High School Sports

Scotts Valley’s football team came up with a new motto for the upcoming 2025 fall season. Brick by brick. Falcon senior lineman Caleb Mendoza said that’s because from here on out every game and every practice will be a new battle to help restore the program’s...

San Lorenzo Valley High graduates James Dahlen and Keenan Buntz were always smiling on the golf course, whether it was during practice or a league match. Two best friends just having a blast as Cougar teammates for one last time. If Dahlen was having a...

It didn’t take long for Scotts Valley graduate Claire Skinner to solidify herself as a force to be reckoned anytime she set foot on the field or hardwood court this past school year. The Falcon star athlete began her senior campaign in the fall by...

Santa Cruz Mountain Renegades softball team continued to fire on all cylinders following a championship performance at the All-Stars Tournaments Bownet June Jamz tourney this past weekend. They brought home the Silver Division 12U title by beating Livermore Smoke, 7-0, in the finals at Alden...

Scotts Valley graduate Taylor Wilson had her eyes set on becoming the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic’s top player for a second consecutive year prior to the start of the 2025 spring season. The feat was never out of the question for the Falcons’ star slugger,...

Scotts Valley graduate Kaleb Wing made it a priority in his final season on the baseball team to take the younger teammates under his wing and groom them for the near future. During that time, he also anticipated having to take care of business as...

The goal for Scotts Valley senior Ava Decleve was to place in the Top 3 at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships, which would have been good enough to extend her season for just one more week. The Falcon star runner surpassed those...

After a long regular season, Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley’s softball teams are eager to jump right into the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs, which are set to begin Saturday. The Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion Falcons (21-5-1, 14-1) earned the No. 7...

Scotts Valley senior pitcher Sofie Seese racked up six strikeouts in the Falcons’ 8-2 victory over San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action on Monday afternoon. Teammate Natalie Murray-Skalland had three hits, including one home run and two RBIs, while Jazzy Phillips...

San Lorenzo Valley senior James Dahlen capped off his final year on the boys’ golf team by helping them win back-to-back Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League regular season championships during the 2025 spring season.  Going into last week’s end-of-the-season league championship, the Cougars’ top shot...