Sports

GONZALES — The defending Central Coast Section Division IV champion Gonzales Spartans kicked off the pre-season with home wins against Pacific Grove, Ceiba and Hollister. Last Monday at Dick Force Stadium, the Spartans took a 5-0 halftime with three goals by Jorge Uribe, one goal...

SALINAS VALLEY — Pacific Coast Athletic League All-League football teams were announced recently, and the King City Mustangs dominated the Mission South Division with several first-team players. Carson Tidwell of King City was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and first-team running back. Rocky Villanueva...

SALINAS VALLEY — The start of the winter high school sports season has begun with games scheduled in boys’ and girls’ basketball, soccer and wrestling. Boys’ basketball began Tuesday night with Gonzales at Harbor and King City at Templeton. On Saturday, the Soledad Aztecs will...

SALINAS VALLEY — The cross country season ended for South Monterey County high schools on the Crystal Springs course in Belmont last Saturday at the Central Coast Section Championships. Teams and individuals competing from King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales faced the best runners in...

SALINAS VALLEY — This Saturday the Central Coast Section cross country championships will take place on the Crystal Springs Course in Belmont. Local high school teams competing are King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales. King City, Greenfield and Gonzales will compete in the Division IV races...

SALINAS VALLEY — The Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales high school football teams concluded their 2025 seasons last Friday night. The Greenfield Bruins (1-9) won their first game of the season, defeating the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers, 34-7; Soledad traveled to Salinas and beat the Everett...

SALINAS VALLEY — Cross country teams from South Monterey County competed last Saturday during the Pacific Coast Athletic League championship at Toro Regional Park in Salinas. The meet took place to determine PCAL divisional champions, individual All-League runners and Central Coast Section (CCS) qualifying teams...

SALINAS VALLEY — The high school volleyball season for local teams ended last week, as Gonzales, Greenfield and Soledad played their final divisional games and King City lost its Central Coast Section (CCS) contest. King City hosted Saratoga in the first round of the CCS...

SALINAS VALLEY — Four touchdowns by Carson Tidwell and a smothering defense earned the King City Mustangs a 28-0 win over Greenfield last Thursday and a ticket to the Central Coast Section playoffs. The win snapped a 19-year playoff drought for King City. “We have been...

SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales receiver Jorge Uribe had 302 receiving yards and King City’s Carson Tidwell continued to gain rushing yards in their teams’ respective victories over Marina and Pacific Grove last week. Uribe and Tidwell scored three touchdowns apiece in the home wins against...