Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — For the first time in over a year, South Monterey County high school football returned Friday night after last year’s fall season was canceled due to Covid-19. This year’s South County Jamboree took place Aug. 20 in Greenfield, where all four local...

SALINAS VALLEY — In volleyball games played last week in the Mission Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gonzales High improved to 4-2 and 7-6 overall. The Spartans claimed a 3-0 win over Greenfield on the road and a 3-0 win over Watsonville at...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high school track and field teams will be entering Pacific Coast Athletic League meets this week and will all gather on Saturday at the Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational. On Tuesday, Gonzales High traveled to Watsonville for a Santa Lucia...

SALINAS VALLEY — From Little League baseball to fitness programs to enhanced fitness for adult seniors, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the day-to-day sports activities of youth and adults alike in South Monterey County and beyond. Beginning with the suspension of Little League programs, to Friday’s school closures for...

SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 100 runners and walkers kicked off the Fourth of July by hitting the streets of Gonzales for the seventh annual Orange and Black 5K. The event was the first 5K to take place in the tri-county area since Covid-19 restrictions have...

With the high school football season under two months away, local teams are preparing for fall games with weight lifting, overall conditioning, and taking part in seven-on-seven football games.

GREENFIELD — The San Jose Earthquakes and Chevron unveiled a new futsal court for the Central Coast community and hosted a free youth soccer clinic last Tuesday afternoon at Patriot Park in Greenfield. In addition, Chevron announced a $5,000 donation to the Greenfield Recreation Center...

SOLEDAD — Sophomore wrestler Natalie Ramirez of Soledad High won one match and lost two others at last week’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Wrestling Championships. The State Meet was held at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. Ramirez wrestled two matches on Thursday, winning one...

SALINAS VALLEY — With the regular season ending for fall sports, the start of the postseason has begun with South Monterey County sending six teams to Central Coast Section playoffs.  After finishing games last week on Monday and Tuesday, all the teams now had to...

GONZALES — For the first time since Oct. 5, 2019, the King City Mustangs will play the Gonzales Spartans. The longest football rivalry in Monterey County will resume as King City will travel to Gonzales. Coming into this game on Friday, these two teams' seasons...