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DipitySCOTTS VALLEY -- The recently-hired Gainesville, Texas, football coach backed out of next season's nonleague match up against host Scotts Valley last week, though the school had fundraised $26,000 ...
The Santa Cruz High boys basketball team edged visiting Soquel 55-50 on Wednesday in the teams' Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rex and The Sanchise are headed to the playoffs, lucky breaks and all. Same Old J-E-T-S?
The Santa Cruz Seahawks junior midget team finished in third place at the National Pop Warner Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Fla, from Dec.
The Santa Cruz Seahawks junior midget football team suffered a 20-14 loss to the New Jersey Giants in their first round of the Pop Warner Super Bowl in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
The No. 4 seed Stanford women's volleyball team is set to host hosts the Stanford Regional -- part of the Sweet 16 field in the NCAA Division I playoffs -- on Friday and Saturday.
Inside practice with the Santa Cruz Seahawks as they prepare for the Pop Warner Super Bowl. (Video by Phil Carter/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Allison Rebbert is the wife of embattled former Harbor High football coach Travis Rebbert who was suspended twice by the school district.
Cabrillo College sophomore quarterback Ian McGinnis is fully recovered from an undisclosed injury suffered Oct.
Preview of this week's games involving Santa Cruz County football teams
WATSONVILLE -- Monte Vista Christian School entered Friday night's football game against visiting Pajaro Valley with two major goals: stopping the run and getting its first Monterey Bay League vict...
MODESTO -- Quarterback Gino Delucchi scored on a 7-yard run in the third quarter for Cabrillo College's lone score as the Seahawks football team fell to Modesto 35-7 in Golden Gate Conference play ...
Max Schell scored 13 goals in three matches to lead Soquel High's boys water polo team to first place in its bracket at the season-ending Monta Vista Tournament at Los Gatos High on Saturday.
Following the suggestion of football coach Louie Walters, Scotts Valley High's Aldin Barrett bowed out of the quarterback competition at the outset of last season.
SANTA CRUZ - The investigation into the theft of thousands of dollars in donations to the Harbor High School football team has stalled and no arrest is expected.
WATSONVILLE -- With 23 seconds remaining in the game, Monterey High's football team was trailing Monte Vista Christian School 28-27, looking to go for two.
View or purchase photos from Weed 2 of football season in Santa Cruz County.
WATSONVILLE -- Pajaro Valley High's football team has already bettered its record from last season, but the Grizzlies were unable to post an improvement against Scotts Valley in the teams' non-leag...
SOQUEL -- The battle between the Soquel High and Sobrato High drum lines ended in a draw during halftime of the schools' football game Friday night, but their was no doubt about which teams on the ...
SAN JOSE -- In the second half, Andrew Hill figured out how to stop Kyle Todd and the San Lorenzo Valley High football team.
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View and purchase photos from Santa Cruz County football games from the weekend of Sept. 11, 2009
WATSONVILLE -- In a non-league game against Santa Cruz on Friday, Watsonville High receiver Fernando Olivarez showed what he could do when he's healthy -- and it was athletic brilliance.
WATSONVILLE -- St. Francis High's offense was having trouble moving the football against Monte Vista Christian on Friday, so the Sharks' defense did it for them.
Preview of this weekend's Santa Cruz County football games
FELTON - San Lorenzo Valley High football coach Doug Morris said his team entered last season's opening game against Alisal underprepared and overconfident.
Cabrillo College football players weren't exchanging high-fives or dumping Gatorade buckets on each other after their 54-13 loss to powerhouse City College of San Francisco on Saturday night, but t...
APTOS -- Perhaps No. 7 state-ranked City College of San Francisco didn't like being held on its first four offensive series or being held to two first downs during that span.
ALICE, Texas -- Facing a Texas-sized deficit in the fourth quarter against the Alice Coyotes, Scotts Valley High coach Louie Walters threw out conventional play-calling and went with a little trick...
Preview of the matchups in this week's season-opening games
APTOS -- In a unified effort in its final offensive scrimmage at Saturday's Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Jamboree, Harbor High's football team showed just how much it misses suspended first-yea...
Scotts Valley High football star Kyle Hardwick said he has studied the style of his favorite NFLer, diminutive Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew.
