831PrepBeat
Follow your athlete’s career.
Quinn Turowski Yaretzi Cornelio your last search saves here
High School cross country: Cypress/Santa Lucia Center Meet
Results from the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress and Santa Lucia Division boys and girls’ cross country Center Meets
SLV, Pajaro Valley earn lopsided wins, stay perfect in Santa Lucia Division | High school football roundup
Sophomore running back Justin Griffis rushed for 120-plus yards and two touchdowns, and the San Lorenzo Valley High football team routed Marina 48-7 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game Saturday.
Grizzlies come out hungry, roar past Cardinals | High school football
Don’t feed the bears.
The Grizzlies came to town hungry and feasted on early turnovers, and never looked back.
More Friday football: Carmel extends regular season streak to 17 with win at Soledad
Carmel makes it 17 straight regular season wins after beating Soledad; Monterey snaps a two-game skid
Turnovers, special teams woes prove costly in Aptos’ loss to Hollister | High school football roundup
With no disrespect intended, Hollister High’s football team has a bunch of brutes.
High School game of the week: Sellout expected for Palma-Salinas rivalry
Defending State 4A champion Palma will look to snap a six-game Gabilan Division losing streak to Salinas on Friday at ‘The Pit’.
Watsonville tops Pajaro Valley in Belgard Kup for eighth straight season | High school football roundup
Watsonville High’s football team recorded four takeaways, and the Wildcatz topped host Pajaro Valley 17-2 to win the Belgard Kup for the eighth straight season Saturday.
High School cross country: PCAL Center Meet results
Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Center Meet
Soquel tops Valley Christian for first win over a WCAL school since 2003 | High school football roundup
It was just a matter of time. Soquel High’s football team had shined on defense and sputtered on offense in its first two games this season. If they could find a way to put a few more points on the board, they had a chance to earn a special win in their brutal lineup of opponents.
Aptos rolls past SC in flag football action | Local Roundup
Aptos High’s flag football team beat Santa Cruz 54-6 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game at Harbor High on Wednesday night.
St. Francis storms past Pajaro Valley | High school football roundup
Joseph Dayritt rushed for a pair of touchdowns and a two-point conversion, and Jacob Jimenez scored twice in St. Francis High’s 42-25 win over visiting Pajaro Valley on Saturday.
Santa Cruz falls in 3 sets to powerful Salinas | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High’s girls volleyball team suffered a 25-18, 25-17, 26-24 loss to visiting Salinas in nonleague action Tuesday.
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
QB Jack Dagan passes for 4 TDs as SLV beats defending CCS D-V champ | High school football roundup
Quarterback Jack Dagan passed for four touchdowns and 200-plus yards, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team beat South San Francisco, the defending Central Coast Section Division V champion, 39-14 in the teams’ 2024 season opener Saturday.
County teams set for scrimmages | High school football
Aptos, Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville will compete in the annual varsity football jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening.
Harbor, SLV, Santa Cruz, and Pajaro Valley set for tight battles in PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division | KICKOFF 2024
Four high school football teams from Santa Cruz County — Harbor, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, and Pajaro Valley — are eager to show they’re improved products as they compete in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s bottom tier, the Santa Lucia Division, in 2024.
PCS’s Finn Pommerenke named Mission Division’s Offensive Player of the Year | All-PCAL boys volleyball
Pacific Collegiate School senior volleyball talent Finn Pommerenke was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division Offensive Player of the Year.
St. Francis’ Nash Horton returns from injury, earns co-MVP honor | All-PCAL baseball
St. Francis High baseball talent Nash Horton made up for lost time.
Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez named Mission Division Pitcher of the Year | All-PCAL softball
Watsonville High’s Amelia Martinez was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division Pitcher of the Year after leading the Wildcatz to the title.
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub misses cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Isaac Weintraub missed the cut at U.S. Open Local Qualifying at The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa on Monday.
Cabrillo baseball completes stunning upset of Fresno City | Local Roundup
The No. 23 seed Cabrillo College baseball team competed its stunning upset of No. 2 Fresno City in the first round of the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs on Friday.
South County track programs show well at PCAL division finals | Local Roundup
Seniors Ruben Mora and Giancarlo Mendo, and junior Nathaniel Aceves-Aguilar each posted a pair of top-three finishes for Watsonville High’s boys track and field team at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division Championships at North Monterey County High on Friday.
SV resident Nathaniel Guillory, SC’s 4×800 relay team speed to CCS Top 8 wins | Boys track and field
It was nothing but congestion on nearby Highway 17 with all the beach-goers, but at the 43rd Central Coast Section Top 8 Invite at Los Gatos High on Saturday, Los Altos High’s Nathaniel Guillory had an open lane to accelerate.
Cabrillo baseball falls to Ohlone in Coast Conference battle | Local Roundup
Anthony Karagiannopoulos had two hits, one walk, one RBI, and a run scored, but Cabrillo College’s baseball team lost 4-2 to visiting Ohlone in the teams’ Coast Conference South Division game Thursday.
Sofia Niklaus leads Scotts Valley girls lacrosse past Salinas | Local Roundup
Sofia Niklaus had six goals and one assist, and Scotts Valley High girls lacrosse team beat Salinas 11-3 on Wednesday.