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March 22, 2026

Local Roundup, 3/7: Watsonville’s Abel Pena goes 3-2 at state meet

Watsonville junior wrestler Abel Pena went 3-2 in the 120-pound division of the California Interscholastic Federation state wrestling championship over the weekend in Bakersfield.

Aptos’ Isaiah Ackerman named the league’s co-MVP | All-SCCAL boys basketball 

Aptos senior Isaiah Ackerman and Santa Cruz junior DeMarco Hunter were named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s co-Most Valuable Players for the 2024-25 boys’ basketball season. According to statistics on the Max Preps website, Ackerman had an average of 20.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and...

Perez has encouraging start in Rangers' 6-3 win over A's

Perez allowed 10 hits but pitched into the sixth inning and Texas held on to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 before another sparse crowd on Thursday.

A's lose 12-inning marathon to O's

Britton's AL-record run of converting 60 straight save attempts was ruined when he blew a two-run lead and failed to get out of the ninth inning in a game Baltimore ultimately won in the 12th, 8-7 over the Oakland Athletics.

Local Roundup, 10/12: Manor helps Aptos volleyball sweep St. Francis

Chloe Manor had 36 assists, 11 digs, three kills and an ace to lead the Aptos High Mariners past the St. Francis High Sharks to a 26-24, 25-15, 25-20 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League sweep on Tuesday night in Watsonville.

Hunter Strickland suspended 6 games, Bryce Harper 4

There is widespread agreement on one topic the day after a bench-clearing brawl that led to a six-game suspension for Giants reliever Hunter Strickland and a four-game ban for Washington slugger Bryce Harper.

Espinosa's 3-run homer in 9th rallies Angels past A's 7-6

Danny Espinosa hit a three-run homer in the ninth to rally the Los Angeles Angels past the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Tuesday night.

Blazers beat Warriors 125-108 for 9th straight victory

The ninth win came on Friday night with a 125-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors. CJ McCollum scored 30 points and Lillard added 28.

Aptos’ amazing playoff run was one for the books | High school softball

Aptos graduate Bailey Fulton was beaming with confidence going into the 2025 softball season knowing this year just felt a lot different than the previous three. “Our team, we just clicked more and it felt like we could take it pretty far,” Fulton said. “I...

Giants score plenty to back Samardzija, snap five-game skid

Buster Posey hit an RBI double in the first and a sacrifice fly two innings later, Samardzija struck out five pitching into the seventh and the Giants snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Colorado Rockies 9-2 on Monday night.