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High School sports: A year to savor while saying goodbye to a prominent school
A year filled with celebrations, milestones, titles and some sadness.
Best of the Rest: County’s best prep male athletes
Here is a glance at the top male athletes in the county this past season who were considered for the Monterey Herald’s Male Athlete of the Year honor.
High School baseball player of the year: Maxon leaves lasting imprint on Carmel program
Stanford bound pitcher Matt Maxon showed off his bat this past spring in breaking the Carmel single-season school record for home runs
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.
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
Soquel’s Connor Corlett commits to D-III Whitman for baseball | Local Roundup
Soquel High senior pitcher Connor Corlett, the 2025-26 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League boys basketball MVP, has committed to play baseball at NCAA Division III Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
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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
Clipboard: Byrne, Milovale, Weimer attend NFL rookie mini-camps
JT Byrne, James Milovale and Jeff Weimer were extended invitations to attend NFL mini-camps this past weekend
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.
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Aptos’ bats stay hot in SCCAL baseball win over Harbor | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s baseball team handed host Harbor a 10-4 loss to secure its grip on second place in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League make-up game on Wednesday.
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The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Hemeria Delatorre’s career day helps Pajaro Valley softball rally for 17-14 win | Local Roundup
Junior Hemeria Delatorre had five hits, including four doubles, eight RBI, and scored four runs scored, and the Pajaro Valley High softball team rallied from 10-1 deficit to beat visiting Santa Catalina 17-14 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Monday.
High School baseball: Carmel on a roll
Defending Central Coast Section Division III champion Carmel has won 10 straight Gabilan Division baseball games
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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
Clipboard: Morrow commits to play water polo at UOP
Stevenson junior Charlotte Morrow has committed to play water polo in 2028 for the University of Pacific.
Banana Slugs women’s golf takes second at 14-team UC Santa Cruz Invite in Pacific Grove | Local Roundup
UC Santa Cruz golfer Adeline Truong took third place and led the Banana Slugs to second place out of 14 teams at the two-day UC Santa Cruz Invite, which concluded Sunday at Pacific Grove Golf Links.
St. Francis’ Robert Gomez Jr. earns Offensive POY honor in Mission Division | All-PCAL boys basketball
St. Francis High junior basketball talent Robert Gomez Jr. took advantage of opponents focusing on drive-and-create wing Nash Horton in 2024-25. His senior season, with Horton graduated and competing in his freshman season of baseball at Pepperdine University, and after seeing Gomez bury 84 3-pointers and average 16.73 points last year, opponents were prepared to […]