Aptos native Jim Corbeau set a national record in the 50-yard breaststroke for his age group at the U.
Home is where the heart is, said Aptos High teacher Johnny Lopez, explaining why he recently resigned as the school's head football coach.
Waylon Prather's foot is in the door. And for an aspiring NFL punter, that's reason for optimism. Prather, formerly of San Lorenzo Valley High and San Jose State, signed a future contract for the 2...
SANTA CRUZ -- Zeke Sanders' infatuation with Oregon State University became much more tangible Wednesday.
Don Kinnamon grew up in Santa Cruz but became a Pittsburgh Steelers fan when he married his wife, Mindie Cohen, whose family has owned Steelers season tickets since 1963.
SOQUEL -- Ray Charles Apolskis wouldn't be an Arizona Cardinals fan if it weren't for his dad, a man he never knew.
Don Kinnamon grew up in Santa Cruz but became a Pittsburgh Steelers fan when he married his wife, Mindie Cohen, whose family has owned Steelers season tickets since 1963.
Watsonville's Larry Siemering lost more than a colleague Tuesday, he lost a close friend.
Andy Levitre, a former football standout at San Lorenzo Valley High, is wrapping up his stellar senior season as a multiple-award-winning offensive lineman for Oregon State University's team.
Andy Levitre emerged from the shadow where most offensive linemen operate and turned himself into a household name with NFL coaches and analysts.
Andy Levitre, a former football standout at San Lorenzo Valley High, is wrapping up his stellar senior season as a multiple-award-winning offensive lineman for Oregon State University's team.
Andy Levitre, a former football standout at San Lorenzo Valley High, is wrapping up his stellar senior season as a multiple-award-winning offensive lineman for Oregon State University's team.
Scotts Valley High's football coach Louie Walters said senior Kyle Hardwick has such good feet that the standout running back should be on "Dancing with the Stars.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, 32, admitted he felt like a boy again Tuesday morning.
The Central Coast Section football playoffs could get bigger to benefit the smaller. The CCS football committee voted unanimously Wednesday to increase the number of postseason qualifiers in the sp...
Kevin Falguero scored the decisive goal in the 20th minute, as Harbor High's boys soccer team defeated host San Lorenzo Valley 1-0 in the teams' Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League opener Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO - New York Jets rookie Dwight Lowery has at least three games remaining this season to make his case - not to any awards committee, not to The Associated Press, which chooses the NFL'...
All-SCCAL football Co-MVP: Kyle Hardwick, Sr., Scotts Valley Co-MVP: Zeke Sanders, Sr., Santa Cruz Offensive Player of the Year: Blake Jurich, Jr.
Oregon State offensive lineman Andy LeVitre accepted the biggest honor of his career with a grain of salt.
CAMPBELL -- Scotts Valley High's explosive offense finished one yard short of extending its go-ahead drive and dream football season Friday.
CAMPBELL -- Scotts Valley High's explosive offense finished one yard short of extending its go-ahead drive and dream football season Friday.
Scotts Valley High football coach Louie Walters has made a habit of tapping into the pipeline of talented soccer players roaming campus and turning them into contributors on the gridiron.
CCS Small School Division semifinals No. 1 Scotts Valley [10-1] vs. No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep [10-0-1] WHEN: Today.
The third-seeded Cabrillo men's soccer team won its second-round NorCal Regional playoff game against No.
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Scotts Valley High may have the top seed in the Central Coast Section Small School Division football playoffs, but it's unclear how the players would be ranked on their ability to ...
SUNNYVALE -- Coach Joe Gregorio was brought to tears in a post-game huddle with his history-making St.
Scotts Valley High football star Kyle Hardwick said he has studied the style of his favorite NFLer, diminutive Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew.
Scotts Valley High's football team -- unbeaten against competition in California this year -- was awarded the top seed for the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs in the Small School Division.
WATSONVILLE -- The Monte Vista Christian football team held the lead but came up short in its season finale, falling 28-20 to North Monterey County on Friday night in a Monterey Bay League game.
WATSONVILLE -- Although Friday night's football game between Watsonville and Pajaro Valley was a match-up of the two cellar-dwellers of the Monterey Bay League, you never would have known it from t...
APTOS -- The San Lorenzo Valley High football team took advantage of a banged up St. Francis squad Friday night to end its season with a winning record.
