Sports

So far, it’s been a rough start for the San Lorenzo Valley baseball team after it dropped a third straight game to begin the 2025 spring season. To be fair, those three losses came against formidable opponents that head coach Shane Sutcliffe likes to refer...

In 2023, then-13-year-old Lucius Niesen from Scotts Valley was on fire on the links. Having taken first place in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s 16th annual National Championship on the Panther Lake Course at Orange County National in Florida, Niesen seemed bound for greatness...

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 Abby Shi became the latest unsung hero for the girls’ basketball team following a gutsy performance at this past weekend’s Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Tournament. The veteran guard finished with a team-best 13 points to help the Falcons escape with a...

On a scale from 1 to 10, San Lorenzo Valley High senior Grady Cloyd was clocking in at a high eight or nine when it came to pain on his strained back during last weekend’s league wrestling championships. The Cougars’ standout athlete still went on...

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...

Scotts Valley senior Claire Skinner hauled in a touchdown reception and extra point attempt to help the North All-Stars defeat the South All-Stars, 13-7, in the inaugural Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game at Santa Cruz High School on Jan. 26.   Watsonville senior quarterback Lazo...

San Lorenzo Valley senior Jessica Stoelting notched her sixth goal of the season to help lift the Cougar girls’ soccer team past Harbor for a 1-0 victory in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Tuesday afternoon. Fellow teammate sophomore Danielle Stiles was credited with the...