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Clipboard: Carmel’s Lloyd anchoring Alabama’s offensive line
Jackson Lloyd has become one of the leaders on nationally ranked Alabama’s offensive line
Jamaree Bouyea returning to the Phoenix Suns
Jamaree Bouyea is coming off a season in which he played in an NBA career high 46 games
Santa Cruz acquires returning player rights to guard Miles Kelly | NBA G League
The Santa Cruz Warriors acquired the returning player rights to 6-foot-4 guard Miles Kelly from the Texas Legends on Tuesday.
Clipboard: Nine individuals enshrined into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Nine individuals and one team were inducted over the weekend into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Santa Cruz quartet set for Super Girl Surf Festival in Oceanside | Local Roundup
Four of Santa Cruzans top female surfer — Kaikora Nauenberg, Kirra Huntress, Riviera Hunter, and Isla Hardy — will compete in the World Surf League’s 2026 Super Girl Surf Festival, a Qualifying Series 4,000-point event that begins Friday and runs through Sunday in Oceanside.
Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Nine individuals and one team will be inducted this weekend into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Photos | WNBA guard Haley Jones returns to area as Valkyries defeat Wings
WNBA guard Haley Jones hugged her father Pat after her Dallas Wings played the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in a WNBA game on Monday. Jones grew up in Santa Cruz and starred at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose before leading Stanford University to the NCAA championship in 2021.
Valkyries top Dallas, earn return trip to WNBA playoffs | Glimpse of the Action
The Golden State Valkyries knocked off the Dallas Wings 78-70 at Chase Center in San Francisco on Monday night to secure their second trip to the WNBA playoffs in as many seasons.
College football: Carmel’s Lloyd slated to start this fall at Alabama
Carmel graduate Jackson Lloyd is expected to be the starting left tackle this fall at national power Alabama
Clipboard: Seventeen Lobos scholarship bound in football
Highlighted by three Power 4 signees, MPC had 17 football players earn scholarships this coming fall
MPC pair headed to Pacific University for basketball
MPC’s Corvell Simmons and Marc Colton Mbayo have committed to play basketball this coming season at Pacific University in Oregon
Gabriel Gonzales, 42, takes over as Santa Cruz’s boys basketball coach
It took Santa Cruz High’s hiring committee three shots, but a successor to recently retired Lawan Milhouse, the Cardinals’ wildly successful boys basketball coach, was officially named last week.
210 fall athletes to watch over 70 days
210 fall athletes to watch over 70 days
High School sports: A year to savor while saying goodbye to a prominent school
A year filled with celebrations, milestones, titles and some sadness.
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones rejoins WNBA’s Dallas Wings with development contract | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz basketball star Haley Jones, 25, a former All-American at Stanford University, is back with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings.
Female Athlete of the Year: No sophomore slump for Lorca
Earning all-league honors in three sports, including a spot in the state track and field championships, Carolina Lorca was named The Herald’s Female Athlete of the Year
Rest of the best: County’s best prep female athletes
Here is a peek at the top female athletes in the county this past season, who were considered for the Monterey Herald’s Female Athlete of the Year honor.
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.
Santa Cruz Warriors unveil commemorative 15th anniversary logo | NBA G League
The Santa Cruz Warriors, the NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors, will celebrate the franchise’s 15th anniversary throughout the upcoming 2026-27 season.
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones among three players waived by WNBA’s Portland Fire | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones, a 6-foot-1 forward/guard, was one of three players waived by the WNBA’s Portland Fire or Thursday.
Mount Madonna boys volleyball pulls off reverse sweep, makes CCS D-II quarterfinals | Local Roundup
The No. 4 seed Mount Madonna School boys volleyball team pulled off a thrilling reverse sweep, 27-29, 20-25, 25-12, 25-22, 15-12, to oust No. 13 University Prep of San Jose in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs in Watsonville on Monday.
Santa Cruz’s Haisley Flanagan, Leela Whiting and MVC’s Mayla Spahn, Jessie Ingram win beach volleyball titles | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s Haisley Flanagan and Leela Whiting took first place in the Mark Brewer Memorial Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Pairs Beach Volleyball Tournament ‘A’ Final at Main Beach on Friday.
GBA all-star basketball game rosters
GBA all-star boys and girls basketball game rosters
Hard-nosed, successful Cardinals coach Lawan Milhouse steps down | Boys basketball
Each of the past five seasons, Lawan Milhouse, 48, indicated that he planned to step down as Santa Cruz High’s highly successful boys basketball coach. By season’s end, his desire to see another player through til his graduation always delayed said plans.
Five county athletes receive special honors in all-league voting | All-PCAL girls basketball
Watsonville High senior forward/center Leilani Yasin-Espinoza shined at both ends of the basketball court, but was honored as the Gabilan Division Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to a three-way tie for fourth place in the highest tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.