Sports

SOLEDAD — As soccer teams prepare for league play, Soledad Aztecs soccer player Sophia Martel has been dominating the first half of the varsity girls’ season. Martel has scored 28 goals in seven games for the Lady Aztecs, leading the entire county in goals. She...

Heavy smoke that has spread from the Camp Fire in Butte County to much of Northern California, the Bay Area and the Tri-county area has forced the rescheduling of many Central Coast Section sporting events.

SALINAS — A ribbon cutting took place Sept. 23 for the new Taylor Farms Pedestrian Bridge, which was completed just in time for last week’s California Rodeo Salinas. Funded entirely by private donations, the bridge took 10 months to complete and connects the west grandstand...

Fairview Middle School had three wrestlers win championships at Saturday’s Coastal Counties Middle School Wrestling Championships.

GONZALES — Gonzales resident Celeste Camarena has just begun attending school and training for softball at Azusa Pacific University near the city of Glendora in Southern California. Camarena, 20, is the daughter of Maria and Carlos Camarena of Gonzales and a recent graduate at Monterey...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High runner Mario Avila and Gonzales High runner Ashley Ochoa joined four other runners as recipients of scholarships from the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners. While King City, Greenfield and Soledad have had previous winners of the scholarship, Ochoa...

SALINAS VALLEY — Last Friday night at Rancho San Juan High School in Salinas, the King City boys’ track and field team won the varsity championship of the Mission Division. The Mustangs outscored second place Stevenson, 169 to 115. Varsity boys’ team results were: 1....

Three South County high school runners were awarded scholarships for their accomplishments as runners and their work in the classroom by the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners (WNLR).

SALINAS VALLEY — King City Mustang and Soledad Aztec football teams completed non-divisional play last week with wins Friday night. King City improved to 4-1 with a 38-0 home victory over the Watsonville Wildcatz, and Soledad (1-4) won its first game of the season at...