The World Cup is a global event, because people from all over the planet participate simultaneously via television. About 90,000 will be physically present at the World Cup on July 11, but hundreds of millions of people will watch the tournament on television.
The spring All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League teams have been announced, and many San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley athletes and coaches were named.
Several Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley High School athletes have qualified for the Central Coast Section finals Friday, May 28, at Gilroy High School after competing at the semifinal meet last weekend.
If you’re interested in starting a “healthy discussion” (commonly called an argument) among soccer fanatics, you can throw this question in their midst: “What’s the greatest performance in World Cup history?”
Of the almost 200,000 Major League Baseball games played over 134 years, only 19 games have been perfect, in which no member of one team reached base for any reason. The trick is a rarity in Little League, as well, as just one walk or fielding error would ruin a pitcher’s ultimate accomplishment.
Scotts Valley Police Department Chief John Weiss greets arrivals at a D.A.R.E. fundraising golf tournament at Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley on May 13.