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Furr maintains point lead with Sprint Car feature win at Ocean Speedway

Brad Furr won the 30-lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car Main Event Friday night at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

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.):...

HS Football: M.V.C. hires Jubenal Rodriguez — coach who led Gilroy to 13-0 season

In a stunning move Tuesday, Monte Vista Christian announced Jubenal Rodriguez was leaving his post at Gilroy High to take over the football program at the private school in the outskirts of Watsonville.

Soquel High football team honored for earning county’s first state championship

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The Soquel High School football team paraded onto their home field Wednesday, sandwiched between the school’s band percussion team and the varsity cheerleaders in a special proclamation ceremony after becoming the first football team in Santa Cruz County to win a California Interscholastic Federation...

Mariners, Sharks earn trips to CCS playoffs | High school football

The Central Coast Section football playoff brackets are in order and a pair of local schools will represent the area in Friday’s upcoming quarterfinals. Aptos High—tri co-champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division—and Cypress Division runner-up St. Francis both will extend their season...

Photos: ‘Catz declawed by Cardinals in non-league action | Week 2 scoreboard

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior quarterback Vicente Baltazar connected with Albert De Haro for a touchdown in their 50-7 loss to Santa Cruz High in non-league play Sept. 3. The Wildcatz’s special teams unit had a 40-yard kickoff return that set them up with good field possession.  On...

Mariners set to make a run in the CCS D-III playoffs | Boys basketball

APTOS—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team might actually get its chance to play a rubber match against league rival Santa Cruz High in the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason.   The Mariners and Cardinals, co-champions of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League, split their regular-season meetings...

Raiders-Chargers game may be affected by wildfires

The NFL is keeping an eye on the wildfires in Northern California and has been exploring options to move Sunday's game between the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers if it becomes necessary.

PV girls’ basketball hosts first annual toy drive event on campus

A little more than 100 Pajaro Valley Unified School District students received an early Christmas present at Pajaro Valley High’s first annual toy drive event on Dec. 23. Children from H.A. Hyde, Ohlone and Hall District elementary schools got a chance to pick from an...

Raiders break ground on 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas

In a ceremony that balanced the glitz that Las Vegas embodies and the tragedy from which it is still recovering, the Oakland Raiders on Monday broke ground on a 65,000-seat domed stadium across the freeway from the city's world-famous casinos.