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September 23, 2026

Aptos’ Natalia Ackerman continues basketball career at Cal Berkeley

Aptos High alumna Natalia Ackerman has had an incredibly strong basketball career since leaving Santa Cruz County to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  After obtaining her degree, Ackerman’s growth and love for the game led her to enter the transfer portal late in...

Local Roundup, 5/2: Cabrillo baseball gets No. 11 seed in playoffs

The Cabrillo College Seahawks were given the No. 11 seed in the upcoming California Community College Athletic Association Northern California Regional and are set to play No. 7 Merced College in a best-of-three series.

HS football: Wildcatz pounce on Grizzlies to capture Belgard Kup

Watsonville High won its third straight game against Pajaro Valley High on Friday night at Cabrillo College.

Cabrillo determined to have bounce-back season | College football

The road to recovery hasn’t been easy for DeSean Gomez after a torn ACL injury sidelined him during his senior year at Aptos High two years ago.  But now the Cabrillo College freshman is back feeling healthier, and stronger, than ever.   “I hear a lot of...

The Juice will be loose: O.J. Simpson granted parole

Simpson, 70, could be released as early as Oct. 1. By then, he will have served the minimum of his nine-to-33-year sentence for a bungled attempt to snatch sports memorabilia and other mementos he claimed had been stolen from him.

Freeland pitches 6 solid innings, Rockies beat Giants 5-1

Freeland pitched six solid innings and shook off a liner off his pitching arm, Tony Wolters drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants again, 5-1 on Saturday.

Shanahan wants to bring play-action game to 49ers offense

By making run plays look like passes and passes like runs, Shanahan wants to make the defense react a step late crashing against the run even on a handoff or dropping back in coverage on a pass.

Girl's CCS Basketball: Hungry Aptos makes quick work of NMC, 75-50

Four players scored in double figures for the No. 5-seeded Mariners in their 75-50 romp over unseeded North Monterey County to advance to Saturday’s CCS Division III quarterfinals.

HS football: Watsonville taps alumnus Anthony Valdivia as new head coach

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High School athletics department announced this week that Anthony Valdivia was named the new head coach of the varsity football program.  Valdivia, a Watsonville alumnus and former player from 2001-04, returns to the team after a 15-year absence. “It’s my school,” he said “It’s...

HS Track & Field: Watsonville’s Ruiz resets 3,200 record

Watsonville sophomore Layla Ruiz reset her school record in the 3,200-meters while racing against some of the best high school distance runners in the state at the Stanford Invitational on March 29.