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Santa Cruz’s Jack Bacon, Qwentin Brown receive all-Mission Division special honors | PCAL football
The Cardinals were rewarded by league coaches for their Mission Division dominance: Jack Bacon was named Lineman of the Year and Qwentin Brown was named Offensive Player of the Year. Soledad’s Daniel Raso was named Defensive Player of the Year.
Falcons sweep top postseason honors in Cypress Division | All-PCAL Football
Scotts Valley High’s football team swept top honors when it came time for Pacific Coast Athletic League coaches to select the top players in the Cypress Division.
Aptos native, Super Bowl winning QB Trent Dilfer coaches Tennessee’s Lipscomb Academy to state football title
Aptos High alum Trent Dilfer, a 14-year NFL veteran who quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory in 2000, earned his first state title as head coach of Lipscomb Academy in Tennessee on Thursday.
Sharks sweep top postseason honors in Santa Lucia Division | All-PCAL Football
St. Francis running back Johrdan Garibay was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Santa Lucia Division, defensive back Charles Valencia was named Defensive Player of the Year and Noel Aquino was named Lineman of the Year.
Outsized St. Francis falls to No. 1 seed Aragon in CCS D-V football championship
St. Francis High’s football players saluted the several hundred fans who made the trek from Watsonville, hoping to see the Sharks pull one last stunner. No. 1 seed Aragon teetered, but didn’t topple.
Gunshots halt St. Francis vs. Serra CCS Division I championship game; two injured
Police, including a helicopter, arrived on the scene. CCS officials said they planned to resume the game, but not until police give the all clear.
Banana Slugs deliver new men’s basketball coach Matt Malone first win | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz High senior Keanna Miller placed in the top three in two divisions at the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf Contest No. 2 at Steamer Lane in Saturday.
St. Francis football rallies past Los Altos, roars into its first CCS title game
Dozens of car horns were honked by Sharks fans as they exited Los Altos’ parking lot, ready to make the hour-long trek south back home and share what they witnessed with friends and family who missed the action. It was that type of victory.
Santa Cruz’s Bubba Trumbull steps down as football coach after 15 seasons at helm
The decision was months in the making, but Santa Cruz High alum Bubba Trumbull broke the news to his Cardinals football players minutes after their loss to Wilcox in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals Friday night: After 15 seasons at the helm, and 25 in the program, he was hanging up his whistle.
Aptos battles top-seeded Saint Francis for three quarters, falls short in upset bid | CCS football
Unbeaten Lancers pull away in the fourth quarter, set a school record for rushing yards in a game along the way. “The biggest lesson for us, in Division I anybody can beat anybody.”
CCS football playoffs: top-seeded St. Francis tested in opener by Aptos
Unbeaten Lancers pull away in the fourth quarter, set a school record for rushing yards in a game along the way. “The biggest lesson for us, in Division I anybody can beat anybody.”
Santa Cruz falls to Wilcox in CCS D-II quarterfinals; Cardinals’ season, unbeaten streak end
Santa Cruz High’s football team recorded an unbeaten regular season. But in a Central Coast Section Division II playoff quarterfinal, Wilcox’s power running game ended the Cardinals’ campaign, 42-23.
St. Francis stuns Cupertino, records first postseason win | CCS football roundup
The underdog St. Francis High football team didn’t let its No. 7 seed or the fact it had to open the playoffs on the road crush its will Saturday. Instead, the Sharks turned it into an opportunity to open some eyes.
Locals make college commitments official on Signing Day
Monte Vista Christian School senior Bella Primavera was one of more than a dozen Santa Cruz County who made their college commitments official Wednesday, NLI Signing Day, the opening day of a signing period that runs through Aug. 1 for most NCAA Division I and II sports.
Five county teams seeded in CCS football playoffs; four open on the road as underdogs | Local Roundup
The good news: Five Santa Cruz County football teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. The bad news: Four of them are the lower seed and will play on the road.
Scotts Valley beats SLV, goes 6-0 in Cypress Division | PCAL football roundup
Niko Iles, Isaiah Velez and Caden Stratton ran for touchdowns in the first quarter, and the Scotts Valley High football team beat rival San Lorenzo Valley 32-14 on Saturday to post a perfect record in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division.
Santa Cruz stomps Soquel for Stump, league title and first unbeaten season since ’93 | PCAL football roundup
The Cardinals (9-0) became the program’s first team since 1993 to finish the regular season unbeaten, won the Stump rivalry trophy for a third straight season and locked up the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division title in one fell swoop.
Soquel rallies past North Salinas, sets up battle of unbeaten teams vs. Santa Cruz | PCAL football roundup
Soquel High’s football team made all the big plays in the second half of its showdown with North Salinas to rally past the Vikings 36-27 on senior night Saturday. And all of them were needed, as the Knights overcame deficits of 20-0 in the second quarter and 27-14 at halftime.
Pajaro Valley scores with 4 seconds left, stuns Harbor in homecoming thriller | PCAL football roundup
Pajaro Valley High’s football team needed to move 72 yards in less than 1 minute and 14 seconds if it hoped accomplish the unthinkable Friday night against host Harbor in the Pirates’ homecoming.
Soquel sinks Carmel, stays unbeaten in Mission Division | PCAL football roundup
Gavin Woods and Jack Fisher ran for touchdowns and Cole Johnson passed for an insurance score as Soquel beat host Carmel 21-8 to remain unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division on Saturday.
Niko Iles runs for 6 TDs as Scotts Valley gains sole possession of Cypress Division lead | PCAL football roundup
Sophomore fullback Niko Iles ran for six touchdowns and Scotts Valley ran past previously unbeaten King City 47-27 to gain sole possession of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division lead Friday night.
Tennessee Titans lineman Ty Sambrailo, 29, retires | Local Roundup
The Tennessee Titans announced on Oct. 12 that 29-year-old offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo, their primary backup at that position, retired. The team placed him on the Reserve-Retired list.
Aptos’ senior night game canceled after Hollister reports COVID-19 outbreak | High school football
Haybalers officials contacted Mariners athletics director Travis Fox on Wednesday afternoon to let him know the game was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak within their varsity program.
Santa Cruz rolls past Gonzales, moves to 7-0 | PCAL football roundup
Santa Cruz High’s unbeaten football team routed Gonzales 49-6 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Saturday night.
Soquel stomps Soledad, stays perfect in PCAL’s Mission Division | High school football roundup
Quarterback Cole Johnson ran for two touchdowns and passed for two others, as Soquel High’s football team beat host Soledad 28-6 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday night.