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March 27, 2026

Mariners set to play in league baseball tourney final | Cover 3 Sports Ticker

The Cover 3 Sports Ticker highlights pivotal matchups in the Games of the Week, and provides updates on local athletes in the Local Stars and Pajaro Valley Little League sections. Games of the Week Aptos vs. Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley, baseball, Friday at 4:30pm: The Mariners (21-6,...

Hernandez hits 3 HRs, Dodgers top Cubs to reach World Series

Hernandez homered three times and drove in a record seven runs, Kershaw breezed through six crisp innings and Los Angeles ended the Chicago Cubs' title defense with an 11-1 rout in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series on Thursday night.

Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez commended as Mission Division’s top pitcher | All-PCAL softball

Watsonville High sophomore Amelia Martinez was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s Pitcher of the Year for the 2024 regular season.  The Wildcatz’s star pitcher finished with a 13-2 overall record in 20 appearances in the circle. She had a 1.59 ERA with...

SC Warriors to honor late Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller at Local Heroes Night

The Santa Cruz Warriors are just weeks away from tipping off the 2021-22 NBA G League season.  During the league’s season-opening weekend, the Sea Dubs will pay special tribute to Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department, who tragically lost his life...

Girls volleyball: Grizzlies battle back to beat Breakers for league win

WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley High girls’ volleyball team was in a bit of a rut and on the verge of letting Thursday night’s game against Pacific Grove High slip away.   But Grizzlies’ senior Julie Che and the rest of the squad pulled a rabbit...

HS Football Preview, Week 3: Preseason wraps up for four local teams

At 3-0 overall and fresh off a 35-14 drubbing of Greenfield High, Watsonville High is off to its best start since 2003. But Friday night’s preseason finale against the Irvington High Vikings will, without a doubt, be the Wildcatz’s biggest test of the season so far.

Bowers passes for 2 TDs, Cal holds off Oregon State 37-23

Laird rushed for 214 yards on 33 carries — both career-highs — and quarterback Ross Bowers passed for two touchdowns, helping California hold off Oregon State 37-23 on Saturday.

‘Catz’s magical season over following loss to Alisal in CCS play-in match | Boys’ volleyball

Correction: A previous version of this story said the Watsonville boys' volleyball team last won a league championship in 2016, which is not true. Watsonville won a league championship in 2022. The historical run for the Watsonville boys’ volleyball team came to a crushing end...

Watsonville’s Rylee Gomez inks to play softball at Saint Mary’s College

WATSONVILLE—All eyes were on Watsonville High senior Rylee Gomez as the Wildcatz standout infielder put the pen to the dotted line to sign with Saint Mary’s softball program. She was one of five South Santa Cruz County student-athletes who made their college commitments official on...

CCS Sports: Ongoing NorCal fire pushes cross country, football action

Due to poor air quality stemming from the ongoing fires in Northern California, Friday night's Central Coast Section Open Division III football game between No. 5 Aptos and No. 4 Terra Nova in Pacifica has been pushed to Saturday.