High School Sports

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...

San Lorenzo Valley High junior Damian Aguilar took command of the mound and he was on full display for the Cougars baseball team in last week’s decisive win over Soquel High.  Aguilar finished with eight strikeouts in a 7-0 shutout win against the Knights in...

It’s been a record-setting season for the Scotts Valley High boys and girls track and field teams. The Falcons recently competed in the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in Southern California on April 8-9.   Senior distance runner Jeremy Kain, who is committed to compete at Duke next year,...

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...

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...

Scotts Valley High senior Kaitlin Imai needed just three points to reach the 1,000-point milestone as a member of the Falcons girls’ basketball team. What better way to do it than on senior night and in front of a home crowd as Scotts Valley posted...

Scotts Valley High senior Elaina Benoit has been begging to shoot the ball more often this season, telling the girls’ basketball coaching staff that she’s ready to make some noise. The senior guard scored a career-best 24 points, including five 3-pointers, and made three steals...

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...

The San Lorenzo Valley High boys’ basketball team was one of the hottest squads going into Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play, which kicked off last week. The Cougars were riding an eight-game winning streak and peaking at the right time, going 11-3 during the...