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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
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.
High School football: Condors capture first league title outright in 25 years
North County won its first league title outright in 25 years after Friday’s 34-13 win over Watsonville
SLV falls from unbeaten ranks with loss to Stevenson | High school football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team surrendered its narrow lead in the second half, and the Cougars fell to visiting Stevenson of Pebble Beach 24-14 in a battle pitting the only two unbeaten teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division on Saturday.
Saturday High School football: Stevenson claims Santa Lucia title after knocking SLV from unbeaten ranks
Stevenson captures the Santa Lucia Division title after knocking San Lorenzo Valley from the unbeaten ranks; North County a step closer to a league title; North Salinas qualifies for the playoffs.
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.
Friday night football: Late touchdown lifts North Salinas past Pacific Grove
North Salinas rallies past Pacific Grove; Seaside earns first win of the season; Palma falls to 0-3 in league play
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.
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.
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.
Aptos pulls away from Watsonville in second half of rivals’ Black & Blue Bowl | High school football
Aptos High’s football team had everything to lose and little to gain as it resumed its Black & Blue Bowl rivalry series with foe Watsonville on Friday night.
Abraham Martinez leads Watsonville past longtime foe Santa Cruz | High school football
The latest chapter in the rivalry between Watsonville and Santa Cruz high schools could easily be titled “It’s all about AB.”
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.
Cabrillo women shut out in soccer opener | Local Roundup
The Cabrillo College women’s soccer team opened its season with a 2-0 nonconference loss to Canada on Tuesday.
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 LB Justice Grauel-Tebong named Defensive MVP in Gabilan Division | All-PCAL football
Soquel High senior linebacker Justice Grauel-Tebong was named Defensive MVP in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s all-Gabilan Division voting.
Soquel gets first win over Aptos since ’09, takes second place in PCAL Gabilan Division | High School Football Roundup
Aptos High’s football team was intent of sending retiring coaching legend Randy Blankenship out with a win in its regular-season finale Friday, but rival Soquel took its game to another level to pull away in the second half.
Scotts Valley posts fourth shutout, secures PCAL Mission North title | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team did it again on defense, and, eventually, the win column.
Scotts Valley stomps Seaside, gains sole possession of division lead | High school football roundup
SEASIDE — Scotts Valley High made sure the outcome didn’t justify the hype Saturday night, when the last two unbeaten football teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission North Division squared off.