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Half of county’s teams to battle in PCAL’s Mission North Division | KICKOFF 2023 Aug 22, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

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.
Monte Vista ChristianScotts ValleySanta CruzSt. FrancisWatsonvilleFootballScotts Valley HighSanta Cruz High

Pair of walk-off wins help county go 3 for 5 in quarterfinals | CCS baseball roundup May 20, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Matt Hood singled and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh inning to kickoff a party at home plate, as the No. 1 seed Aptos High baseball team earned a 5-4 win over No. 8 Pioneer in the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals on Saturday.
Bellarmine 4Santa Cruz 0St. Francis 5Los Altos 0MVC 1Gilroy 0Hillsdale 4Harbor 0BaseballAptos High

Aptos falls short in rematch against Burlingame in D-III semifinals | CCS boys basketball roundup Feb 24, 2023 | By Jim Seimas

Good looks at the basket were hard to come by in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals on Thursday night.
Half Moon Bay 66Scotts Valley 62Priory 76St. Francis 26BasketballAptos High

Mariners stomp Hollister for share of first Gabilan Division title | High school football roundup Nov 05, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High’s football teams have won numerous titles during Randy Blankenship’s legendary 13-year tenure as head coach.
Soledad 34St. Francis 282 OTStevenson 43Harbor 7North Monterey County 21Watsonville 14FootballAptos High

Scotts Valley holds off Alisal, finishes nonleague slate 4-0 | High school football roundup Sep 17, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

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.
St. Francis 47Pajaro Valley 0Watsonville 29SLV 0FootballScotts Valley High

Santa Cruz, St. Francis and MVC advance to semifinals | CCS baseball roundup May 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Johann Brooks doubled home Langston Burkett, who reached on a double, for the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, and Santa Cruz High’s baseball team made it hold up to beat Menlo-Atherton 3-2 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals Saturday.
At St. Francis 11Sequoia 9Sacred Heart Prep 7at Scotts Valley 0Half Moon Bay 3Harbor 2MVC 10Summit Shasta 06 inn.BaseballSanta Cruz High

No. 5 seed Soquel routs King City, moves into D-III semifinals | CCS softball roundup May 21, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel High’s softball team routed host King City 14-0 in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals Saturday, which was called after five innings on the 10-run mercy rule.
Monterey 11at Watsonville 0; 5 inn.Live Oak 14at St. Francis 3; 5 inn.Hillsdale 8SLV 0SoftballSoquel High

Santa Cruz stuns Aptos, sets up grudge match Thursday for SCCAL co-leaders | High school baseball roundup Apr 12, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Aptos High has three college committed arms in its starting rotation. Rival Santa Cruz proved Tuesday that it has some quality pitching, too.
St. Francis 24King City 4Soledad 4Monte Vista Christian 0Scotts Valley 11Harbor 4SLV 9Soquel 3Stevenson 22Pajaro Valley 2BaseballAptos HighSanta Cruz High

Santa Cruz rallies past Scotts Valley with timely hitting | High school baseball roundup Mar 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team is still putting things together as it hopes to make a run at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League baseball title this season. It took a step forward in its latest game, thanks to some timely hitting and solid middle relief pitching in its 5-2 win over Scotts Valley on Friday.
Aptos 5SLV 2Harbor 7Soquel 3St. Francis 10Stevenson 6BaseballScotts Valley HighSanta Cruz High

Jasmin Nguyen, Santa Cruz use injury time to hand Aptos its first loss | Girls soccer roundup Jan 11, 2022 | By Jim Seimas

Jasmin Nguyen’s second goal off a free kick sent Santa Cruz High’s girls soccer team past previously unbeaten Aptos 3-2 in the teams’ Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League game.
Harbor 0Soquel 0St. Francis 2Santa Catalina 0SoccerAptos HighSanta Cruz High

Scotts Valley beats SLV, goes 6-0 in Cypress Division | PCAL football roundup Nov 06, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Niko Iles, Isaiah Velez and Caden Stratton ran for touchdowns in the first quarter, and the Scotts Valley High football team beat rival San Lorenzo Valley 32-14 on Saturday to post a perfect record in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division.
St. Francis 56Pajaro Valley 7Stevenson 33Harbor 14FootballSan Lorenzo Valley HighScotts Valley High

Soquel rallies past North Salinas, sets up battle of unbeaten teams vs. Santa Cruz | PCAL football roundup Oct 31, 2021 | By Gordon Kass

Soquel High’s football team made all the big plays in the second half of its showdown with North Salinas to rally past the Vikings 36-27 on senior night Saturday. And all of them were needed, as the Knights overcame deficits of 20-0 in the second quarter and 27-14 at halftime. 
Scotts Valley 35Pacific Grove 6St. Francis 53at Stevenson 14King City 34SLV 7FootballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Soquel sinks Carmel, stays unbeaten in Mission Division | PCAL football roundup Oct 23, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Gavin Woods and  Jack Fisher ran for touchdowns and Cole Johnson passed for an insurance score as Soquel beat host Carmel 21-8 to remain unbeaten in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division on Saturday.
Santa Cruz 42Soledad 0Pajaro Valley 28Greenfield 7St. Francis 66Harbor 30Los Altos 40SLV 6FootballSoquel HighSanta Cruz High

Aptos stomps Alvarez, moves to 5-1 | High school football roundup Oct 02, 2021 | By Gordon Kass

The theme for Everett Alvarez High’s homecoming on Friday night was “Eagles in Wonderland.” All the wonder came from the Aptos’ football team, though, as the visiting Mariners demolished the Eagles 52-6.
Watsonville 21SLV 14Soquel 21Gilroy 16St. Francis 45Greenfield 3Scotts Valley 42NMC 0FootballAptos High

Soquel, Santa Cruz post 42-0 wins over county foes | High school football roundup Sep 11, 2021 | By Jim Seimas

Soquel and Santa Cruz both earned 42-0 wins Friday night. SLV won in coach Andrew Milich’s coaching debut.
SLV 30Richmond 28Santa Cruz 42Watsonville 0Salinas 46MVC 8Mission Prep 42St. Francis 7Pajaro Valley at Pacific GrovecanceledFootballHarbor HighSoquel HighSanta Cruz High