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St. Francis High senior Julian Vargas took third in the 3,200-meter race at the prestigious Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on Friday, and Scotts Valley’s girls took third in the Distance Medley Relay.

Freshman Nash Horton’s dominant outing gave St. Francis High’s baseball team its second no-hitter in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play this week. Horton recorded nine strikeouts and gave up one walk over six innings as the Sharks won 10-0 over North Monterey County on Friday in a game shortened by the mercy rule. […]

Kai Price threw a five-inning no-hitter as the St. Francis High baseball team beat host North Salinas 12-1 in a game shortened by the mercy rule Wednesday.

Midfielder Adrian Rebollar, a 22-year-old Watsonville High alum, signed a pro contract with Monterey Bay F.C. in advance of its inaugural USL Championship campaign, pending league and federation approval. A former Santa Cruz Breakers Academy player, Rebollar recorded 16 goals, including seven game-winners, and 14 assists in his four-year career at California State University Monterey […]

An own goal by the Dominican University women’s soccer team in the 64th minute helped UC Santa Cruz earn a 2-all draw Tuesday on Lower East Field.

Watsonville’s Justin Carrancho, 26, edged Aptos High senior Trent Nosky, 17, for the overall title at the Little Wharf 3-Miler on Saturday. Santa Cruz’s Rebecca Paten, 41, was the top female, finishing 10th overall in 17:34.

Santa Cruz’s Nat Young was a sliver short of reaching his second straight final in a World Surf League Qualifying Series event Saturday.