GONZALES — The Gonzales boys’ soccer team secured the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division championship last week with three wins.
The Spartans (14-3-2 overall, 10-1 in Cypress) claimed a 5-2 win over Ceiba College Prep, shut out Carmel 2-0, and finished the week with a 2-1 victory over Pacific Collegiate.
In the Ceiba game, Jorge Uribe scored two goals and Edgar Santiago, Luis Benevides and Mathew Arreola scored single goals. Against Carmel, Uribe scored two goals and Ulisses Mancillas and Jose Camacho were credited with assists.
Against Pacific Collegiate, Uribe scored two goals and Omar Gonzalez and Sebastian Ramirez assisted on the goals.
The last time the Spartans won a soccer championship was in the 2017-18 season, when they were in the Mission Trail Athletic League. Gonzales won 12 MTAL titles, a Region IV championship and the 2006-07 Central Coast Section Division II championship.
The Spartans won 12 championships as members of the MTAL. The Cypress title is their first soccer championship in the PCAL.
Gonzales head coach Miguel Vidauri, a 2009 Spartans graduate and a member of the 2006-07 Central Coast Section Division II champions, knew from the start of the season that he would have an outstanding team.
“I had lots of returning players with many solid players in each position,” Vidauri said. “We had five senior starters and so we should be a really good team next year as well.”
The Spartans were led in scoring by Uribe and his 19 goals from the wing position, although Uribe had the ability to play upfront or in the midfield. Luis Benevides was a standout at center back, and Mathew Arreola played well at right defense along with Omar Gonzalez. Luis Cabada has made 81 saves this season at goalie.
Gonzales plays at Soledad on Thursday to complete the division season. The Aztecs played at North Monterey County on Tuesday night.
Last week Soledad played Pacific Collegiate to a 0-0 tie and downed Monte Vista Christian 5-2. In that win, the Aztecs trailed 2-0 then made a comeback with 25 minutes to play with two goals each by Jason Rico and Jesus Ortiz and a solo goal by Alfredo Garcia. Assisting on the goals were Garcia, Rico and Esteban De Leon.
Greenfield downed Seaside 2-1 on Feb. 3 and finished in a 1-1 tie against North Salinas on Feb. 5. Braulio Zuniga and Joaquin scored the Bruin goals in the Seaside game.
Greenfield (3-4-3 in Gabilan) celebrated Senior Night at Monterey on Tuesday and will host Alisal on Thursday.
The King City Mustangs (7-3-7 in Mission) played host Pajaro Valley to a 2-2 tie and beat Robert Louis Stevenson by a 4-2 score last week.
King City finishes the regular season with road games this week against Salinas on Tuesday and at Palma in Salinas on Friday.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
The Greenfield girls’ soccer team was 2-1 last week, defeating Seaside 2-1 and Pacific Grove 2-1 while losing 2-1 to Santa Catalina.
Audrea Sanchez and Ailyn Salazar scored the goals against the Spartans, and Sanchez and Isabella Calderon scored the goals in the win over the Breakers. Aaliyah Ortiz scored the lone goal in the Santa Catalina game.
The Bruins (7-2-3) are in second place in the Cypress Division behind Stevenson and ahead of third place Gonzales.
Greenfield played at Gonzales on Tuesday and travels to Pebble Beach to play Stevenson on Thursday.
Gonzales (7-3-2) claimed two wins last week, shutting out King City 4-0 and edging visiting Palma 3-2.
Janelle Garcia scored three goals in the King City game and Alessandra Tejeda-Ochoa had a solo goal. Earning assists were Tejeda-Ochoa, Garcia and Valerie Oliva. Goalie Italia Hernandez had 12 saves.
In the win against the Chieftains, Garcia scored three goals and Tejeda-Ochoa assisted on all three goals. Hernandez made 11 saves, while other standouts were Grecia Valdez-Cisneros and Alitzel Mauro-Perez.
The Soledad girls (8-1-1 in Gabilan) started the week with a 2-0 win against Watsonville. Giselle Zepeda and Vanessa Aguilar scored the Aztec goals and Mariana Leon made nine goals.
Last Thursday Soledad lost 3-0 to visiting Salinas High. Leon made 10 saves in the game.
The Aztecs host Rancho San Juan on Wednesday and completes the regular season on Friday on the road at Monterey.
