi Sports All-State team
Aptos High’s Hannah Hocom was recently named one of 20 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore team selections.
Girls volleyball: Mariners fall to Harbor in season finale
APTOS — The Aptos High girls’ volleyball team was two points away from having at least a share of this year’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship.
But the Mariners came up short in a five-set loss to Harbor High on Thursday. The scores were...
Adam Hazel to step down as St. Francis’ athletic director
WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High announced last week that athletic director Adam Hazel will step down from his position at the end of this school year.
Hazel, 38, is in his 10th year as a teacher, coach and administrator at St. Francis. He spent the past seven...
What offseason? A week after Finals, the NBA in overdrive
Dwight Howard and Brook Lopez are on the move. Dwyane Wade is opting in. Pau Gasol is opting out. The Los Angeles Lakers provided the clearest indication yet that Lonzo Ball is their guy.
Girls CCS Tennis: Aptos trio bounced in quarterfinals
Competing in singles, Mia Totah lost to top-seeded Ashley Yeah and the doubles team of Lila and Rebecca Sampson lost to No. 3 seed Stephanie Ren and Monica Stratakos of Saratoga High.
Boy's CCS Basketball: St. Francis to meet two-time defending champ Priory in final
Junior forward Chase Watkins scored a career-high 29 points to lead the top-seeded Sharks past No. 5 Pinewood, 67-51, into their first Central Coast Section championship game since 2012.
Former coaching colleagues face off when 49ers host Rams
Now McVay and Shanahan are both first-time head coaches ready to face off as opponents on Thursday night when McVay's Los Angeles Rams (1-1) face Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers (0-2).













