High School Sports

San Lorenzo Valley High senior Amelia Sizemore was already at the top of her game following a stellar junior year on both the girls’ basketball and softball teams. So it was no surprise that she would continue competing at the highest standard going into her...

The Scotts Valley High girls’ lacrosse team had a historic run in its first full season. The Falcons were co-champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan division alongside Pebble Beach powerhouse Stevenson School. Leading the way for Scotts Valley was a pair of outstanding freshmen—...

It was a historic run for the San Lorenzo Valley High softball team after it finished with an unblemished record in league play en route to winning the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title outright this season. The Cougars (21-2, 15-0) were led by junior...

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...

The Scotts Valley High cross country boys and girls teams wrapped up their remarkable season with three top-10 finishes at this year’s CIF State Cross Country Championships. The Falcons girls team soared to a sixth place finish, while the boys’ squad finished seventh at Woodward...

It’s been somewhat of a rebuilding season for Scotts Valley High sophomore Taylor Wilson and the Falcons softball team. They might be a young squad, but don’t let their youth and inexperience fool you. Wilson has given Scotts Valley some quality at-bats, including a three-run home...

After nearly a month of grueling summer football practices, both Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley high schools are ready to kick off the 2023 campaign. The Falcons are hoping to bounce back in the newly reformatted Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division and...

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...

The San Lorenzo Valley High cross country program produced some of the most talented teams—boys and girls—along with some accomplished individual runners the section has ever seen. Former head coach Rob Collins led the Cougars to 11 league, 12 Central Coast Section and five CIF...

The San Lorenzo Valley High softball team is on the cusp of bringing back home a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title for the first time in 12 years. But in order to have a chance they had to get past rival Scotts Valley. It was...