SANTA CRUZ — Soquel High juniors Niko Alarcon and Jacob Czuk let the Knights' faithful know that the future looks bright for their football program.
TONIGHT SLV [4-4-1, 2-2-1] vs. St. Francis [7-2, 4-1] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Cabrillo College in Aptos.
The last time St. Francis High's football team played San Lorenzo Valley, the Sharks were dealt another lopsided loss to end their 2007 season winless.
WATSONVILLE -- The wheels on Chad Lucas' wheelchair were spinning on the moist turf as he tried to exit the post-game celebration.
SEASIDE -- Seaside did its part in setting the table. Now, it's Monterey's turn. On Friday, in their final tune-up before next week's showdown with the Toreadores, the Spartans did just enough to g...
APTOS — Santa Cruz High's football team was in desperate need of an offensive booster shot heading into Friday night's game against host Aptos.
Aptos High junior running back Zack Powell doesn't want any credit for being a scoring machine the past two games.
APTOS -- The Cabrillo College football team's woes in Golden Gate Conference play continued Saturday night with a 31-0 loss to Modesto at Carl Conelly Stadium.
FELTON -- San Lorenzo Valley High played power football in heavy winds and rain to edge Harbor 14-6 in an eventful afternoon for the Cougars on Saturday.
WATSONVILLE — The Pajaro Valley offense was held scoreless and North Monterey County defeated the Grizzlies 41-12 on a rain-drenched Saturday night at Watsonville High.
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Leave it to Halloween night to provide one of the wildest games of the 2008 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League football season.
WATSONVILLE -- Monte Vista Christian School's defense shined early to hang tough with defending Monterey Bay League football champion Seaside for a quarter on Friday night.
This time around, the Monterey High football team didn't need a last-minute goal-line stand to hang on.
An autographed team football from last season sits in a trophy case in Santa Cruz High's gymnasium. It's part of a collection of memorabilia from the century-old school's first Central Coast Sectio...
TONIGHT Aptos [2-5, 0-3] at Scotts Valley [7-1, 4-0] TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Scotts Valley High. LAST SEASON: Scotts Valley won 42-14.
SANTA CRUZ St. Francis High's football team didn't have a lot of depth to begin with. So, after it lost one of its biggest play-makers in Chad Lucas, the Sharks knew they had to rally so they'd h...
Week 8 TONIGHT St. Francis [5-2, 2-1] at Santa Cruz [3-4, 2-1] TIME: 7 p.m. PLACE: Santa Cruz High.
Cabrillo College's football team was unable to stop Merced running back Darius Roland and suffered a 34-24 loss in Golden Gate Conference play on Saturday night.
FELTON -- Santa Cruz High's Ben Damon missed three days of football practice last week with the flu. It looked like he had the plague given how wide open he was when Cardinals quarterback Gino Del...
WATSONVILLE -- Considering young Pajaro Valley High was up against a football team that is going after a fourth-consecutive undefeated Monterey Bay League championship, Grizzlies coach Mike Palmer ...
MONTEREY -- Trailing by seven points on Monte Vista Christian Schools's final possession of game, running back Nick Solano hauled in a swing pass and broke it 72 yards before he was finally tripped...
APTOS — Soquel High football team's 21-14 win over Aptos on Friday night left Knights coach Ron Myers grinning and shaking his head.
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Speedster Ryan Estrada and Scotts Valley High's football team turned back the clocks on St.
While you waited for tonight's huge football game that has league championship implications — St.
APTOS "" T.J. Swedelius suffered a season-ending knee injury as a high school senior in the 2005-06 season.
Dwight Lowery, a Soquel High and Cabrillo product who plays cornerback for the Jets, just took the field for his first play in today's game against the Raiders. We'll try to give you updates on his...
Freshman quarterback Ian McGinnis came in for some mop up work and led Cabrillo to its only touchdown drive with 51 seconds left in a 37-13 loss to visiting Laney in the teams' Golden Gate Conferen...
SANTA CRUZ -- When Harbor High scored a 73-yard touchdown on a trick play on the first play from scrimmage Saturday, it appeared visiting Santa Cruz was in danger of another disappointing loss.
