Cross country finals, flag football tourney this week
SALINAS VALLEY ā Local high school runners and flag football players will be competing this week with championship hopes for cross country, and the chance to play in a season-ending tournament for flag football.
CROSS COUNTRY
On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL)...
Tennis | Gonzales boys become co-champs
GONZALES ā A home loss to Oakwood cost the Gonzales High boysā tennis team a shot at an outright division championship last Tuesday.
The 4-3 setback against the Oaks gave Gonzales one last chance to win a Mission Division co-championship, which they locked up the...
Gonzales Spartansā Blanco ready to compete for quarterback role
GONZALES ā Last season Gonzales High quarterback Ray Blanco came into their football game against Soledad with a chance to win it on the final drive. On his first throw, however, Soledad picked it off to win the game.
Although his first action as the...
Softball | Gonzales faces tough start amid rebuilding season
GONZALES ā Coming into the season, the Gonzales High School girlsā softball team was going to have a hard time replacing a main core of players that graduated last year and had been the soul of the team for the past couple of years.
Another...
Papillon Center to launch āWind Phoneā project in Monterey County as part of National Grief Awareness efforts
MONTEREY COUNTY ā In 2010, a man in Åtsuchi, Japan, placed an unconnected rotary phone in his garden to help cope with the loss of his cousin. Speaking his grief aloud became a personal source of solace ā and over time, his idea inspired...
King City barrel race, Salinas golf tourney set fundraising record for Key For a Cure Foundation
SALINAS VALLEY ā Hundreds of riders and supporters gathered at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds earlier this month as Key For a Cure celebrated the 10th Annual Chasing Dreams, Finding Cures Barrel Race in King City.
Organizers said the two-day event drew more than 200 riders...
Costa Family awards $25K in scholarships to 15 Salinas Valley students
SALINAS VALLEY ā A total of $25,000 has been awarded to 15 Salinas Valley students who have been selected as the 2025 Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship recipients.
A scholarship celebration was held July 16 in Salinas to honor the recipients, who are high school...
City of Soledad receives $750K in CDBG funds
SOLEDAD ā City of Soledad has been awarded $750,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The grant award will go to small businesses located in Soledad as they continue to recover from...
Gonzales Spartans alum to coach Hartnell College softball
GONZALES ā Gonzales High School Spartans alum Natalie Basaldua has been named the head coach for the Hartnell College womenās softball program.
The 24-year-old has served as an assistant coach for the Hartnell Panthers the past two seasons and is currently an online instructor for...
City of Soledad buys 4.61 acres for construction of affordable rental units
SOLEDAD ā Soledad City Council has authorized the purchase of 4.61 acres of property located at 540 Gabilan Drive to facilitate the construction of about 100 affordable rental units.
At a cost of $1.728 million, the purchase was funded by the Successor Housing Agency ($1.3...
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Hit-and-run driver arrested after striking two Greenfield students walking to school
GREENFIELD ā A 22-year-old Greenfield man was arrested this week after police say he struck two elementary-aged students with his vehicle and left the...























