SLV continues to grow in numbers | High school football
San Lorenzo Valley High football team has gone through some major adjustments and unfortunate situations over the past three seasons, including three coaching changes in that same time span.
However, not everything is grim for Cougars’ first-year head coach David Grant, who has one of...
Falcons girls’ lacrosse program continues to draw more interest
Scotts Valley High juniors Ellie Raffo and Siena Wong were instrumental in launching the girls’ lacrosse program two years ago.
The Falcons began as a club in 2020 that was shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year was their first season as a...
Scotts Valley football quartet verbally commits to play at next level
Scotts Valley High senior Caden Stratton is the only Falcons football player in the program’s history to start four years on the varsity team.
He was also a stalwart as one of the leaders on the boys’ lacrosse team before it was disbanded this season...
Photos: Local athletes have a field day at Knights Invite | High school track and field
Scotts Valley High senior Jeremy Kain is beginning to run into postseason-form after another dominating performance at last week’s Knights Invite.
The Duke University-bound distance runner won the 800-meters in 1 minute, 53.14 seconds in the 15-team track and field invitational at Soquel High School...
Falcons win first-ever league title | Girls lacrosse
The Scotts Valley High girls’ lacrosse team was on the verge of something special prior to the start of this season.
Part of it was the addition of freshmen Taylor Santos and Sofia Niklaus, a pair of attackers/midfielders who played a major role in the...
Scotts Valley’s Kelley captures second straight section title | CCS wrestling
Scotts Valley High senior Danica Kelley captured her second straight section title after another dominant performance at the Central Coast Section Wrestling Championships this past weekend.
The standout Falcons athlete placed first after beating Joseline Hernandez of Alisal High in an 8-0 major decision in...
AAU girls’ hoops team wins Bay Area tourney
A local Amateur Athletic Union girls’ basketball team won a competitive competition in the Bay Area this past weekend.
Athletic Club Santa Cruz beat out teams from Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco to capture the tourney championship held at a local gymnasium in Richmond.
ACSC coach...
Falcons continue to improve under new leadership | Boys soccer
Scotts Valley High boys’ soccer coach Adrian Mondragon was faced with a couple of tall tasks during the offseason.
The biggest one: recruit enough players to field a varsity team.
The Falcons currently have a total of 15 players in the entire program. That was after...
Cougars motivated to have turnaround season | Girls volleyball
The San Lorenzo Valley High School girls’ volleyball team came out swinging in full effect for its season opener against Kirby Prep.
The Cougars dominated the Griffins in three sets (25-11, 25-17, 25-16) in non-league play on Sept. 2.
The season couldn’t have started any better...
Cougars aim to finish SCCAL season on a high note | Boys soccer
It’s been a season of trials and tribulations for San Lorenzo Valley High senior Damian Cardenas and the rest of the boys’ soccer team.
The Cougars were shut out for the sixth time in a 4-0 loss to Aptos High in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...
Measure Q gets underway with citizen oversight, funding allocation
With the overwhelming approval of Measure Q, formally known as the “Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction and Wildlife...