Sports

This past weekend, 32 teams from across the Bay Area—including Santa Cruz County—competed in the annual Bytheal Ratliff’s Blast By The Bay fastpitch tournament, hosted by the Cabrillo Gals Softball League. The event took place at Anna Jean Cummins Park and Soquel High School, drawing...

A quick online search for “fastest growing sport in the U.S.,” yields some surprising results: ultimate Frisbee, Mixed Martial Arts, rugby, and pickle ball. The top of the heap seems to be rugby. A 2010 survey by a sporting goods industry group ranked rugby as the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., and a recent Boston Globe article reported that rugby enrollment grew 81 percent from 2008 to 2013, beating out both lacrosse and hockey. With its addition to the 2016 Olympics, the trend will likely continue.

In the opening round of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls basketball tournament, the No. 3-seeded Falcons toppled the No. 6 Harbor Pirates 85-36 on Monday, Feb. 13.

Scotts Valley freshman Cody Rakela has established himself as the top tennis player in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League.

SLV Pop Warner wins bowl game

Blake LaRiviere had the initial plan of playing for both the Scotts Valley High football and baseball teams to close out his senior year with a bang. Instead, he decided to opt out of the football season so he could focus on baseball and...

The Scotts Valley High girls tennis team finished an undefeated season with a league championship and individual titles for Malie Collins and the doubles team of Capella Yee and Kailey Payne.

Tiffany Verbica of Felton earned the women’s Masters medal after completing the grueling Tahoe Trifecta half marathons.