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February 1, 2026

Roa wins Sprint Car Speedweek race at Ocean Speedway

Brody Roa scored the victory in the 30-lap Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Main Event Sept. 7 at Ocean Speedway.

Girls' PCAL-C basketball: Sharks’ Yniguez named league’s best

With Yniguez leading the way, the Sharks won a share of the PCAL-Cypress crown — the program’s first league title since the 2010-11 season — and advanced to the Central Coast Section Division V semifinals.

Commissioner for a column: How I would place the 29 football teams in next year's PCAL

The Pacific Coast Athletic League, a massive super league made up of 33 schools in the southern portion of the Central Coast Section, is coming next school year and I’m excited to see its impact on each program.

Kevin Durant still questionable for Game 3

Durant participated in a light practice and was still listed as questionable to play in Saturday’s Game 3 of the playoffs at Portland because of a strained left calf.

Farmer's 2-run double in 11th lifts Dodgers past Giants

Kyle Farmer's two-run double in the 11th inning in his first major league at-bat lifted the Dodgers to their eighth straight win, 3-2 over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night. Los Angeles players and coaches stormed the field in an unbridled celebrat

G League Basketball: Hamilton ready to impress in Santa Cruz after GSW camp

The Santa Cruz Warriors second-year point guard spent the summer with the Golden State Warriors Vegas Summer League team and earned an invitation to the defending NBA champ’s training camp, where he brushed shoulders with two-time NBA M.V.P. Stephen Curry, Finals M.V.P. Kevin Durant and the rest of the Warriors’ star-studded roster.

Watsonville history: Watsonville High has many traditions, one of them is written with a ‘z’

Before last week, I was never curious as to why Watsonville used a z instead of an s at the end of its mascots' name. Like I said, I accepted it. It’s not a spelling mistake, which was my first thought when I went to my first high school basketball game, it’s the unspoken rule — like not putting ketchup on a hotdog. No Watsonville alumnus asks why, they just accept it.

Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league teams | High school boys soccer

St. Francis High sophomore Liam Rawson was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division's Offensive Player of the Year for the 2023-24...

A's spoil Velazquez's debut with 3 HRs in 8-3 win vs Red Sox

Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis hit first-inning homers to spoil Hector Velazquez's major league debut and Gray took it from there to get his first win of the season for the Oakland Athletics, 8-3 over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.

Local Roundup, 1-4: Monte Vista Christian girls’ hoops falls in league opener

Mackenzie Tellez had 18 points in Monte Vista Christian’s 61-53 overtime loss to Gilroy High on Tuesday night in both teams’ Monterey Bay League Gabilan division opener.