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Jonathan Bauer, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound defensive lineman for the Scotts Valley High football team, isn't built like a sprinter and isn't the most fluid runner.
New York Jets cornerback Dwight Lowery is still smarting about the NFL Draft in April, when he was taken in the fourth round, 113th overall.
MONTEREY -- Monterey High's two-pronged attack of Markeen Williams and Joel Kemper was too much for Pajaro Valley in both football teams' Monterey Bay League opener.
WATSONVILLE -- It was no wonder when Watsonville High junior Tony Mora admitted he was a little tired after the Wildcatz's football game against visiting Monte Vista Christian on Friday night.
TONIGHT Soquel [3-2-1, 1-0-1] vs. St. Francis [4-1, 1-0] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Cabrillo College in Aptos.
After a few minutes with Scotts Valley High football standout Travis Awe it's clear: The sky is not only the limit for this talented student-athlete, it's the dream.
TONIGHT Soquel [3-2-1, 1-0-1] vs. St. Francis [4-1, 1-0] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Cabrillo College in Aptos.
After a few minutes with Scotts Valley High football standout Travis Awe it's clear: The sky is not only the limit for this talented student-athlete, it's the dream.
APTOS -- Wide receiver Nick Johnson is one of 10 Cabrillo College players to record a reception this season.
APTOS -- Kicker Phillip Bliss' 39-yard field goal attempt was blocked with 28.9 seconds remaining and Cabrillo College's football team fell 29-27 to American River College in a non-conference game...
SANTA CRUZ -- Scotts Valley High's defense prepared all week to shut down fleet-footed quarterback Rob Atkinson and Harbor's offense in the teams' Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League football game Sat...
SOQUEL -- Two league football heavyweights, defending co-champion Soquel High and perennial power San Lorenzo Valley, went blow-for-blow Friday night.
KING CITY -- Running back Carlos "Chuckie" Pina ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries and King City High's football team beat Watsonville 22-7 in a non-league game Friday night.
When St. Francis High's Zach Scurich talks about goals and the Sharks football team, he describes something sweeter than the strawberries in the fields that surround the small, private school in Wa...
Soquel High junior varsity football player Christian Bauerle has made significant progress since undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot on his brainstem in late August.
TONIGHT SLV [3-2, 1-0] at Soquel [3-2, 1-0] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Soquel High. LAST SEASON: SLV won 32-20.
Slide show from SLV-Aptos football game, Oct. 4, 2008. Photos by Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel
Slide show from Santa Cruz-Scotts Valley football game, Oct. 3, 2008.
WATSONVILLE -- The Pajaro Valley High football team will head into Monterey Bay League play with a win to its credit after beating visiting Gonzales 35-14 at Watsonville High on Saturday.
FELTON -- Running back Beau Gregory made two scoring sprints untouched to the end zone, and San Lorenzo Valley High's football team played solid defense to help the Cougars emerge with a 31-15 win ...
SOQUEL -- Soquel High junior running back Tyler Evey rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns in the Knights' 41-12 homecoming win over Harbor on Friday night.
WATSONVILLE -- The visiting Fremont Tigers spoiled Monte Vista Christian School's homecoming, routing the host Mustangs 49-14 Friday night.
SANTA CRUZ -- Running back Kyle Hardwick was his typical self -- outstanding -- and the Scotts Valley High football team looked like it was ready for the postseason after prevailing over Santa Cruz...
Three things are apparent when Soquel High senior Kyle Evans steps behind center to take the snap: 1, He doesn't look like a quarterback; 2, he doesn't wear a traditional jersey number for a quarte...
TONIGHT Scotts Valley [3-1, 0-0] at Santa Cruz [1-3, 0-0] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Santa Cruz High. LAST SEASON: Scotts Valley won 17-14.
Three things are apparent when Soquel High senior Kyle Evans steps behind center to take the snap: 1, He doesn't look like a quarterback; 2, he doesn't wear a traditional jersey number for a quarte...
SOQUEL - The Soquel High football team was hoping to enter league play on a high note with a win over Southern Section Pac-7 power Paso Robles in front of the home crowd.
APTOS - Juan Sanchez's acrobatic interception in the end zone with 50 seconds remaining preserved a hard-fought 26-20 Greenfield High football victory over Pajaro Valley on Friday evening at Aptos ...
