Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Soccer teams from South Monterey County high schools are back on the pitch after time off to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s. With the non-league schedule winding down, the boys and girls teams are ready for Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional play. BOYS’...

SOLEDAD — Last month the Soledad Aztecs boys’ basketball team said “Aloha” to Honolulu, Hawaii, and participated in the Punahou Invitational. Not all students during their high school career get the opportunity to travel to Hawaii, let alone be able to play basketball, while their...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High soccer standout Sophia Martel finished her playing career as a Lady Aztec with a 5-0 win and a goal against visiting Morro Bay on Dec. 12 in Soledad. Martel helped the Lady Aztecs improve to 6-1-1 in the pre-season and will...

GONZALES — Gonzales Spartans’ wrestling team hosted the Spartan Winter Crucible at Gonzales High School on Dec. 9.  More than 300 wrestlers from schools across the county participated in the tournament. The Spartans’ Josiah Rosales, who wrestled at 215 pounds, was able to keep the gold...

SOLEDAD — Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad recently held a soccer game on the playing fields of Facility B at CTF North between correctional staff and a team of inmates. The Dec. 7 game, which was a rare occurrence on the CTF grounds, was...

SALINAS VALLEY — With Christmas break upon us, the South Monterey County high school soccer teams completed the preseason schedule last week. Every school except for the King City boys’ team will now be off until the first days of 2024. BOYS’ SOCCER The Greenfield High boys’...

SALINAS VALLEY — With the high school football season over for Salinas Valley, the only thing left was to hand out awards to those individuals that had a great year. Greenfield Bruins  The Greenfield Bruins had their best football season in school history. With having a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Lady Aztecs improved to 5-1-1 in the girls’ soccer pre-season with victories and a tie, while King City Mustangs suffered a couple of losses between both the boys’ and girls’ programs. Soledad began the week with a 6-1 win on the...

SALINAS VALLEY — While Greenfield and Gonzales high schools may play in different divisions in the Pacific Coast Athletic League, the rivalry is still serious when the two boys' soccer teams take the field. Last Friday the Gonzales Spartans defeated the host Greenfield Bruins by a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Giovanni Ochoa of Gonzales and Fabian Serrano of Greenfield ran against the best runners in the State of California at last Saturday’s California Interscholastic Federation Cross Country Championships in Fresno. Ochoa was making a return trip to the State Meet and finished...