Sports

The Scotts Valley High cross country team displayed a strong performance at the 34th CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 27. Falcons sophomore Ashlyn Boothby placed third in the Division IV girls race and senior Ryder Brabo placed ninth in the...

The Santa Cruz Mountains Surf Team, made up of surfers from San Lorenzo Valley High, Scotts Valley High, and a few schools in Santa Clara County, pulled off a powerful win (60-44) over Aptos High surfers in the fourth contest of the season put on by the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League at Pleasure Point on Saturday, February 8. Conditions were challenging with extreme tides and morning fog so dense that early heats had to be delayed several times, but the local surfers made the most of what was on offer.

Scotts Valley High boys’ soccer coach Adrian Mondragon was faced with a couple of tall tasks during the offseason.  The biggest one: recruit enough players to field a varsity team. The Falcons currently have a total of 15 players in the entire program. That was after...

It’s been a season of trials and tribulations for San Lorenzo Valley High senior Damian Cardenas and the rest of the boys’ soccer team. The Cougars were shut out for the sixth time in a 4-0 loss to Aptos High in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...

During the school’s fall sports rally, Scotts Valley High junior Elana McGrew made a bold statement that the girls’ golf team was going to go undefeated this season. So far, she’s living up to her promise as the Falcons are coming off a 176-183 Santa...

A local Amateur Athletic Union girls’ basketball team won a competitive competition in the Bay Area this past weekend.  Athletic Club Santa Cruz beat out teams from Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco to capture the tourney championship held at a local gymnasium in Richmond. ACSC coach...

Scotts Valley High junior Ashlyn Boothby is on pace for another historic record-setting season with the Falcons’ girls’ cross country team.  The defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League and Central Coast Section champion has won two league dual meets and four invitationals, but the season...

Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts in Scotts Valley took seven of its finest athletes to the biggest stage of the USA Gymnastics season last month. The local group of jumpers and tumblers shined against nearly 1,800 other athletes at the USA Gymnastics Tumbling & Trampoline...

For some kids, the summer break is meant for trips to the beach or perhaps a vacation to the next hot destination.  Scotts Valley High juniors Kayse Martinovsky and Danica Kelley recently went on a trip to the midwest but there was hardly any time...

The cross country season is far from over for Scotts Valley High standout runner Jeremy Kain. But his plans for the future are already set after he made a verbal commitment to compete at Duke University next year in the fall. The two-time Santa Cruz...