Track and Field | King City boys win Mission championship; Soledad, Gonzales stand out in Santa Lucia contest
SALINAS VALLEY ā Last Friday night at Rancho San Juan High School in Salinas, the King City boysā track and field team won the varsity championship of the Mission Division. The Mustangs outscored second place Stevenson, 169 to 115.
Varsity boysā team results were: 1....
Baseball | Tough week for South Monterey County teams
SALINAS VALLEY ā King City Highās baseball team dropped two divisional games last week and one non-divisional game to Greenfield to fall to 6-2 in the Cypress Division and 6-14 overall.
King City began the week in Greenfield on April 28 and the game was...
Softball | Greenfield racks up runs in 3-game winning streak
SALINAS VALLEY ā An offensive explosion for the Greenfield Bruins softball team produced 63 runs in wins against Anzar, Pajaro Valley and Marina.
In their first game last week, the Bruins shut out the Anzar Hawks, 15-0. Greenfield scored five runs in the first, second...
Hartnell Collegeās Basaldua named 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year
SALINAS ā Hartnell College softball head coach Natalie Basaldua was named the 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 23-14 record with a .618 winning percentage.
Hartnell placed third in the Coast Conference behind West Valley and San Mateo...
Track and Field | South Monterey County teams head to championships Friday
SALINAS VALLEY ā South Monterey County track and field teams from the Mission and Santa Lucia divisions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League will gather this Friday for the division championships.
King City will travel to the Mission Division championships at Rancho San Juan High...
Baseball | South Monterey County teams enter final stretch of regular season
SALINAS VALLEY ā High school baseball teams from South Monterey County are entering their final stretch of games in the regular season, with only two more weeks of play.
Greenfield High improved to 4-4 in the Mission Division as they swept the Everett Alvarez Eagles...
Softball | South Monterey County teams begin final 2 weeks of play
SALINAS VALLEY ā Soledad Highās softball team is in sixth place in the Mission Division with a 4-6 record (7-7 overall).
The Aztecs lost two contests last week: 4-2 against Rancho San Juan in Salinas and a 12-0 shutout against host Pacific Grove.
Against Rancho San...
Rodriguez named Soledad head football coach
SOLEDAD ā Longtime assistant and former head coach Eric Rodriguez of Soledad has been named as the new head football coach for the Soledad High Aztecs.
Rodriguez, a 1998 graduate of King City High School, has coached football at Soledad since the school opened, serving...
Baseball | Soledad Aztecsā Perez strikes out 10 in win over Balers
SOLEDAD ā Soledad High senior pitcher Vidal Perez struck out 10 Hollister Haybalers to earn the pitching win in the Aztecsā 5-3 road victory.
Ethan Sanchez relieved Perez in the final inning to get the save.
Daniel Valenzuela led Soledad with three hits and had three...
Softball | Gonzales improves to 2nd in Cypress but falls to King City in non-league game
SALINAS VALLEY ā Winning two divisional games last week kept the Gonzales Spartans softball team just one game back of Cypress-leading Greenfield.
Gonzales won 16-5 at home against Anzar, and completed the sweep of the Hawks by winning 11-1 on the road.
āEveryone has contributed to...
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Gonzales High announces outstanding athletes for 2024-25 school year
GONZALES ā Male and Female Athletes of the Year for the 2024-25 school year at Gonzales High School were announced last week.
Spartan senior football,...