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The Monterey Herald’s Game of the Week: Traditional powerhouse Salinas not shaken by winless start
The last time Salinas started the season 0-2, it went on to capture the Gabilan Division title
High School roundup: Stiver, Rocha led Carmel past Woodside
Carmel and Stevenson bounce back with impressive wins, valid fourth quarter charge comes up short for Salinas
Game of the Week: Emotions flood the field for Seaside-Monterey Battle of the Bay
Monterey will put its five-game winning streak over Seaside on the line Saturday in the 61st Battle of the Bay
Harbor edges Mills, snaps program’s 17-game losing streak | High school football roundup
By the hair of its chinny chin chinstrap. Harbor High’s football team slipped past Mills 7-6 in its season opener on Friday night to snap a 17-game losing streak dating back to Sept. 5, 2024.
Soquel expects to be in the mix in powerful PCAL Gabilan Division | KICKOFF 2026
Soquel HIgh’s football team graduated some key pieces from last year’s Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division runner-up squad, including its record-setting, three-year starting quarterback, leading receiver, and top defensive lineman.
High School football tour: Day 12: Salinas
Owners of the second longest playoff streak in the PCAL, Salinas has the best record in the Gabilan Division over the last eight years
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
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
Harbor volleyball knocks off Salinas in nonleague battle of defending CCS finalists | Local Roundup
Harbor High’s girls volleyball team rallied past visiting Salinas 22-25, 28-26, 25-19, 26-24 in the teams’ marquee nonleague match Tuesday.
High School football: CCS playoff brackets
Central Coast Section Divisional football postseason brackets
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.
Early signing period: Bay Area standouts sign with San Jose State, Cal and others
San Jose State signs several Serra standouts, Stanford’s class headlined by Mater Dei QB, Cal gets top NorCal recruit.
SC resident AJ Minyard leaves it all on the field in Los Gatos’ loss in CIF 2-A State Football Championship
Santa Cruz’s AJ Minyard played his last game for Los Gatos High’s football team on Saturday night — a heartbreaking and entertaining 45-42 loss to Visalia’s Central Valley Christian in the CIF 2-A State Championship at Pasadena City College — but it may not be the final time the Wildcats’ two-sport star competes on the gridiron.
Banana Slugs win their opener at UCSC Thanksgiving Classic at KP Arena | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s volleyball team had three players, all sophomores, named to the 2023 All-Coast Conference North Division first team.
Favored Soquel ready for a battle from No. 8 seed Christopher | CCS football
CalPreps.com’s computer generated projections has Soquel High’s football team knocking off Christopher of Gilroy 21-12 in the upcoming Central Coast Section Division II Championship. It gives the Knights a 73% chance of winning.
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.