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Scotts Valley High seniors Sofia Niklaus and Erin Szymanski got some redemption after falling short in last year’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Girls Tennis Championships tournament. The top seeded Falcons duo beat No. 3 Coral Collins and Isabella Calderon of Aptos in straight sets...

San Lorenzo Valley looked primed at the start of the 2024-25 winter campaign after it strung together a three-game win streak going into December. But now they find themselves headed in the wrong direction following a two-game skid, including a 63-57 loss to St. Francis...

Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League defending champion Scotts Valley is back and feeling more confident than ever that it can uphold its league crown in 2025. Falcons third-year head coach Jeremy Wilson has faith this year’s group is equipped with the right tools and talent...

Scotts Valley High boys’ basketball team fell to top seeded The King’s Academy, 75-49, in the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals Tuesday evening. Senior Jacob Sanders finished with a team-best 12 points for the No. 9 Falcons, and senior Taylor Knox added 10 points....

Scotts Valley senior Maisey Chard shot a 13-over-par 82 to win both medalist honors and the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championship individual title at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz. “It was a very well rounded experience,” Chard said. “I've grown up in Scotts...

San Lorenzo Valley junior and team co-captain Poppy Owens had a team-best 11 points for the Cougar girls’ basketball team in their 34-27 loss to Soquel in Tuesday night’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener. Seniors Taylor Dunn and Violet Derr had six and five...

After nearly a decade of watching others celebrate a league championship run, the Scotts Valley girls’ basketball team finally got the chance to pop the cap off the apple cider bottles to drink a toast to one of their own. Junior Sammy Rebbert and sophomore...

Scotts Valley’s girls’ basketball team continues to steamroll through the competition following a 58-40 victory over Aptos in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Tuesday night. Senior Claire Skinner had a team-best 15 points for the Falcons, who now improved to 6-0 in league play...

Watsonville native Adrian Rebollar and Monterey Bay FC teammate Carlos Guzmán were both named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for their performances in the Union’s 3-1 victory over the Phoenix Rising FC on March 29.  Rebollar notched his first goal of the...

Scotts Valley graduate Kaleb Wing made it a priority in his final season on the baseball team to take the younger teammates under his wing and groom them for the near future. During that time, he also anticipated having to take care of business as...