High School Sports

San Lorenzo Valley High School varsity and junior varsity cheer squads have been practicing their aerials, basket tosses and roundoffs in the campus’s cafeteria since 1992. The space allows for throwing stunts into the air, storing and laying out the required heavy and expensive...

Another chapter of the winter sports season is officially in the books following the conclusion of the Central Coast Section and California Interscholastic Federation NorCal playoffs. Scotts Valley High girls’ soccer team was snubbed from a postseason berth, yet they still stood out as one...

San Lorenzo Valley High sophomore Ollin Bates walked off the mat with a black eye he sustained during a bout at this past weekend’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Wrestling Tournament. The minor injury could’ve easily hindered his vision, or even worse, forced him to...

San Lorenzo Valley High track short distance runners Amaya Gordon and Kaitlin Seigle are on the verge of accomplishing something special in the final stretch of the regular season.  This pair of speedy Cougars will attempt to defend their league titles at the Santa Cruz...

Prior to the start of the season, Scotts Valley High senior Naiya Samios believed playing through a challenging preseason could have easily ruined their confidence level from the get-go. At one point, the standout midfielder/forward and team captain asked the coaching staff if they should...

Scotts Valley has always had a talented group of offensive linemen, the “weight room kids'' as head coach Louie Walters calls them, to provide running lanes wide enough for a garbage truck to get through. But the past two seasons were a challenge for the...

Scotts Valley senior Morgan Lipman and the Falcons girls’ volleyball team have some lofty goals this season, including at least a top-3 finish in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League standings.  But the start of league play didn’t go as planned after a three-set loss...

The Scotts Valley High girls’ lacrosse team’s magical season came to an end in a 13-12, double overtime loss to Los Gatos High in the Central Coast Section playoff quarterfinals on May 14.  The No. 6 seed Falcons finished the 2022 season with a 14-2...

Don’t look now but the San Lorenzo Valley High girls’ basketball team is one of the hottest squads to take the court this season. The Cougars are off to a 7-0 start following a 52-17 win over Anzar in Wednesday night's non-league game. They are...

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...