Airing It Out

• Soquel golfer Smith shines in European opener - Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:48:18 +0000
  Former Soquel High standout Nathan Smith, a former All-American at Duke University, took second place in the opening tournament of the 2010 European Challenge Tour on Sunday. Smith finished with an 8-under-par 276 total at Abierto Internacional de Golf ‘Il Copa Antioquia’ at Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Sede La Macarena in Medellin, Colombia. He finished four [...]
• College baseball: Solid showings for local players (Week of Feb. 22) - Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:02:32 +0000
  Santa Cruz High alum Dayne Quist picked up his second win of the season Thursday, as UC David shutout visiting BYU 3-0 . Quist (2-0) tossed seven shutout innings to follow up the complete-game shutout he threw last week against Utah in the Aggies’ season opener. … Santa Cruz alum Dustin Torchio, a freshman second baseman, picked [...]
• Quist dominates in UC Davis baseball opener - Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:26:54 +0000
  Former Santa Cruz high baseball player Dayne Quist, a sophomore left-hander for UC Davis, pitched a complete-game two-hitter, as the Aggies defeated visiting Utah 4-1 in the season opener for both teams at Dobbins Baseball Complex on Friday. Quist struck out seven batters and walked one. It was a solid start fro Quist, who made 17 [...]
• Five county players named to all-state football team - Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:09:14 +0000
  Five county high school football players were named to calhisports.com’s all-state teams Monday, when it released its list of top players for small- and medium-sized schools for the 2009 season. Scotts Valley receiver and defensive back Aldin Barrett, Harbor receiver Jake Pruger and San Lorenzo Valley running back and linebacker Kyle Todd were named to the [...]
• Calhisports.com Small Schools All-State football team - Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:57:50 +0000
  High school football Calhisports.com Small Schools All-State team Player of the Year — Tyler Bray (Kingsburg) Coach of the Year— Jack Moyer (Fort Bragg) First Team Offense WR — Clay Robbins (Menlo School, Atherton) 6-1, 170, Sr. OL — Matt Galas (Central Catholic, Modesto) 6-1, 270, Sr. OL — Wes Gavin (Francis Parker, San Diego) 6-5, 275, Sr. OL — [...]
• Poor choice of title for nonleague basketball game - Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:32:15 +0000
  It forced me to do a double-take when I saw it on the schedule: Scotts Valley High’s girls basketball game against visiting Carmel on Monday is being dubbed the “MLK Shootout.” We’ll be three days removed from Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday and it’s hardly an senstive tournament title for someone who was assassinated, no [...]
• St. Francis’ Scurich weighing football options, liking several Pac-10 programs - Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:28:57 +0000
  St. Francis High linebacker Zach Scurich [6-2, 230] — selected by league coaches as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Defensive Player of the Year the past two seasons — is going to go to the school of his choice next year. He’s still waiting to get accepted to UCLA and when he does, it will [...]
• Cabrillo’s Sosaia waiting with one offer - Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:12:53 +0000
  Cabrillo College defensive end Julius Sosaia [6-4, 260] has had heard from plenty of college football coaches this past month, but has one firm offer on the table as he tries to land a scholarship at the next level. He made 48 tackles last season, including 9.5 for a loss of yards, had five sacks and three forced [...]
• Jurich a lock for SJSU football, Barrett might get offer too - Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:47:20 +0000
  It has been three weeks since I last spoke with Scotts Valley High football coach Louie Walters regarding where his top four players will be playing next season. Friday night, he said quarterback Blake Jurich – the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Offensive MVP – is now a lock with San Jose State and will sign Feb. [...]
• SLV’s Levitre named to Sporting News’ 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team - Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:13:46 +0000
  Felton’s Andy Levitre, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound left guard for the Buffalo Bills, was named to the Sporting News’ 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team on Friday. Levitre, an All-American out of Oregon State who prepped at San Lorenzo Valley High, started all 16 games for the Bills last season. “I think it’s notable that I played a significant amount [...]