Football | Soledad and Gonzales take big losses in week 1
SALINAS VALLEY ā Week one didnāt turn out well for the Soledad Aztecs and the Gonzales Spartans, both of which took big losses to start the new 2023-24 high school football season.
Soledad faced an uphill battle last Thursday as they scheduled a game against...
Volleyball | South Monterey Countyās standout players earn honors
SALINAS VALLEY ā With the high school volleyball season officially coming to end, itās time to honor the young ladies of South Monterey County who had a great season with awards.
In the Cypress Division, the Greenfield Bruins were the lone representative from South Monterey...
Gonzales High alum takes wrestling skills to New Mexico
GONZALES ā Gonzales High School Class of 2023 graduate Andrew Zarate will be wrestling for New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M.
Zarate competed for Lassen College the past two wrestling seasons and placed fourth at 184 pounds at the California Junior College State...
Mustangs lose opener to Monte Vista Christian
The King City High School football team opened the regular season with a 37-20 setback against the Monte Vista Christian Mustangs last Friday night in Watsonville.
Soccer | Gonzales High booters host awards night
GONZALES ā Gonzales High School boys soccer team hosted an awards night and dinner last Thursday night in the school cafeteria.
Although the Spartans did not play a full season, the team had a successful season with a winning record and earned a trip to...
Gonzales native races at Laguna Seca
SALINAS ā Gonzales native and motorcycle professional rider Frankie Garcia competed for three days last week at the Geico Motorcycle Superbike Speedfest at the Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas.
Garcia, the 30-year-old son of Frank and Nancy Garcia, has been riding motorcycles from the...
Baseball | Greenfield High pitcher sets eyes on league title
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield High sophomore pitcher Manuel Gutierrez posted a 7-5 record with a 1.84 earned run average (ERA) that won him Pitcher of the Year in the Cypress Division last season. But the road to get to this point in his career as...
Chieftains oust Spartans, 59-30, in playoffs
flurry of points by host Palma Chieftains in the first quarter had the Gonzales Spartan basketball team looking up at the 24-3 deficit. The Spartans played much better in the final three quarters but could not overcome the deficit in a 59-30 loss in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs.
Track and Field | South Monterey County teams ready to begin divisional meets
SALINAS VALLEY ā 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...
Gonzales team wins soccer tournament
GONZALES ā Los Jicamas defeated Los Chakas in penalties to win the tournament championship at the second annual Juan Flores 5 vs. 5 Menās Soccer Tournament last Saturday at Dick Force Stadium in Gonzales.
The Oct. 7 tournament was a fundraiser for the Gonzales High...
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New well registration program aims to protect Salinas Valley groundwater
SALINAS VALLEYĀ ā Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA)Ā have launched a new well registration program to...



















