Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — After a year off due to Covid-19, boys and girls basketball has returned with a bang as several teams from South Monterey County are getting some key wins. Gonzales Spartans First up, the Gonzales Spartans entered the Mission 831 shootout and went 1-1...

The boys and girls from the Gonzales High School soccer programs held a combined sports banquet March 1 at the school’s cafeteria. Players were honored for their work on the soccer pitch and for their efforts in the classroom.

SALINAS VALLEY — With Christmas break upon us, the South Monterey County high school soccer teams completed the preseason schedule last week. Every school except for the King City boys’ team will now be off until the first days of 2024. BOYS’ SOCCER The Greenfield High boys’...

Four wins on Saturday earned the King City Lady Mustang volleyball team the championship of the Gold Division at Saturday’s Everett Alvarez Volleyball Tournament in Salinas.

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Aztecs lost 14-7 to the Palma Chieftains in a game that started out close but got away from the Aztecs toward the end of the contest on May 10. “We hung with them (Chieftains) early but towards the middle innings, they...

SALINAS VALLEY — Baseball action continued for Salinas Valley teams as all four high schools were in action against other Monterey County teams. Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City have just two games left on the regular season. Soledad Aztecs came back from a disappointing loss...

The San Jose Earthquakes earned an impressive win over Club Deportivo Guadalajara—nicknamed “Chivas”—that went the full distance at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday night. Following a 1-1 draw in regulation, the Quakes outlasted the Chivas, 4-3, via penalty shootout in front of a tournament-record 50,675 fans...

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...

A magical season ended at Monterey Peninsula College for the Gonzales High football teams as they were beaten 57-14 last Saturday by the Carmel Padres in the Central Coast Section Division V semifinals.