The San Lorenzo Valley High School varsity football team capped off its phenomenal turnaround season in style, clinching a berth in the Central Coast Section playoffs with a dominant 23-6 win over the Soquel High Knights.

Despite missing five key players, the San Lorenzo Valley High Cougars football team hardly missed a beat, handily securing a 35-14 victory over the visiting Harbor High Pirates on Saturday, Nov. 8.

San Lorenzo Valley High School senior Bailey Lotz, signed a letter of intent Wednesday afternoon, accepting a near-full-ride academic and athletic scholarship to Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga.

Led by a standout performance from junior quarterback Jake Lobo, the Scotts Valley High varsity football team came through on a damp and chilly November evening with a 27-12 Homecoming win over the visiting Santa Cruz High Cardinals.

A multigenerational contingent of martial artists from Santa Cruz Mountains Jiu-Jitsu descended upon the 19th annual U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament last weekend in Santa Cruz — and brought back a display case worth of medals.

The Scotts Valley Middle School cross country team put the finishing touches on a stellar Central Coast Athletic League season on Friday, Oct. 17, as four of the school’s six teams placed first in their respective categories at the 2014 Championship Meet, held at San Lorenzo Valley High School.

Bruce Barlow made a hole-in-one at Valley Gardens Golf Course on Sunday, Oct. 26, and it wasn’t the first time.

In what is shaping up to be an impressive season, the San Lorenzo Valley High School football team added another victory to its resume Saturday afternoon with a 33-8 win over the Scotts Valley High School Falcons in a showdown of league and geographic rivals in Felton.