High School Sports

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...

After a successful season in league play, Scotts Valley High freshman Ashley Gettleman and senior Elana McGrew were more than prepared going into Tuesday’s Central Coast Section Girls Golf Championships. The Falcons’ ace golfers not only had to battle the section’s best golfers, but they...

San Lorenzo Valley High students were supposed to return to school Monday, but because of the inclement weather they decided it wasn’t safe to bring people to campus. As a result, the Cougars boys’ and girls’ basketball and soccer games against Scotts Valley on Tuesday...

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 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...

Scotts Valley High girls volleyball team has been a group of keeping streaks alive—both good and bad—over the course of the 2023 season. The Falcons seem to be back on the winning track following a three-set sweep (25-17, 25-20, 25-3) over San Lorenzo Valley High...

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...

Scotts Valley High’s baseball season has been a tale as polarized as the glasses worn by many of the players. As solid as the Falcons’ hitting and pitching has been, errors have tanked their record and prevented them from tapping into their potential. They are now...

Pens were drawn and promises were made as a pair of San Lorenzo Valley High seniors committed to compete in their favorite sport at the university of their choice. John “Clink” Clinkenbeard and Alyssa Struthers both signed their National Letter of Intent on Nov. 9...

It’s been a difficult time for San Lorenzo Valley High senior Lucy Lilienthal-Wynn, who had two of her basketball games postponed in the span of a week. That’s not even including the fact that she was living out of a hotel with her family along...