Sports

GONZALES — Gonzales High School athletic programs and physical education department received a huge upgrade to the weight room thanks to the contribution of three donors. Gonzales High alumni Dr. Nachi Guzman, Weights and Bars owner Joe Gigantino and the Spartan 300 Club matched funds...

GONZALES — Playing from behind all game long, the Gonzales High football team kept battling to the final minutes in a 24-21 divisional loss to Robert Louis Stevenson on Saturday at Monterey Peninsula College. The setback dropped the Spartans to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High boys’ soccer team lost to Seaside Spartans on Jan. 6, but last week the Bruins avenged that loss as they continued to show why they are one of the top teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic League. Anyone not paying attention...

SALINAS VALLEY — Competing in their last race as junior college runners, Ashley Ochoa of Gonzales and Esteban Deniz of King City earned All-American status for the Hartnell College Panthers cross country team at last Saturday’s Community College State Championships. Ochoa and Deniz led a...

GONZALES — Asante Madrigal, a former Gonzales resident, was chosen by NBCUniversal as one of 27 social media influencers to cover the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Known on his TikTok, YouTube and Instagram accounts as King Asante, Madrigal headed to Paris on Aug....

Local girls and boys soccer teams began the second week of non-league play last week in preparation for league play that will start in January.

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School’s softball team ended the season last Wednesday after an 11-1 loss to the South San Francisco Warriors in the Central Coast Section Division V playoffs. The Aztecs took a 1-0 lead at the top of the first inning but were...

SALINAS VALLEY — Early in the week when it was announced that three South Monterey County softball teams made it to the Central Coast Section playoffs, there was reason to celebrate as that has never happened before. But after their Saturday games, all three...

SALINAS VALLEY — Strength in numbers was the difference between this season and last season as the King City High School boys’ track and field team won the 80th Annual King City Invitational Track Meet. The Mustang track program also won the North Coast versus...

Gonzales High School baseball program hosted a dinner and awards night June 5 at the school cafeteria. Coaches and players gathered to applaud the players for a successful season and to enjoy a feast of Chipotle food.