Sports

In what can best be described as a bitter loss Saturday, Nov. 20, the No. 3-seeded San Lorenzo Valley High football team fell 36-14 in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs to an impressive No. 6-seed Menlo High School.

It’s been nearly a decade since Scotts Valley native and Nike runner Vanessa Fraser last competed in the annual Wharf to Wharf race, which takes place from Santa Cruz to Capitola. The former standout at Scotts Valley High made her return to Sunday’s 51st running...

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...

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.

The San Lorenzo Valley High School boys and girls cross country team headed to the annual Stanford Invitational meet in Palo Alto last weekend to compete with 37 other California schools.

The San Lorenzo Valley High boys cross country team is strong from top to bottom and is looking to defend the league title it won in 2009.

Alex Ross, owner of Santa Cruz Mountain Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on Friday, Aug. 8 at his Felton academy.

The Scotts Valley High varsity girls basketball team’s full-court pressure proved too much for rival San Lorenzo Valley High as the Falcons defeated the home team Cougars, 48-24, in the teams’ first matchup of the season.