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High School football: Anderson wins 150th game at Carmel
Golden Anderson became the fastest coach to 150 wins after Carmel’s 43-20 win over Rancho San Juan
Iandoli named co-MVP of Summer College baseball league
Former Carmel baseball standout Bo Iandoli named the Most Valuable Player in the Great Plains Independence League this past summer.
County linemen rising to the occasion in college football
Jackson Lloyd, Oscar Weigel and Messiah Johnson are starters on the offensive line this fall for their respective college football teams
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
High School roundup: Stiver, Rocha led Carmel past Woodside
Carmel and Stevenson bounce back with impressive wins, valid fourth quarter charge comes up short for Salinas
Soquel girls volleyball falls in five sets to Carmel | Local Roundup
Soquel High’s girls volleyball team dropped its first two sets against visiting Carmel, waged a big rally, and narrowly fell in five, 25-17, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13, in the teams’ nonleague thriller Thursday.
Game of the Week: Emotions flood the field for Seaside-Monterey Battle of the Bay
Monterey will put its five-game winning streak over Seaside on the line Saturday in the 61st Battle of the Bay
Harbor’s volleyball sweep has nice ring to it | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team continued to ring in its 2026 campaign with anther victory, a 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 sweep of Monterey on Tuesday, following a prematch ceremony honoring its championship ’25 squad.
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Monterey County prep football Week 1 – Weekend scoreboard, how Top 10 fared
High school football 2026: Results from Week 1 games played across the Bay Area.
Lake Tahoe’s Matt Nolan beats Santa Cruz’s Brent Thiebout in CCFC 8 main event | Local Roundup
Lake Tahoe’s Matt Nolan earned a unanimous decision over Santa Cruz’s Brent Thiebout in their MMA bout at 215 pounds in the main event of Central Coast Fighting Championship 8 — “The Lost Boys” Muay Thai — at The Grove at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Saturday.
Cabrillo women’s volleyball goes 1-1 in Weed to open season | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team went 1-1 at the Siskiyous Tri in Weed to open its season on Friday.
Imamura set for sophomore volleyball season at Dartmouth
Carmel graduate and 2024 Herald Volleyball Player of the Year Riley Imamura will begin her second season at Dartmouth
High School football: Pacific Grove snaps 11-year skid for ‘The Shoe’
Charlie Edmonds finds Ben Kelly for a touchdown with eight seconds left in Pacific Grove’s 26-22 win at Carmel to recapture ‘The Shoe’
Game of the Week: Carmel, Pacific Grove open season for ‘The Shoe’
Host Carmel will look to extend its 11-game winning streak over Pacific Grove in the 79th meeting for ‘The Shoe’ in its first ever night game on campus
High School football tour: Day 16: Monterey
With the smallest roster in the Gabilan Division, health will likely dictate Monterey’s success
High School football tour: Day 15: Pacific Grove
A lack of stamina and bodies have crippled Pacific Grove in the second half of the season in each of the last three years
High School football tour: Day 14: Carmel
Attention to detail has been a strength for Carmel, who is chasing a 15th playoff spot in 18 seasons
County’s high school football teams prepare for ’26 campaign with scrimmages this weekend
All 10 high school football teams from Santa Cruz County will see their first live action, full pads, against real opponents during scrimmages this weekend.
High School football tour: Day 12: Salinas
Owners of the second longest playoff streak in the PCAL, Salinas has the best record in the Gabilan Division over the last eight years
High School football tour: Day 10: North Salinas
Tossed into the Gabilan Division last season, North Salinas quieted skeptics by reaching the postseason for the third straight year
Clipboard: A hiring frenzy of coaches at Seaside High
Seaside High has hired five new head coaches for various sports as a culture change begins
Hirschfield commits to play baseball at Vassar College
Carmel baseball slugger Alex Hirschfield has committed to play baseball at Vassar College
210 fall athletes to watch over 70 days
210 fall athletes to watch over 70 days