Sports

For the second time this season, the San Lorenzo Valley Cougars finished ahead of their crosstown rival Scotts Valley Falcons, beating them in their own gym, 58-42, on Monday, Jan. 31.

Minor League pitchers Robbie Erlin and Kevin Eichorn stepped up to the mound this week to give a group of Scotts Valley youth some pointers.

San Lorenzo Valley’s longtime football coach, Doug Morris, has been named a finalist for the National Football League’s High School Coach of the Year award.

Seniors Natalia Ebrahimian and Liz Munger set a quick pace, and the rest of the Scotts Valley High girls basketball team followed Tuesday, Jan. 18, as the Falcons defeated rival Santa Cruz High, 61-49, in a clash of previously unbeaten teams.

Golf group starts

Not every kid gets to practice with a California state-caliber wrestler growing up, but for San Lorenzo Valley High’s Logan Kellogg, it was an everyday affair.

In the latest meeting in a heated Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League rivalry, the Scotts Valley Falcons soccer team squeaked by the Santa Cruz Cardinals this week, 1-0 — a score that has haunted both teams throughout their turbulent history.