Volleyball: PV picks up first win
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
The Pajaro Valley High girls volleyball team picked up its first victory of the season Tuesday, topping visiting Scotts Valley 26-24, 25-20, 25-13 in a nonleague match.
The Grizzlies have a revamped roster this season after losing much of last year's Monterey Bay League championship team to graduation.
For Pajaro Valley, J.J. Gordo had seven kills, Aime ...more
Football: PV's rally in opener falls short
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
SANTA CRUZ -- The Pajaro Valley High football team fell behind early in its season opener against Harbor and was never able to catch up.
In a battle of teams looking to improve on finishing last in their respective leagues a year ago, host Harbor managed to hang on for a 27-20 win in a nonleague game Saturday. ...more
Football: North County rolls to victory after sloppy start
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
The North Monterey County High football team was a bit sloppy offensively early in its season opener.
Once the Condors got rolling, however, the rout was on.
North County defeated host Silver Creek 51-12 in a nonleague game Saturday in San Jose.
Starting quarterback A.J. Jimenez rushed for two touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes to Stephen ...more
Football: Mistakes hurt Soquel in shutout loss
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
The Soquel High football team simply made too many mistakes in its season-opening 31-0 loss to host Leland in San Jose on Friday night, Knights coach Ron Myers said.
"Our kids played really hard," he said. "We were competitive for about two and a half quarters, but we couldn't overcome our mistakes. Turnovers, penalties and missed assignments, that ...more
Football: Aptos hopes to learn from opening blowout loss
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
The Aptos High football team was less than its best as it opened its season against a squad that new Mariners coach Randy Blankenship was "by far the biggest and fastest team we'll see all year."
The result?
"A good beating," Blankenship said.
The Mariners fell 40-0 to defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division III champion Del Campo ...more
Golf: Belmont teams with pro partner to finish third at First Tee Open
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
By ERIC ANDERSON
OF THE REGISTER-PAJARONIAN
Caroline Belmont and her professional partner, Olin Browne, finished two shots out of first place in the pro-junior competition at the First Tee Open, a three-day Champions Tour event that finished Sunday at Pebble Beach.
"We couldn't quite make it happen on the second half of the back nine," Belmont said. ...more
Girls volleyball: Aptos, Soquel win tournament titles
Posted: Tuesday, Sep 7th, 2010
The Aptos High girls volleyball team went 5-0 to win the Notre Dame-Salinas tournament Saturday.
The Mariners went 3-0 in pool play, beating Alisal 25-14, 25-14, North Monterey County 25-18, 25-6 and Carmel 25-20, 25-14.
In the semifinals, Aptos topped Notre Dame-Salinas 25-15, 20-25, 15-10, then edged North Salinas 20-25, 25-11,
15-13 in the final.
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Football: Watsonville struggles out of the gate
Posted: Saturday, Sep 4th, 2010
SALINAS -- A disastrous first half spoiled the Watsonville High football team's hopes of victory in its season opener.
Host Alvarez, which is coming off several poor seasons in a row, scored touchdowns on five of its six offensive possessions in the first half and went on to beat the Wildcatz 40-7.
"We came out and played ...more
Football: St. Francis outmanned by Carmel in loss
Posted: Saturday, Sep 4th, 2010
By ERIC ANDERSON
OF THE REGISTER-PAJARONIAN
APTOS -- With just 20 players on the roster, the last thing the St. Francis football team needed was to lose four players.
But that's what happened.
The outmanned Sharks fell 42-13 to defending Central Coast Section Division IV champion Carmel in their season opener Friday night at Cabrillo College, a ...more
Belmont off to fast start at First Tee Open
Posted: Saturday, Sep 4th, 2010
PEBBLE BEACH -- Playing in the First Tee Open at the Pebble Beach Golf Links isn't a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Caroline Belmont.
That's because she's doing so for the second time.
The 15-year-old Freedom resident, a junior at Monte Vista Christian School, said taking part in the Champions Tour event for the second time is still pretty ...more
Football: Watsonville, Pajaro Valley face off in scrimmage
Posted: Saturday, Aug 28th, 2010
The Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High football teams started a tradition Friday night.
Before a good-sized crowd, the Grizzlies and host Wildcatz played a preseason scrimmage.
The format featured each offense getting eight plays on drives beginning at its own 40-yard line, eight plays beginning at the opponent's 40, eight plays beginning at the opponent's 20 ...more
Saturday's roundup: PV Women's Golf Club holds invitational tournament
Posted: Saturday, Aug 28th, 2010
The team of Jeanette Shaw, Anita Painchaud, Elaine Rickard and Becky Husted won the overall team title in the Pajaro Valley Women's Golf Club's Annual Women's Club Invitational "A Day of Wine and Roses" on Tuesday.
Counting the best two balls of four and using handicaps, the winning team shot a score of 126.
Lorri Nieto, Kim ...more
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