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Central Coast High School All-Star football game rosters
Rosters for the 39th Central Coast High School All-Star football game, slated for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Salinas High
High School football: Central Coast all-star roster
Players selected to the Central Coast High School All-Star football game
Locals preparing for Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game | Local Roundup
More than a dozen student-athletes from Santa Cruz County have been chosen to compete in the 39th annual Central Coast High School Football All-Star Game.
High School football: Central Coast all-star game rosters
Players selected to the Central Coast High School All-Star football game
Whelan and dealing: Soquel junior QB among four county athletes who receive special honors | All-PCAL football
Quarterback Sam Whelan helped the Soquel High’s football team win the CIF Division 4AA state title as a sophomore in 2023. For an encore, he accomplished an equally impressive feat: He helped the Knights become the first team from Santa Cruz County to go unbeaten in Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division play.
High School football: PCAL all-league teams
The Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league football teams
Friday High School football: Zenk earns 100th win in Salinas’ win over Hollister
Salinas’ Steve Zenk earns his 100th win as a coach; Palma, Alisal headed to the postseason
Soquel beats Aptos, becomes first county team to go unbeaten in Gabilan Division | High school football roundup
Soquel High football coach Dwight Lowery hadn’t had an ice bath since he last played defensive back in the NFL, close to a decade ago.
St. Francis rallies past Scotts Valley with second-half surge | High school football roundup
St. Francis High football players had every reason to hang their heads in a key league battle against Scotts Valley on Thursday night at Cabrillo College.
SLV beats Gonzales, moves to 7-0 overall | High school football roundup
Quarterback Jack Dagan rushed for a pair of touchdowns, including a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter, and San Lorenzo Valley High’s unbeaten football team beat Gonzales 22-8 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division game at Alisal High on Saturday night.
Kicker Julian Pizarro lifts MVC past Scotts Valley as time expires | High school football roundup
Kicker Julian Pizarro booted a 34-yard field goal as time expired, and the Monte Vista Christian School football team stunned Scotts Valley 25-23 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division game Friday night.
Saturday High School football: Stevenson’s defense preserves win over Gonzales
Stevenson remains undefeated in the Santa Lucia Division after a 24-21 win over Gonzales
St. Francis rallies for win over Watsonville | High school football roundup
St. Francis quarterback/linebacker Javier DaRosa-Fonseca added to his bid for Pacific Coast Athletic League postseason honors as he helped the Sharks overcome a major hurdle in Mission North Division action.
Watsonville didn’t forget ’23 loss, delivers beatdown on MVC | High school football roundup
It’s one thing to keep your foot on the gas. It’s another to keep your foot on your opponent’s throat, figuratively speaking, of course.
High School football: Gomez’s fourth quarter dramatics rally North County past Scotts Valley
North County rallies from a 12-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat defending Mission Division North champion Scotts Valley 14-12
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’.
High School football: Palma dominant in defusing North County
Dominate Palma defense tams North County in 40-7 win; Trinity shuts out Hillsbrook in 8-man football
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.
Gritty, highlight-filled outing helps SLV stun Scotts Valley | High school football roundup
It wasn’t the nearby towering redwoods speaking as a light breeze rustled their branches. It was personnel along San Lorenzo Valley High’s sideline whispering “no” as Cougars quarterback Jack Dagan rolled out right and looked to make an ill-advised throw into the end zone among a sea of Scotts Valley defenders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.