Basketball | King City girls stumble to Watsonville, head to tourney with Soledad this week
SALINAS VALLEY — King City High varsity girls’ basketball team lost 60-27 at home to the Watsonville Wildcatz on Nov. 26.
Watsonville held a 28-16 halftime lead then pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring King City 16-6.
Kendyl Burpo led the Lady Mustangs with eight...
Baseball | King City Mustangs and Soledad Aztecs play rivals
SALINAS VALLEY — Season two of the high school sports season placed the baseball teams at King City and Soledad high schools in the same division with former Mission Trail Athletic League rivals Carmel, Pacific Grove and Palma.
Last week the two Peninsula teams, Carmel...
Soccer | Soledad Aztec girls advance in CCS
SOLEDAD — Soledad High School Aztec girls’ soccer team has qualified for Wednesday’s Central Coast Section (CCS) semifinals with a win last Saturday in the quarterfinal round.
Soledad (#3 seed) beat #6 seed Silver Creek Raiders 3-2 in penalty kicks.
Playing in a steady rain, the...
Football | Soledad Aztecs look for redemption this season
SOLEDAD — As the regular football season approaches, Soledad High’s new head coach Marc Villanueva along with senior quarterback Dominic Chavez want to help the Aztecs return to their winning ways.
As his athletic career at Soledad High wraps up, Chavez has helped all his...
Baseball | Gonzales Spartans win Cypress Division
GONZALES — For the first time since 1977, the Gonzales High baseball team has won a championship and earned a spot in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.
The Spartans were 14-6 overall and 14-1 in the Cypress Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League....
Notre Dame’s Lopez of Soledad signs with Hiram College
SOLEDAD — Notre Dame High softball infielder Julie Ann Lopez of Soledad signed a Letter of Intent last Thursday to attend Hiram College in Ohio and will receive a full-ride softball and academic scholarship.
Hiram is a Division III college for softball.
Lopez, the 17-year-old daughter...
Gonzales soccer hosts dual banquet
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.
Local athletes compete at Alisal
Track and field teams from Gonzales, Greenfield, and Soledad High Schools participated in the Alisal Track and Field Invitational on Saturday at Alisal High School in Salinas.
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New well registration program aims to protect Salinas Valley groundwater
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) have launched a new well registration program to...
