In middle school softball action, host San Lorenzo Valley Middle School shortstop Siobhan Galleguillos waits for the throw as Scotts Valley runner Meredith Barton steps on second base. Scotts Valley won the league game, 8-1.

Locals can hire a Scotts Valley High School football player to do odd jobs, gardening or other spring tasks around their houses.

What could be better than a beach or a wide-open field, a warm breeze and a dancing kite?

A tiny fawn lay alone in the middle of the road. For hours, drivers maneuvered around her on the driveway leading to a camp off Zayante Road, ignoring the 4-pound animal with the swollen eyes. No one stopped to help her. They were too busy going to a camp event that day.

Harbor High’s Cory McElyea won the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League tournament with a 3-over-par 73, but Scotts Valley High School's Sam Jackson qualified for an at-large berth in the Central Coast Section championship by winning a pitch-and-putt contest in near-darkness after surviving a four-way tie for eighth place. He shot 88.