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Clipboard: 40th all-star football game set for Jan. 31
The 40th Central Coast High School All-Star football game will be staged on January 31 at Rabobank Stadium
High School football: 40th All-Star game set for Jan. 31
The 40th Central Coast High School All-Star football game will be held Jan. 31 at Rabobank
North falls to South in Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game | Local Roundup
Ella Porter scored twice, but the North All-Stars suffered a 19-12 loss against the South in the second annual RSF/GPF Central Coast Flag Football All-Star Game at Aptos High on Sunday.
High School football: Newman let go as Alvarez’s head coach
On the heels of the program’s best season in 11 years, Alvarez High has fired head football coach Ben Newman
Soquel’s Sam Whelan, Django Daillak recognized as best of the best in top division | All-PCAL football
Soquel’s High football team was rewarded handsomely by Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division coaches after posting another stellar season in 2025.
Aptos QB Ella Porter honored as 49ers Foundation’s Tony York Unity Award finalist | Flag football
Aptos High senior flag football quarterback Ella Porter, the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League MVP, was a 2025 Tony York Unity Award finalist and took part in pre-game festivities before the San Francisco 49ers’ thrilling 42-38 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium.
Clipboard: Bouyea has found a home in the NBA in Phoenix
Palma graduate Jamaree Bouyea is averaging an NBA career high 7.1 points a game for the Phoenix Suns
High School year in review: Drama, records and milestones celebrated in 2025
The look back at the 2025 high school sports season
Clipboard: High School girls flag football all-star game set for Jan. 4
The second Central Coast Flag Football All-Star game will take place on Jan. 4 at Aptos High
The Monterey Herald’s Football All-County Team — Offense
The Monterey Herald’s Football All-County Offensive Team
All-County Player of the Year — Offense: Dukes starred in Palma’s highlight reels
Eli Dukes ran for nearly 2,500 yards and scored 37 touchdowns in earning The Monterey Herald’s Offensive Player of the Year honor
All-County Defensive Player of the Year: King City’s Villanueva was born to be a Mustang
King City linebacker Rocky Villanueva was named The Herald’s All-County Defensive Player of the Year
The Monterey Herald’s Football All-County Defensive Team
The Monterey Herald’s All-County Defensive Team
High School football: Digesting this past season
While the milestones in the regular season were historic, for just the third time in 17 years, no team in the county played for a CCS title
PCAL all-league football teams
Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league football teams
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
CCS Open/DI football semifinals: Los Gatos ends Palma’s run at perfection
Los Gatos ran off 24 unanswered points in knocking off Palma 45-21 in the CCS Open/DI semifinals
CCS football semifinals: Palma looks to keep perfection intact at Los Gatos
Palma will put its 11-0 record on the line Friday when it visits Los Gatos in the CCS Open/DI football semifinals
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
Clipboard: Football accolades for MPC, Hartnell
MPC, Hartnell gather honors in their respective football conferences
Santa Cruz sees feel-good, league championship season end | CCS football
Santa Cruz High’s usually reliable offense went cold in the second half Saturday, and with it went the chances of the Cardinals extending their feel-good football season.
CCS football playoffs: Salinas ousted by Riordan in Open Division
Salinas’ season comes to an end in the Open Division playoffs to top seed Riordan 42-3
CCS football playoffs: Short-handed Pirates fall at Menlo-Atherton
Stevenson, Alisal, King City and North Salinas all fall in the CCS divisional playoffs
County has rough go in quarterfinals | CCS football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team, playing in its first postseason game in 10 years, was in contention to pull off an upset after Cougars running back Justin Griffis scored early in the fourth quarter.
CCS Division III playoffs: Carmel falls to Sacred Heart Prep in shootout
A two-point conversation late in the fourth quarter lifts Sacred Heart Prep to a 49-48 win over Carmel in the CCS Division III playoffs