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February 20, 2026

Basketball | South Monterey County teams battle for playoff berths

Basketball
SALINAS VALLEY — With just three games left in the regular season, the Soledad High boys basketball team has a one-game lead in the Cypress Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. The Aztecs control their own fate as they played at home with Monte...

Basketball | Soledad boys down Gonzales, 65-40

Basketball players
SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High boys basketball team showed why they are in first place in the Cypress Division with wins last week on the road to Gonzales and at home to Seaside. In the rivalry game at Gonzales, Pedro Morales lighted up the Spartans...

Soccer | South Monterey County teams enter final weeks of 2025-26 season

Soccer ball sports
SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County boys and girls soccer teams are entering the final two weeks of play in the Pacific Coast Athletic League for the 2025-26 season. Currently, the Gonzales Spartan girls are holding onto first place in the Cypress Division, while the...

Gonzales’ Camarena takes softball talents to Azusa Pacific

Softball player
GONZALES — Gonzales resident Celeste Camarena has just begun attending school and training for softball at Azusa Pacific University near the city of Glendora in Southern California. Camarena, 20, is the daughter of Maria and Carlos Camarena of Gonzales and a recent graduate at Monterey...

Basketball | Soledad and Gonzales boys battle for divisional lead

Basketball
SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High's boys basketball team is leading the Cypress Division with a 6-1 record, with the Gonzales Spartans right behind them in second place at 5-2. Both teams played each other Wednesday night at the Roger Fernando Gym in Gonzales, the results...

Wrestling | Gonzales shows well at Watsonville, San Jose meets

Gonzales wrestlers
SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High School's wrestling team competed in Watsonville and San Jose last week. In Watsonville last Thursday, Spartan grapplers Jesus De Lucas, Jose Lomeli, Andrew Tejeda, Gabriel Prieto and Cristian Zazueta won by fall. On Saturday, Gonzales competed in the Lynbrook 2nd Man...

Soccer | Soledad boys lead Cypress Division as Gonzales girls improve to 5-0

Soccer ball sports
SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High’s boys soccer team closed the first half of play in the Cypress Division withĀ wins over the Carmel Padres, 3-2, and at home against the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers, 4-2. Last Tuesday at Carmel, Jesus Ortiz and Christian Romero scored goals...

Wrestling | King City boys win dual meets, Gonzales grapplers place at Overfelt Classic

High School wrestlers competing at a wrestling meet
SALINAS VALLEY — King City High's boys wrestling team won a pair of dual meets in league competition to remain undefeated. The Mustangs defeated Everett Alvarez, 48-36, last Wednesday and on the next day beat the North Monterey County Condors, 42-39. King City rallied with...

Basketball | Gonzales, King City boys celebrate wins

Basketball
SALINAS VALLEY — The Gonzales High boys basketball team won two of three games in the Cypress Division last week, beating North Salinas, 53-51, and Greenfield, 44-40, and losing 57-43 to King City. Against the North Salinas Vikings, Fernando De Leon led Gonzales with 22...

Soccer | Gonzales girls start 3-0 in division after beating North Salinas, King City

Soccer ball sports
SALINAS VALLEY — A 3-0 start in the Cypress Division has the Gonzales High varsity girls soccer team in first place after wins last week at home against North Salinas and on the road to King City. ā€œWe won 1-0 versus North Salinas with the...

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Miss Salinas Valley Fair competition opens for 2026 applicants

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fair is now accepting applications for the 2026 Miss Salinas Valley Fair Competition, offering young women the chance to...