High School Sports

The stakes were high for the Scotts Valley High girls’ lacrosse team heading into Wednesday’s pivotal meeting against Stevenson School. For starters, they were hoping to get a chance for redemption after suffering their first loss of the season to the Pirates. A strong team defense...

Scotts Valley High girls tennis team—the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League co-champions—was one of the biggest surprises that turned lots of heads during the 2022 season. The Falcons haven’t lost a step going into this season and it showed after winning three of four...

It’s been a season of many firsts for the Scotts Valley High girls’ lacrosse team, starting with playing in its first full season without any setbacks.  On Wednesday, the Falcons added their first-ever postseason win after a 17-7 victory over No. 11 seeded Gunn High...

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...

Scotts Valley High distance runners Jeremy Kain and Ashlyn Boothby went into last week’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships with a mission.   The Falcons duo delivered by sweeping the boys and girls 1,600 meters in front of a packed crowd at Gilroy High...

Scotts Valley High earned a trip back into the Central Coast Section playoffs following a successful season that included the program’s seventh league crown, and third in four years. The Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division North champion Falcons were given the No. 6 seed....

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 sophomore Eli Velez isn’t used to the spotlight quite yet and has seen action on the field on just a few occasions. But no moment was bigger for the young running back, who recorded a pair of critical first down runs to help...

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...

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...