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Soquel surrenders late score, suffers narrow loss to Los Gatos | High school football
Los Gatos High’s football team visited Soquel in one of the state’s marquee matchups on Friday night and the nonleague thriller pitting a pair of 2023 CIF state finalists went down to the wire in front of a near capacity crowd.
Scotts Valley tops Santa Cruz, but Cardinals end scoring drought | High school football roundup
Santa Cruz High’s football team snapped its scoreless streak in a 40-20 nonleague loss to visiting Scotts Valley to open the 2024 season Friday.
Zach Hewett has successful coaching debut as Aptos beats The King’s Academy | High school football
Aptos High’s football team turned in impressive showing against The King’s Academy on Thursday and delivered Zach Hewett a victory in his debut as head coach to open the 2024 campaign.
Cabrillo women shut out in soccer opener | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team opened its season with a 2-0 nonconference loss to Canada on Tuesday.
Several teams turn in solid showings at football jamboree | Jim Seimas, Airing It Out
More than half of the high school football programs in Santa Cruz County saw their first action of the season at the annual jamboree at Cabrillo College on Saturday evening. A couple of them, Aptos and Scotts Valley, looked in midseason form.
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.
Soquel, Aptos and every other PCAL Gabilan Division team is wearing a target | KICKOFF 2024
The Gabilan Division is not only the top level of the three-tiered, equity Pacific Coast Athletic League, it’s one of the top leagues in the Central Coast Section.
Defending champ Scotts Valley faces challenges from MVC, Watsonville, St. Francis and others in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2024
Scotts Valley High’s football team looks to defend its Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division title in 2024, but to do so it’ll have to overcome some internal challenges as well as challenges from the usual suspects.
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.
Soquel alum Cade Petersen to walk on at UC Davis | College football
Anyone who has seen or played against Cade Petersen on the football field can tell you he can play at the next level. His speed, power, talent and motor are undeniable. And, he’s solid academically.
Three-sport Soquel star Braylon Noble makes college decision | High school track and field
Soquel High three-sport star Braylon Noble — named the 2023-24 Central Coast Section Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year — will continue his academic and athletic careers at NCAA Division I UC Santa Barbara.
Aptos football talent Lawrence Ingram IV commits to Chapman | Local Roundup
Aptos High senior Lawrence Ingram IV will continue his academic and football careers at NCAA Division III Chapman University in Orange. He plans to play linebacker for the Panthers.
How Jordan McCord secured a spot on University of Arizona’s football team | High school football
Soquel High senior Jordan McCord announced on social media on Wednesday, his 18th birthday, that he committed to play football for the NCAA Division I Arizona Wildcats.
Soquel alum Sam Walters excited for new role as Cal Poly-SLO basketball assistant | Local Roundup
Former Soquel High basketball player Sam Walters, 28, has been named an assistant coach for coach Mike DeGeorge at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
Soquel’s Braylon Noble named CCS Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year | CCS Scholar-Athletes
Sports fans saw Braylon Noble shine on the football field, basketball court, and track this year. Behind the scenes, he was crushing it in the classroom. The Soquel High senior was named the 2023-24 Central Coast Section Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
Soquel’s Cade Petersen, SV’s Colton Duerson win National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholarships
Soquel High lineman Cade Petersen and Scotts Valley receiver/defensive back Colton Duerson represented Santa Cruz County at the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame awards banquet for their contributions in the classroom, community, and on the football field.
Former St. Francis football coach Adam Hazel takes over at Christopher
Former St. Francis High football coach Adam Hazel, 40, a history teacher at Live Oak in Morgan Hill, has been named head coach at Christopher, a gridiron power in Gilroy.
Three county football players named to Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State teams | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz County had three athletes garner Cal-Hi Sports’ All-State Football honors.
Kendric Davis paces Santa Cruz in win over Long Island in MLK Day matinee | Local Roundup
Guard Kendric Davis scored a team-high 23 points and the Santa Cruz Warriors knocked off the Long Island Nets 98-90 in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Monday.
Photo | Soquel High School football team celebrates state title at parade in Capitola
Members of the Soquel High School football team rode on a float through Capitola Village on Saturday as the state-champion Knights were honored in a celebratory parade.
Aptos girls soccer blanks Christopher for fifth shutout | Local Roundup
Scarlet Statler scored on a pass from Alexa Castaneda in the 54th minute, and the Aptos High girls soccer team knocked off visiting Christopher 1-0 in nonleague action Wednesday.
Michael Mitchell, Tyler LaTorre will be honored at Hot Stove of Santa Clara Valley baseball banquet | Local Roundup
Baseball talents Michael Mitchell and Tyler LaTorre will be honored at the 38th annual Hot Stove of Santa Clara Valley banquet at Villa Ragusa in Campbell on Jan. 9 at 5 p.m. The event is sold out, as more than 600 people with be in attendance.
2023 Sports Newsmaker of the Year | Nikki Hiltz, Autumn Hays, Soquel football share honor
Athletes throughout Santa Cruz County achieved some amazing feats in 2023. But the accomplishments of two athletes competing in individual sports, runner Nikki Hiltz and surfer Autumn Hays, as well as postseason performance turned in by Soquel High’s football team were too hefty to overlook.
Santa Cruz’s Bob Shaw to be inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Bob Shaw, 73, will be inducted into USA Lacrosse’s National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a member of its Class of 2023. The induction ceremony takes place at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Maryand on Jan. 6.
Soquel LB Justice Grauel-Tebong named Defensive MVP in Gabilan Division | All-PCAL football
Soquel High senior linebacker Justice Grauel-Tebong was named Defensive MVP in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Gabilan Division voting.