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March 3, 2026

Wildcatz hungry for a PCAL-Cypress title | HS football

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High football team has been able to play in three of its scheduled games this season amidst the trouble that other Santa Cruz County schools are facing with ongoing cancelations due to Covid-19 protocols.  Second-year head coach Anthony Valdivia did have a small...

Wil Myers homers in third straight game, Padres beat Giants

Myers homered for a career-best third straight gameagainst San Francisco, Jabari Blash hit a go-ahead two-run double in the decisive fourth to back Dinelson Lamet, and the San Diego Padres beat the Giants 5-2 on Sunday.

HS Football: St. Francis 2018 schedule preview

A quick look at the St. Francis High football schedule for the 2018 season.

CCS soccer: Watsonville's boys, girls set to host double-header after receiving top seeds

The girls, the top seed in Division II, will welcome in No. 8 Piedmont Hills for a 5 p.m. game, and the boys, the top seed in Open Division, will take on No. 8 Los Gatos after.

CCS Track & Field Championships: Aptos' Pardue takes 3rd in 200, advances to state

Rounding the corner and kicking to the finish line of the 200-meters at Friday’s Central Coast Section Track & Field Championships, Pardue found another gear to take third and squeak into the prestigious California Interscholastic Federation state meet.

CCS Basketball Roundup: St. Francis boys, girls fall in semifinals

The top-seeded St. Francis High Sharks lost to No. 4 Pinewood, 74-71, in triple overtime of the Central Coast Section Division V semifinals on Wednesday night in Los Altos.

Girls basketball: Aptos’ Ackerman hoping to pair individual, team success

APTOS—Natalia Ackerman knows what it’s like to hoist a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division III basketball title in a single season.  But that was so last season. The 6-foot-1 Aptos High senior forward has her eyes set on something bigger for...

Boy's NorCal Basketball: Focused St. Francis powers into championship game

The top-seeded Sharks will play for history on Saturday against the No. 2 seeded Elliot Christian Eagles, who edged No. 3 Branson, 41-34, to advance.

Local Roundup, 9/19: Cabrillo volleyball stays perfect with pair of sweeps

The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team kept its perfect record intact on Saturday with a pair of sweeps over Sacramento City College and Fresno City College in the opening day of the Cabrillo College Classic.

Sports Roundup: Katelynn Ruiz, Monserrat Ramirez win at PCAL Center Meet

SALINAS—Watsonville High freshman Katelynn Ruiz was the first runner to cross the finish line to help lead the Wildcatz to a team win in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division Center Meet No. 3 on Wednesday. Ruiz won the 3-mile race in 19 minutes,...