Javier Fonseca threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another, and St. Francis High’s football team beat visiting Pajaro Valley 28-13 on Saturday in Watsonville.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A pair of Santa Cruz High seniors, Myles Reber and Franz Pohlmann — both currently unranked and star-less in the eyes of scouting authorities — signed National Letters of Intent to NCAA Division I programs as preferred walk-ons on Signing Day.
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.
James Wiseman had a career-high 31 points to go along with six rebounds, but the short-handed Santa Cruz Warriors suffered a 128-116 loss to the South Bay Lakers in their NBA G League game in front of 353 fans at UCLA Health Training Center on Wednesday night.
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.
Monte Vista Christian School alum Brendan Doyle scored a pair of touchdowns, and host College of San Mateo routed Riverside 55-0 to win the CCCAA State Championship in front of 1,169 fans on Saturday.
Soquel High’s football team was heavily favored to knock off Monte Vista Christian on Friday night. The Knights left nothing for chance. It was too important a game.
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.
Angela Bradbury scored on a pass from Julia Hernandez in the 89th minute, and the UC Santa Cruz women’s soccer team rallied past visiting Redlands 2-1 at Lower East Field on Saturday.
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.
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.
Pajaro Valley High’s football team turned in a solid all-around effort and beat San Lorenzo Valley 26-0 in the teams’ Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division opener Saturday in Watsonville.
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.
Diego Wolfe ran for a pair of touchdowns, and St. Francis High’s football team beat host Greenfield 14-10 in the teams’ nonleague game Thursday night to move to 3-0.