Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High split their two Gabilan Division baseball games with the Salinas High Cowboys last week. The Aztecs began the week with a 10-9 win over the Cowboys last Tuesday at home, then lost 3-2 on the road on Friday afternoon. “Well, I...

GONZALES — Fairview Middle School sixth-grader Izzie Pacheco of Gonzales won the California USA Wrestling Championship in the 12-and-under, 140-pound weight class. Pacheco went undefeated this season at local tournaments, taking the Santa Clara Valley Regional title earlier this year. The 11-year-old Pacheco, daughter of Erin...

SALINAS VALLEY — Softball and baseball teams in South Monterey County are busy these days with the start of divisional play for some teams and pre-season games for others. The King City softball team has already played seven games in the pre-season and is one...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High shooting guard Pedro Morales was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) Cypress Division in boys basketball. Morales was first-team All-League, along with teammate Calvin DeShazo. The pair led the Aztecs to the Cypress...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High girls basketball team completed the 2025-26 season with a 52-37 loss to No. 1 seed Valley Christian last Tuesday at San Jose in the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs. The Lady Aztecs finished the season with a...

SOLEDAD — A second-half goal by Lucas Shotts gave the Crystal Springs Uplands boys soccer team a 1-0 win over the Soledad Aztecs in Saturday’s Central Coast Section (CCS) Division V Championship. Soledad head coach Genaro Espinoza was proud of his team's efforts in the...

GONZALES — Gonzales High freshman wrestler Juliet Amador placed sixth in the 140-pound weight class at the Central Coast Section Masters championship on Saturday at Watsonville High. A total of 90 schools participated in the championship. Amador was the only South Monterey County wrestler to...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High girls basketball team’s season has come to an end after reaching the semifinals of the Central Coast Section (CCS) Division IV Championships. The Lady Aztecs were seeded ninth in the division but won a play-in game on Friday at home...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High boys soccer team advanced to the Central Coast Section Division V semifinals after defeating No. 7 seed Cristo Rey in penalty kicks on Saturday night at Everett Alvarez High School. The Aztecs are the second seed in the division and...

SALINAS VALLEY — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren visited the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex on Feb. 18 to deliver a $500,000 check, part of her 13 community projects submitted for the Fiscal Year 2026 congressional appropriations cycle. The funding will support the next phase of expansion at...