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Harbor, Santa Cruz have multiple sports teams honored for academic success | Local Roundup
When it comes to balancing athletics and athletics, multiple Harbor and Santa Cruz high teams more than made the grade.
SV’s Bobby Arcangeli, Soquel’s Ben Palma win National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholarships
Scotts Valley High lineman Bobby Arcangeli and Soquel defensive back Ben Palma were chosen to represent 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.
Prep Stories of the Year for 2024: Carmel never stopped living in the moment
Carmel became the first football program in county history to go 15-0, capturing its first State Division 5AA title
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.
John Devine, Just a Thought: Celebrate Carmel’s state title, tune out the critics
Add the undefeated season and it truly is a surreal moment that needs to be celebrated.
CIF State Division 5AA football breakdown: El Capitan-Carmel Capitan
CIF State Division 5AA football championship. Carmel vs. El Capitan
NorCal football playoffs: Carmel embraces historic opportunity
Central Coast Section Division III champion Carmel will host North Coast Section DIII champion Acalanes on Friday in the Northern California Division 5AA championship at MPC
Preps of the Week
The Monterey Herald’s boys and girls Athletes of the Week
High School football: PCAL all-league teams
The Pacific Coast Athletic League all-league football teams
Aptos’ magical postseason run ends in CCS D-III final | High school football
Aptos High’s awesome run in the Central Coast Section football playoffs came to a screeching halt in the second half of its championship battle against unbeaten and top-seeded Carmel on Friday night.
PHOTOS: Carmel captures first football section title in 15 years
Carmel brings home its first Central Coast Section football title in 15 years Friday after a 62-35 win over Aptos in the Division III finals
CCS Division III football finals: Carmel chasing perfection in title game against Aptos
The only undefeated team left in the entire Central Coast Section is chasing its first title since 2009 when Carmel faces Aptos in the Division III finals Friday at Rabobank
CCS playoff football breakdown
CCS divisional finals football breakdown: Aptos-Carmel; Palma-Wilcox
Aptos preparing to battle unbeaten Carmel in CCS D-III final | High school football
The Mariners need to upset another unbeaten team if they hope to claim the sixth section title in school history and advance to a CIF NorCal bowl game.
No. 7 seed Aptos runs wild for another upset, advances to D-III championship | CCS football
Aptos High’s football team continued to defy the odds in postseason action on Friday night.
Aptos preparing for wet CCS D-III semifinal at Palo Alto | High school football
Aptos High’s football team doesn’t expect wet conditions to rain on its potential parade in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals at Palo Alto on Friday night.
No. 7 seed Aptos upsets No. 2 Willow Glen in D-III quarterfinal shootout | CCS football
Aptos High’s football program — a five-time Central Coast Section champion — has a history of rising to another level in the postseason.
Soquel, Aptos seeded for CCS football playoffs
Only two high school football teams from Santa Cruz County — Soquel and Aptos — made it into the Central Coast Section playoffs, and both compete in the Gabilan Division, the top tier of Pacific Coast Athletic League.
High School football: CCS playoff brackets
Central Coast Section Divisional football postseason brackets
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.
Thursday night prep fotball: Last second field goal leaves Alvarez heartbroken in loss to Aptos
A field goal as time expired lifts Aptos to a 23-22 win at Alvarez
Friday football roundup: Maturino throws four touchdowns in return, Salinas’ routs Aptos
Salinas erupts for 56 points in win over Aptos; goal line stand enables Alisal to beat St. Francis
Salinas storms past Aptos | High school football
Aptos High’s Damian Suchil scored on a 19-yard run with 2:08 left and the Mariners football team avoided being shut out for the first time since 2017 on Friday.
Game of the week: North County wants to prove it’s a contender
North County finds itself in a foreign situation on Friday when it hosts Seaside — undefeated in league play