Sports

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School Class of 2014 graduate Jose Martinez has been named the new head football coach for the Aztecs. The decision was made during the Soledad Unified School District board meeting on June 23. Martinez, 26, is thrilled to take over the...

A nice cloud cover protected the lead runners on Saturday during the Salinas Valley Half Marathon that began at the Soledad Mission and finished 13.1 miles later at Pessagno Winery in Gonzales.

GONZALES — A season of success was celebrated by the Gonzales High School cross country team last Friday with an awards night and dinner at the Gonzales American Legion.  The Spartans team celebrated the championship titles for the varsity and JV boys teams and enjoyed...

GONZALES — Anyone who watched Gonzales High athletics this year would have seen many hardworking student-athletes, but among the standouts was freshman Jackie Camacho, who didn’t let having one arm stand in her way of playing sports. “I’m trying to show everyone that you can...

SOLEDAD — After former Soledad High alumnus and current Hartnell Panthers wide receiver Josiah Freeman attended the Sacramento State Rising Star Mega Camp, he impressed so many there that his phone kept ringing from major Division I colleges. But when he finally received a full-ride...

Sixty years as a high school sports program will be celebrated by the Gonzales wrestling team with a dinner Saturday, Nov. 3, in Gonzales.

SOLEDAD — A determined Soledad High School girls’ soccer team won their final three Mission divisional games, while their closest competitors Monte Vista Christian lost their final two contests. The Lady Aztecs finished the regular season with a 15-3-2 overall record and were 9-2-1 in...

GONZALES — Art Berlanga announced he would no longer be the football coach at Gonzales High School, effective immediately on March 11.  Berlanga had time to tell the most-affected by his decision beforehand in a coaches meeting and a team meeting with athletes prior to...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School track and field team opened the season at the Freshman Focus Invitational on March 12, hosted at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas. Spartan frosh athletes tested themselves against their peers on the Eagles track with many coming home with...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High graduate Belinda Ascencio led the Hartnell Panthers women’s soccer team to the Coast Conference championship, helping her team attain an 18-2-2 overall record.  For her leadership on the pitch, the 22-year-old forward was awarded the Coast Conference’s Most Valuable Player. The Panthers...