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September 21, 2026

Ocean Speedway: DeCarlo goes flag-to-flag for Pat Pettit Memorial Shootout win

Nick DeCarlo scored an impressive victory in the eighth annual Pat & Jim Pettit Memorial Shootout Race on Sept. 29 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

‘Catz remain unbeaten to begin fall campaign | Girls flag football

Temperatures will finally begin to drop after a couple of scorching days hit the Central Coast unexpectedly this week. The only thing not cooling down at the moment is the Watsonville High girls flag football team. They kept their unblemished record intact following a 21-0 victory...

Road to recovery: Aptos’ Castañeda wins battle with kidney cancer | Girls soccer

Aptos High girls soccer head coach Gina Castañeda was competing as she usually does in the annual Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley softball tournament in late August to help raise funds for youth non profits. Everything was fine until she was accidentally punched in...

Grizzlies maintain positive attitude despite ongoing struggles | High school baseball

In January, baseball coaches within the Pacific Coast Athletic League have a meeting before the first set of practices begin at the end of the month.  One of the questions always raised for Pajaro Valley High is how many kids are going to show up,...

Girls' PCAL-C Basketball: St. Francis takes two-game lead with win over Carmel

St. Francis held off Carmel’s second-half push to keep its league record unscathed with a 52-43 win.

Togo’s Athletes of the Week, 01/24: Joey Garibay, Madison Hill

Joey Garibay, St. Francis, (Sr.): Sharks’ senior had 22 points on Jan. 13 in a PCAL-Cypress opening win against Pajaro Valley. Garibay had 26 points against Watsonville High that helped St. Francis get a 2-0 start in league play. Madison Hill, Monte Vista Christian, (Sr.):...

No surprise: It's Cavs-Warriors in the NBA Finals, again

For the third straight year, it's Cleveland and Golden State in the NBA Finals. The 2016 champions versus the 2015 champions . The first "threematch" — rematch of a rematch — in league history. It's the matchup most expected, the matchup most predicted, a

Sharks’ season opener against King City postponed | HS football

WATSONVILLE—The high school football season began this week with a pair of games that took place in the tri-county area on Thursday night. St. Francis High will have to wait at least a few more days to play its season opener after the school was...

MVC’s defense holds off Seaside’s late comeback| Prep football roundup

It wasn’t the prettiest way to win yet somehow, some way Monte Vista Christian managed to get the job done for head coach Joe Sturdivant in last week's debut with the program.  The Mustangs held off Seaside’s late comeback for a 16-8 non league victory...

State clears way for football, other youth sports to resume

The wait for most youth sports just became a lot shorter as the California Department of Public Health released an updated version of its guidance, meaning that schools and privately organized clubs or leagues could begin full contact practice and competition as early as...