SANTA CLARA - The Scotts Valley High football team rallied big to beat host Wilcox in a non-league game Friday night.
Cabrillo College quarterback Nick Wanner threw four touchdown passes, including two to receiver Trevor Lambright, and the Seahawks beat rival Hartnell for the first time since 2003 with a 52-28 rou...
SANTA CRUZ -- The Harbor High football team continued its hot start this season with 38-12 victory over visiting Soledad on Saturday.
Defending Mission Trail Athletic League champion Pacific Grove had no intention of entering the regular season this way.
From losing streak to winning streak. First-year coach David Reese and the Monte Vista Christian School Mustangs won their second straight contest Saturday, topping host Albany 35-12 in non-league...
PEBBLE BEACH -- Like true Sharks, the St. Francis foootball team ate up Stevenson's offense. The Sharks anticipated passes, the back-bending hits, the glue-like coverage -- these were all familiar ...
SALINAS -- After Santa Cruz High's football team recorded its long-awaited first win of the season, star running back Zeke Sanders and coach Bubba Trumbull called out the offense.
TONIGHT SLV High [1-2] at Watsonville [1-2] TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Watsonville High. LAST SEASON: SLV won by forfeit after teams tied 14-14.
Pajaro Valley High's Tyler Valdivia has two ways of keeping the outbursts associated with his autism under control.
Cabrillo College safety Taylor West was all over the field making big hits in Saturday's 20-13 non-conference win over visiting Gavilan on Saturday night.
SPARKS, Nev. -- The San Lorenzo Valley Cougars' weekend football getaway to northern Nevada didn't turn out as planned.
Harbor's quarterback Rob Atkinson played his heart out and rallied late in the game, and his team responded with a valiant effort and a 21-point fourth quarter in the Pirates 57-28 loss to host Gre...
SOLEDAD -- St. Francis raised the bar for its young football program Friday night. The Sharks posted its first varsity shutout and now have its first-ever win streak after pounding host Soledad 47-...
MORGAN HILL -- Once the Soquel High football team got its ground game rolling, it proved to be a very difficult force to stop.
APTOS -- Aptos High football coach Johnny Lopez has said all season that he had a star-less team. That statement could be refuted after Friday night, when the previously winless Mariners stunned ri...
APTOS — Cabrillo College quarterback Nick Wanner scored on two short runs and Phillip Bliss booted two field goals in a 20-13 non-conference win over Gavilan on Saturday night.
SCOTTS VALLEY — Running back Kyle Hardwick and his Scotts Valley High football teammates had the dominant all-around effort they waited three games for, rolling past young and inexperienced Pajaro ...
Linebacker Jordan Beck, a San Lorenzo Valley High alum, has worked out for two teams since he was released by the Denver Broncos at the outset of the NFL regular season.
TONIGHT'S GAMES
SANTA CRUZ -- Quarterback Jerry Alvarez scored his second touchdown of the game with 52 seconds left, helping Watsonville High's football team rally to beat rival Santa Cruz 22-19 in a historic non...
WATSONVILLE -- The St. Francis High football team didn't go to the air very often Saturday against visiting Monte Vista Christian, but the Sharks made the most of it when they did.
WATSONVILLE -- Pajaro Valley High's football team took a one-point lead in the third quarter. After that, it was all King City.
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Kicker Jasper Forest hit a 35-yard field goal to give Scotts Valley High's football team the lead late in the fourth quarter, and the Falcons held on to win their home opener, 10-7...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Dwight Lowery can vividly recall the pop and the searing pain that jolted his jaw.
APTOS --Defensive back Taylor West gave Cabrillo College's football team two chances to go ahead in the fourth quarter, making a pair of interceptions, but the offense failed to capitalize in a 13-...
SOQUEL -- In a meeting of two Central Coast Section playoff football teams from last season, North Salinas High ran to a 27-7 victory over host Soquel on Friday.
Tradition, rivalry and history will be celebrated when Santa Cruz High's football team hosts Watsonville tonight in a non-league game at Memorial Field.
2008 Santa Cruz County High School Football Schedule
San Lorenzo Valley High alum Waylon Prather - a punter cut by the New Orleans Saints earlier this week - had a workout with the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday.
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