High School Sports

This week’s edition of the Press Banner Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of April 15-21.    Preps of the Week Boys: Scotts Valley High starting pitcher Blake LaRiviere recorded 10 strikeouts in six innings for the Falcons in a 3-2...

San Lorenzo Valley High junior Jaden Shabry and the rest of the baseball team is beaming with confidence as they enter the 2024 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season starting this week. The Cougars star shortstop and pitcher is batting a .368 (7-of-19) average with...

Scotts Valley High senior Ashlyn Boothby made one last trip to the CIF State Cross Country Championships in November and walked away with a top-10 finish against some of the best runners in California. Boothby placed sixth in 17 minutes, 50.0 seconds in the Division...

Defense has been the name of the game for the Scotts Valley High football team this season. Marshall Dodge and his fellow teammates proved it after the Falcons recorded eight sacks in a 33-8 win over Monte Vista Christian in front of a boisterous homecoming...

There was no such thing as taking time off for the San Lorenzo Valley High girls’ basketball team as it kept grinding on the court during this past offseason. Cougars senior standout Hannah Morley and her fellow teammates kept busy by playing for their respective...

Prior to the Central Coast Section playoffs, Scotts Valley football coach Louie Walters was hoping they would get at least one playoff home game following an amazing regular season. They got their wish, yet it almost seemed like home field advantage became a disadvantage. The No....

Scotts Valley High junior Eli Velez looked nearly unstoppable for the Falcons football team in their 28-0 win over St. Francis High in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division play Sept. 30.  The standout running back finished with 154 yards rushing on 14 carries...

Scotts Valley High graduate Quinn Turowski has always been competitive in anything he does.  Whether it's making a move to grab the last slice of pizza or being involved with the go-ahead score, winning was always the driving force behind it all. “I'm a competitor and...

Scotts Valley High junior pitcher Sofie Seese last week put on another strong performance in the circle to help the Falcons capture the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown for the first time in seven years.   The ace hurler allowed four runs (two earned) on...

The Scotts Valley High track program is starting to heat up just at the right moment as both the boys’ and girls’ teams head into the final stretch of the 2023-24 track and field campaign. Their most recent success came when the Falcons girls’ 4x800-meters...