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St. Francis’ Nicky Fantl, Noah Magana earn first-team honors in Gabilan Division | 2026 All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High baseball talents Nicky Fantl and Noah Magana were named to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s All-Gabilan Division first team during all-league voting.
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.
High School track: Former North Salinas sprinter Clara Adams files lawsuit against CIF
Three days after bringing home three state track and field titles, former Salinas resident Clara Adams is suing the CIF from being disqualified at last year’s state finals and being stripped of her 400-meter title.
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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.
CIF state track: Former North Salinas sprinter Adams returns looking for redemption
A year to the day that Clara Adams was stripped of her CIF State 400-meter title for spraying her shoes with a fire extinguisher, the former North Salinas High sprinter will step back into the blocks for Long Beach Wilson as the favorite on Friday at the state track trails.
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
Soquel’s Jedidiah Del Favero, MVC’s Zach Binder receive special honors in Mission Division | 2026 All-PCAL Boys Lacrosse
Two Santa Cruz County boys lacrosse players, Soquel High’s Jedidiah Del Favero and Monte Vista Christian senior midfielder Zach Binder, received special honors in the Mission Division during coaches’ Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league voting.
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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
CCS track and field finals: Ashurst, Coronado, Lorca state bound
Anarae Ashurst won the CCS boys discus title for North Salinas; Salinas’ Jaslyne Coronado advances to the state meet in the 400, as does Palma’s Carolina Lorca in the shot put.
CCS track and field finals: Projected finishes for PCAL athletes
Projected finishes for athletes from the PCAL for Saturday’s Central Coast Section track and field championships at Gilroy
PCAL all-league girls’ lacrosse teams
Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league girls’ lacrosse teams
PCAL all-league boys lacrosse teams
Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league boys’ lacrosse teams
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
CCS track trials: Coronado rewrites Salinas school record in advancing in the 400
Jaslyne Coronado rewrites her own school record in the 400 meters at the CCS track and field trials; North Salinas’ Anarae Ashurst heaves the discus a CCS leading 176-feet-5
CCS playoff roundup: Dolata, Holland led Stevenson past Castilleja in lacrosse
Stevenson wins first ever girls postseason lacrosse match
CCS golf finals: Stevenson four-peats as section champions
Freshman Dylan Hirst is the CCS medalist, carding a 6-under, helping Stevenson to its fourth straight section boys golf title
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
More than 6,095 runners compete in 16th annual She.is.beautiful Santa Cruz 10K and 5K | Local Roundup
More than 6,095 runners competed in the 16th annual She.is.beautiful Santa Cruz 10K and 5K races on Saturday, including three competing virtually.