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Santa Cruz sees feel-good, league championship season end | CCS football
Santa Cruz High’s usually reliable offense went cold in the second half Saturday, and with it went the chances of the Cardinals extending their feel-good football season.
County has rough go in quarterfinals | CCS football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High’s football team, playing in its first postseason game in 10 years, was in contention to pull off an upset after Cougars running back Justin Griffis scored early in the fourth quarter.
All four county teams in CCS football playoffs open on the road
Four football teams from Santa Cruz County made the Central Coast Section playoffs with automatic berths. All four open with road games in the quarterfinals of their respective divisions this weekend, it was announced at the CCS seeding meeting on Sunday.
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 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
SLV’s two pick-six touchdowns help rout Gunderson | High school football roundup
San Lorenzo Valley High scored two touchdowns while on defense, and the Cougars earned a 42-7 nonleague rout of San Jose’s Gunderson on Saturday.
Former NFL QB Bob Berry, a three-time Super Bowl qualifier with Minnesota, dies at 81 | Local Roundup
Santa Cruz’s Bob Berry, a quarterback who helped the Minnesota Vikings reach three Super Bowls in the mid-1970s, died in Santa Cruz on Wednesday at the age of 81.