High School Sports

A trio of Scotts Valley High senior football players were recognized with the highest honors during this year’s Pacific Coast Athletic League coaches meeting. Quinn Turowski was named Offensive Player of the Year, Jess Ringel was the Defensive Player of the Year and Marshall Dodge...

Never say never. That has been the mantra in 2024 for the San Lorenzo Valley High boys’ golf team, which was on the verge Tuesday of capturing the program’s first-ever Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League championship. The Cougars got the job done following a 179-199 win...

San Lorenzo Valley High students were supposed to return to school Monday, but because of the inclement weather they decided it wasn’t safe to bring people to campus. As a result, the Cougars boys’ and girls’ basketball and soccer games against Scotts Valley on Tuesday...

After a successful season in league play, Scotts Valley High freshman Ashley Gettleman and senior Elana McGrew were more than prepared going into Tuesday’s Central Coast Section Girls Golf Championships. The Falcons’ ace golfers not only had to battle the section’s best golfers, but they...

Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby had one simple goal going into last week’s CIF State Track and Field Championships of trying to set a new personal record in the 1,600 meters to close out the regular season. The standout Falcons runner not only blew...

It was a rare home game under the lights for the Scotts Valley High football team, which was looking to bounce back after two consecutive losses to begin Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play. But despite the loud generators and cold foggy night, the...

There’s a huge sense of confidence coming from within the Scotts Valley High girls’ soccer team as the regular season nearly comes to an end. In a frantic finish until the final whistle, junior Dillon Fiorita scored a pair of late goals for the Falcons...

Scotts Valley girls volleyball head coach Margaret Anderson has been preaching confidence since the beginning of the new season. It was something extremely important to her, especially in a sport where players can easily lose focus during a match after making a mistake on the...

Scotts Valley High senior Quinn Turowski and his teammates waited nearly an entire year for a chance of redemption against Soquel High after losing its league opener and a shot at a perfect season in 2022. However, it was the same result for the Falcons...

It was a defensive gridlock matchup last week between Watsonville and San Lorenzo Valley high schools as neither team allowed a single point until the fourth quarter. Seemingly every four plays the defense would force a punt, going back and forth like a ping pong...