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College softball: MPC names Noriega its new softball coach
Former CSUMB pitcher/slugger Bianca Noriega has been named the new softball coach at MPC
High School sports: A year to savor while saying goodbye to a prominent school
A year filled with celebrations, milestones, titles and some sadness.
High School softball: Lee creates own legacy with record-breaking season
DaNae Lee put up historic numbers at the plate this year for Monterey in being named the Monterey Herald’s Softball Player of the Year
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State NorCal DIII softball: Monterey falls to Chico in extra innings
Chico pushes across three runs in the eighth inning Thursday to knock off Monterey 5-2 in the State NorCal Division III softball semifinals
PV’s Hemeria Delatorre, St. Francis’ Neveah Padilla receive special honors | 2026 All-PCAL softball
Pajaro Valley High junior pitcher/corner infielder Hemeria Delatorre works out regularly, twice over. She works on her hitting during and after the Grizzlies’ practices in the offseason, too. And, she also hits the weights at the gym.
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Youth-laden Soquel unable to counter Monterey’s late surge in CCS D-II final | High school softball
Soquel High’s youth-laden softball team needed some late-game heroics if it was going to secure its first Central Coast Section title in program history Saturday.
CCS DII softball finals: Monterey secures third title in five years
Nicole Seal strikes out 12, as Monterey wins its third CCS Division II softball title in five years after a 9-1 win over Soquel.
CCS playoff semifinals: Pacific Grove, Palma punch their ticket to baseball title games
Pacific Grove and Palma are both headed to the CCS baseball finals in their respective divisions; Pacific Grove is ousted in the DIV softball semifinals
CCS playoff semifinals: Lee’s record tying homer propels Monterey into softball finals
Monterey is returning the CCS Division II softball finals for the fourth time in five years, while Alisal will make its first ever DI softball final appearance
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
CCS playoff roundup: Seven county teams extend postseason run
Carmel, Palma, Pacific Grove all advance into the CCS baseball semifinals; North County, Pacific Grove, Alisal and Monterey reach softball semifinals
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Harbor beach volleyball closes regular season with sweep of Soquel | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s beach volleyball team swept visiting Soquel 5-0 in its Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League finale and senior day on Wednesday.
Soquel’s SCCAL-leading baseball team knocks off second-place Aptos | Local Roundup
Senior Jake Escalante hit two doubles and drove in three runs, and Soquel High’s baseball team beat visiting Aptos 9-3 in a matchup of the top two teams in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings on Tuesday.
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Clipboard: Alisal’s Jones to be inducted into California Wrestling Hall of Fame
Former Alisal High wrestler Wayne Jones is being inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey makes her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Grace Bailey made her U.S. Women’s Beach Soccer National Team debut at the 2026 BSWW Acapulco Beach Soccer Cup — one of the team’s biggest tournaments of the year — in Mexico on Thursday.