High School Sports

This week’s edition of the Central Coast Prep Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of March 18-24.    Preps of the Week Boys: Scotts Valley pitcher Corbin Giesen earned a complete game victory following an 18-2 win against Harbor High in...

Scotts Valley High junior Taylor Wilson earned the league’s top honors as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Player of the Year for the 2024 season. “This award means a lot to me because it was my goal from the beginning of the season and...

Scotts Valley’s girls’ lacrosse team was down to a dozen players prior to last week’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division match against Monte Vista Christian in Watsonville. There were barely enough bodies to field a full squad for the Falcons, but apparently that’s all...

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...

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...

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...

San Lorenzo Valley High football head coach Dave Grant decided to test his returning players by putting them up to a challenge during the offseason. So far, he’s pretty impressed with the response. “One thing for sure is these guys have been putting in the work,”...

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...

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....

This week’s edition of the Press Banner Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of April 22-28.    Preps of the Week Boys: Scotts Valley High sophomore Jacob Pauka hit a double that drove in the game-winning run for the Falcons baseball...