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January 31, 2026

150 attend youth soccer camp in Gonzales

Gonzales soccer camp
GONZALES — A free four-day youth soccer camp took place last week at Gonzales High School’s Dick Force Stadium on the new turf fields. The July 29-Aug. 1 event was a collaboration between the Gonzales High School soccer program and the Salinas Police Athletic League. Gonzales...

KC improves to 14-7 after win streak

Three wins in four days last week helped the King City Mustangs improve their overall record to 14-7.

Central Coast Youth Baseball League play begins at Manzanita

Youth baseball
SALINAS VALLEY — Teams from the South County Titans and the Gonzales Dingers baseball programs began play last Saturday at Manzanita County Park. Games are played at Manzanita on Saturdays and Sundays, and there are more than 600 athletes in the Central Coast Youth Baseball...

Spartans crush Pirates, 50-7

Led by quarterback Raul Morales and running back Payton Flores, the Gonzales High School Spartans downed the host Morro Bay Pirates, 50-7, on Friday night in Morro Bay.

Football | Greenfield struggles with turnovers as North Salinas claims 20-6 victory in Mission Division opener

GREENFIELD — Last Friday in Greenfield, the North Salinas Vikings came up with a timely turnover in the first half and another in the second half and defeated the Bruins, 20-6, in the Mission Division opener. “Defensively, we had a very good game,” said Greenfield...

TRACK STARS

The King City boys won 10 events and the girls team won eight events in victories over South County opponents at Thursday’s Daines-Stireman Track and Field Meet at War Memorial Stadium.

Athletes to compete at CCS semifinals

Track and field athletes from all four South County high schools will be running, throwing, and jumping on Saturday at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Semifinals at Gilroy High School.

Race on the Fourth

Runners and walkers of all ages took part in the Gonzales RX Pharmacy Fifth Annual Orange and Black 5K on the Fourth of July in Gonzales.

Wrestling | Gonzales Spartans stay busy with back-to-back tournaments

GONZALES — Wrestling season for the Gonzales Spartans is in full affect, as they continue to stay busy entering in two tournaments in back-to-back weekends. The first tournament was the Ed Ferrell Classic at Harbor High School in Santa Cruz. Many Gonzales wrestlers just missed...

Softball | Greenfield Bruins claim Cypress title, set for CCS playoffs Saturday

GREENFIELD — First-year Greenfield High softball coach Norma Ornelas guided the Bruins to their second Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional title in three years. Greenfield finished 12-0 to claim the 2024-25 championship of the Cypress Division. Ornelas, a 2020 Greenfield High graduate, guided her team to...

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Salinas Valley State Prison

CDCR officials investigating Salinas Valley State Prison inmate’s Jan. 29 death as...

SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the Jan. 29 death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad as a homicide. At about...