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Harbor, MVC move to 3-0 behind stellar outings | High school football roundup
Running back Jeovany Linares wasn’t at full strength Friday, when Harbor High’s football team attempted to secure yet another early-season accolade.
Limited-roster Santa Cruz cancels Friday’s game against rival Soquel | High school football
Santa Cruz High canceled this year’s varsity football game against rival Soquel on Wednesday.
Harbor scores school-record 70 points in rout of Yerba Buena | High school football
Harbor High senior receiver Michael Servin knew exactly what was at stake as he gathered a shovel pass from quarterback James Veiga, and cut up the right sideline with an empty lane to the end zone Saturday night.
SLV’s two pick-six touchdowns help rout Gunderson | High school football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High scored two touchdowns while on defense, and the Cougars earned a 42-7 nonleague rout of San Jose’s Gunderson on Saturday.
Aptos rallies twice before falling on road to Archbishop Mitty | High school football
Aptos High’s football team didn’t turn out its best performance in a nonleague tilt against powerful Archbishop Mitty at Foothill College on Friday night.
Watsonville shuts out PV in Belgard Kup rivalry game | High school football roundup
Marcus Northcutt’s first win as a varsity football coach was a big one: Watsonville High beat crosstown foe Pajaro Valley 12-0 in the Belgard Kup rivalry game Friday night in front of 1,500 fans.
Harbor assistant removed from staff after role in scuffle | High school football
The two Harbor High’s football assistants who were ejected from the Pirates’ abbreviated, scuffle-marred, 40-0 win over rival Santa Cruz on Friday won’t be on the sidelines in the near future.
Santa Cruz cancels PCAL crossover game against Hollister | High school football
Santa Cruz High’s football team, which suited 23 players in its 40-0 loss to Harbor on Friday, has cancelled its Sept. 16 home game against powerful Hollister, Cardinals brass said Wednesday evening.
MVC rallies for improbable OT win to honor fallen teammate | High school football roundup
Penalties, turnovers, and dropped balls … Monte Vista Christian School’s football team endured the gamut of blunders on offense Saturday, but still found itself in a tight game, thanks to their defense.
Photo | Calm before storm on prep gridiron
Dusk falls over Harbor High School’s Bob Enzweiler Field as Harbor hosts Santa Cruz on Friday in both teams’ season opening football game.
Harbor’s rout of SC called at halftime, following sideline scrap | High school football
After serving as punching bag for the majority of its 52-year existence, Harbor High was poised to put an all-time thumping on crosstown foe Santa Cruz on Friday night in front of a capacity crowd.
Aptos surrenders last-minute TD in loss to Oakdale | High school football roundup
Aptos High’s football team jumped out to a two-touchdown lead on powerful Oakdale in the teams’ nonleague meeting Friday night, but the Mustangs stormed back in the second half and pulled out a thrilling 21-14 win.
Soquel unable to slow Los Gatos’ pass attack, drops opener | High school football
Soquel High football coach Dwight Lowery wanted his Knights to face quality opponents in nonleague to better prepare them for their first season in the Pacific Coast Athletic’s powerful Gabilan Division, so he booked to a two-year contract with Los Gatos, a 15-time Central Coast Section champion.
Aptos, newcomer Soquel ready to battle in powerful PCAL Gabilan Division | KICKOFF 2023
If you’re affiliated with Aptos High’s football program in any capacity — player, coach, family member, fan or alumni — you don’t have just one game circled on the calendar at the outset of the season. Not when you compete in the prestigious Gabilan Division, the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. Every week is a high-stakes affair.
Half of county’s teams to battle in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2023
Five high school football teams Santa Cruz County — Monte Vista Christian, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, St. Francis, and Watsonville — help make up the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s newly created Mission North Division this season.
Local football programs look to make some noise in PCAL Santa Lucia Division | KICKOFF 2023
High school football programs at Harbor, Pajaro Valley and San Lorenzo Valley all look to make some noise in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division this season. All three will attempt to do so with new head coaches.
Former NFL QB Bob Berry, a three-time Super Bowl qualifier with Minnesota, dies at 81 | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Bob Berry, a quarterback who helped the Minnesota Vikings reach three Super Bowls in the mid-1970s, died in Santa Cruz on Wednesday at the age of 81.
Santa Cruz surfer Autumn Hays wins her opening heat in Barbados | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat Tuesday at the World Surf League’s Barbados Surf Pro, a Qualifying Series 5,000-point event at Soup Bowl in Bathsheba, Barbados.
St. Francis’ Diego Ramirez named PCAL Scholar-Athlete Award winner | Local Roundup
St. Francis High’s Diego Ramirez and Jayna Schalesky of Rancho San Juan were announced Thursday as the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s 2023 Central Coast Section Scholar-Athlete Award winners.
Santa Cruz’s Myles Reber, Franz Pohlmann sign with D-I football programs | Signing Day
A pair of Santa Cruz High seniors, Myles Reber and Franz Pohlmann — both currently unranked and star-less in the eyes of scouting authorities — signed National Letters of Intent to NCAA Division I programs as preferred walk-ons on Signing Day.
Santa Cruz football legend John Kirby, 81, dies
Jarrin’ John Kirby, an iconic Santa Cruz High football player in the late 1950s, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Discovery Bay. He was 81.
Locals ready to shine at 37th annual Central Coast High School All-Star Football Game
Several athletes from Santa Cruz County will compete in the 37th annual Central Coast High School All-Star Football Game, which takes place at Rabobank Stadium on Saturday night.
2022: The Year in Pictures
Amid triumph and tragedy, private moments of grief and public spectacles of joy, Mercury News and East Bay Times’ photojournalists captured the resilience of the human spirit across the Bay Area this year.
2022 Sports Newsmaker of the Year | Soquel, Watsonville teams share honor
As we head toward 2023, we turn out thoughts to the past year to reflect how much local teams and athletes entertained us. There were plenty of highs and lows, giving the Sentinel sports staff plenty to think about when deciding which program made the biggest splash.
James Wiseman scores career-high 31 points in Santa Cruz’s loss to Lakers | Local Roundup
James Wiseman had a career-high 31 points to go along with six rebounds, but the short-handed Santa Cruz Warriors suffered a 128-116 loss to the South Bay Lakers in their NBA G League game in front of 353 fans at UCLA Health Training Center on Wednesday night.