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San Lorenzo Valley High senior Amelia Sizemore was already at the top of her game following a stellar junior year on both the girls’ basketball and softball teams. So it was no surprise that she would continue competing at the highest standard going into her...

 E-mail local sports news to [email protected] or call 438-2500.Cross-countryScotts Valley HSHere are Falcons’ cross-country October results:In the league meet on October 1 vs. Santa Cruz High, boys won 18-45 Luke McCartney placed 1st, John Ross 2nd and Davis Ross 4th. Girls lost 37-18; Jessica Kain was Falcons’ top finisher in 3rd place.At the October 3rd Artichoke Invitational in Half Moon Bay: John Ross won it, Luke McCartney placed second.At the October 10th Serra Invitational at Crystal Springs, Noah Bassi won the JV competition beating 232 other runners, while Ross and McCartney made the top 30 in the field of 252 Varsity runners.In the Henry Cowell triple league meet on October 15, John Ross won the boys’ competition, while Jessica Kain was 2nd and Annika Osterkamp 7th in the girls’ competition. Boys beat Soquel 16-47, lost to San Lorenzo Valley 27-29. Girls beat Soquel 17-44, lost to SLV 22-37.San Lorenzo Valley HSIn the triple league meet on October 1,SLV boys beat Mt. Madonna and Harbor by the same 15-45 score lost 28-27 to St Francis. Girls won all their league meets to date.On October 3rd Artichoke Invite boys placed 3rd, girls 2nd.At October 10th Serra Invitational at Crystal Springs, both teams placed 3rd.At the Henry Cowell Park triple league meet on October 15, Abbey Meck won the girls’ race; her team beat Scotts Valley 22-37 and Soquel 17-44. Ian Anderson was 2nd, as boys beat Scotts Valley 27-29 and Soquel 15-45.Boys are ranked 1st in Central Coast Section's Division 4, girls 2nd.Girls’ volleyballScotts Valley HS played five games in October, winning three and losing two. They are 5-6 in league, made the playoffs already with three more regular season games left. San Lorenzo Valley is 1-5 in October, with the only win against St. Francis.Girls’ tennisWith a new coach, Matt O'Brien, at the helm, San Lorenzo Valley HS girls’ tennis re-entered Santa Cruz County Athletic League this fall, after having no team for the previous three years. O'Brien is recruiting heavily, promoting tennis, especially to kids exiting the middle school where he teaches and coaches.Scotts Valley HS is on the opposite end of the spectrum, they clinched the SCCAL championship with two rounds of league play left to go. They were nominated as last week's Falcons of the Week.FootballBoth teams started the league play with blow-out wins last weekend. San Lorenzo Valley beat Soquel 35-6 and Scotts Valley dispatched Harbor, 55-13. They meet this Saturday at 2 p.m. in Scotts Valley at the traditionally big rivalry game.Water poloLady Cougars are still unbeaten, sitting at the top of the Monterey Bay League's Pacific Division, with two league games left before the playoffs start.

A group of Scotts Valley High seniors will compete in the upcoming 38th Annual Central Coast 2023 All-Star High School Football Game this weekend.  Quinn Turowski, Brady Siechen, James Bullock, Lorenzo Gonzales, Brody Robbins and Chaser Keegan will suit up one last time to represent...

Mike Cloud of Aptos posed for a photo on the fifth hole of Valley Gardens Golf Course in Scotts Valley on Sept. 18 after sinking his 185 yard drive with his 3 hybrid.

At the age of 27, Estrella Bibbey, now 39, was a photojournalist for Newsday in New York, recently married and on a mission in the fast-paced world of journalism. As she charged forward in her career, though, her body betrayed her.

The Santa Cruz Warriors announced July 8 that the 2024 NBA G League Fall Invitational will be held at Kaiser Permanente Arena in September. The invitational will feature a pair of exhibition games between NBA G League United and Mega MIS on Sept. 4 and...

The Scotts Valley Little League 8-9, 9-10 and 10-11 All-Star teams won their respective District 39 tournaments last week, meaning that for the second year in a row, four of the five all-star tournament crowns went to Scotts Valley.

Both the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley high school football teams opened the preseason with wins — SLV in dominating fashion and Scotts Valley with a gutsy second half surge against a strong opponent.