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December 30, 2025

Maxwell, Fraser run to third and fourth at state

Friendly rivals, San Lorenzo Valley High freshman Anna Maxwell and Scotts Valley High sophomore Vanessa Fraser finished third and fourth, respectively, in Division IV at the California Interscholastic Federation State cross country championships in Fresno, Nov. 27.

Commentary: Is drinking on campus really worse than vandalism and theft?

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Comedy Corner: Men and their blades

About 10 years ago, there was an advertisement on TV for the then-new Gillette Mach3 razorblade. It showed a beefed-out guy shaving his face, wearing nothing but a towel, while admiring himself in the bathroom mirror, just as a jet fighter plane flew overhead and a supermodel ran into the room and touched his face.

High hopes: Falcons, Cougars warm up for hoops season

Scotts Valley High coach Jim Hart is a bit on the optimistic side going into this fall season of girls basketball. After all, what isn’t to be optimistic about?

A final defeat in the bitter cold

In what can best be described as a bitter loss Saturday, Nov. 20, the No. 3-seeded San Lorenzo Valley High football team fell 36-14 in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs to an impressive No. 6-seed Menlo High School.

Commentary: Is drinking on campus really worse than vandalism and theft?

I was recently told a story about a high school junior who was caught drinking at the school during the Scotts Valley High homecoming game and is now suspended from participating in sports, as well as other school activities, until the season is over.

State meet in Fresno on tap

San Lorenzo Valley High freshman Anna Maxwell and Scotts Valley High sophomore Vanessa Fraser will lead their respective teams at the California cross country state championships in Fresno on Saturday, Nov. 27.

Letter: A farce of an arguement

The commentary by Heather West in your Nov. 19 edition (“Sheriff should rethink priorities”) would have been hilarious if it hadn’t been such a pathetic exercise in liberal “logic.”

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