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Soquel rallies past Hollister, stays in hunt for Gabilan title | High school football roundup
Soquel High’s football team looked like it may be a spectator in its debut season in the prestigious Gabilan Division after being shut out by Salinas in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League opener three weeks ago.
Falcons post another shutout to top Wildcatz | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team still has four games remaining in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission North Division, but the Falcons continue to look like the title is their’s to lose.
Sloppy Soquel shut out by Salinas in Gabilan Division debut | High school football roundup
Soquel High’s football debut in the Gabilan Division — the top tier of the Pacific Coast Athletic League — wasn’t a memorable one.
Visit from injured Taylor Fernandez among MVC’s few highlights in blowout loss to Monterey | High school football roundup
Monte Vista Christian School’s football team dropped from the unbeaten ranks Friday. But the Mustangs’ decisive loss, a 55-19 nonleague setback to powerful Monterey, started and ended with an emotional appearance from injured lineman Taylor Fernandez.
Scotts Valley extends streak over rival SLV, improves to 3-0 | High school football roundup
The connection between Scotts Valley High quarterback Lucas Ringel and wide receiver Quinn Turowski was limited but eventful in the Falcons’ 35-13 nonleague win over rival San Lorenzo Valley on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Four local players receive special honors | All-PCAL football
Aptos High’s Caden Prichard, Soquel’s Jordan McCord and Justice Grauel Tebong, and St. Francis’ Miguel Orozco received special honors in their respective PCAL football divisions this season.
Watsonville, MVC to hunt for new head football coaches
Watsonville High’s administration has relieved Anthony Valdivia as head football coach following a 2-8 campaign, and Jeremiah “J.B.” Williams’ stint as head coach at Monte Vista Christian has also come to an end after a 3-7 season.
Mariners stomp Hollister for share of first Gabilan Division title | High school football roundup
Aptos High’s football teams have won numerous titles during Randy Blankenship’s legendary 13-year tenure as head coach.
St. Francis, Aptos stay in title hunt with wins | High school football roundup
St. Francis High’s football team kept its perfect season and league title hopes alive as it pulled away from Pacific Grove with three unanswered touchdowns in the second half for a 34-14 win Friday night.
Falcons stay in playoff hunt with narrow win over MVC | High school football roundup
Scotts Valley High’s football team ran through Monte Vista Christian’s defense for a 10-play, 64-yard touchdown drive on the first series of the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division game Friday night.
Aptos thumps Alvarez, sets stage for battle against unbeaten Salinas | High school football roundup
Aptos High’s football team beat Alvarez 54-24 to set the stage for its anticipated Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division showdown with Salinas by surpassing 50-plus points for the third straight game Friday night.
Santa Cruz falls on road to unbeaten Salinas | High school football roundup
Myles Reber scored on a long pass from Dominic Lopezzi but Santa Cruz High’s football team suffered a 55-7 league loss to host Salinas at The Pit on Friday night.
St. Francis completes perfect run through Watsonville foes | High school football roundup
Watsonville High’s football team celebrated homecoming on Thursday night, but it was St. Francis’ players who crowned themselves kings of Watsonville — not just the school, the entire city.
Scotts Valley holds off Alisal, finishes nonleague slate 4-0 | High school football roundup
Quinn Turowski scored on a 40-yard pass from quarterback Cole Leonard in the fourth quarter, and the Falcons made a defensive stand late to secure a 29-25 nonleague win over Alisal Saturday to stay perfect on the season.
Caden Prichard powers Aptos past Mission Prep of SLO | High school football roundup
Caden Prichard did a little bit of everything for Aptos High on Friday night.
Soquel QB Cole Johnson hopes to win Stump, follow grandpa’s path | High school football
Ken Caldwell, a 1959 Santa Cruz High alum and record-setting starting quarterback for the Cardinals, will be in attendance when his alma mater takes on host Soquel in another physical and passionately played edition of The Stump rivalry game Friday night.
Santa Cruz pulls away from rival Watsonville for nonleague rout | High school football
Hot winds from the east are blowing to the coast to begin a statewide heat wave. On Saturday afternoon, Santa Cruz brought the heat from the north down the coast to Watsonville.
Wildcatz top rival Pajaro Valley, retain Belgard Kup | High school football
Watsonville covered a squib kick from Pajaro Valley to begin the 17th Belgard Kup intra-city rivalry game, and the Wildcatz cheerleaders broke into the prominent chant, “We believe that we will win.”
Optimism high as county’s teams hit the field | 2022 PCAL Football Preview
Another year on the gridiron kicks off Friday, and Aptos High is still the top team in Santa Cruz County. What the Mariners really want, though, is to be referred to as the top team in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division — the top level of the four-tiered equity league.