Sports

SANTA CRUZ—The return of the Wharf to Wharf Race didn’t start off as planned after a law enforcement officer on a motorcycle was stuck, forcing competitors to run around him.     It may have slightly thrown off Emmanuel Bor and the rest of the elite pack...

San Lorenzo Valley High School distance runners Cody Johnson, and Anna Maxwell, and Scotts Valley High School’s Vanessa Fraser each improved their personal records at the California Interscholastic State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High in Clovis on June 4 and 5.

It’s a beautiful, sunny Tuesday in July, but rather than spending the day at the beach, the San Lorenzo Valley Varsity Football players are lifting weights in the high school gym. It is all part of their training regime. The student athletes are preparing to improve on their 5-5 finish from last season. And while the players have been working hard all summer, the preparation for a successful season goes beyond the weight room. 

Scotts Valley senior distance runner Ava Decleve took home three gold medals during the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championships this past weekend. It was nothing short of spectacular, but perhaps the most surprising part was that one of those events was...

For the first time in 52 years, the annual Wharf to Wharf Race will not begin at the traditional starting line in front of The Grove, aka the Coconut Grove, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.   Instead, the 16,000 expected participants on Sunday will wait...

San Lorenzo Valley High School cheerleading coach DeAnna Heywood went out with a bang. In Heywood’s final event as coach, her competitive cheerleading squad performed all-but-perfectly over two days to win a cheerleading national championship March 26 through 28 in Anaheim.