Soccer | Salinas Valley teams pass season’s halfway mark
SALINAS VALLEY — As local soccer teams reached past the season’s halfway mark, the King City and Greenfield varsity boys have put themselves in a position to contend for a league title. On the girls’ side, Soledad and King City are both undefeated in...
Track and Field | South Monterey County teams ready to begin divisional meets
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...
Football | Soledad and Gonzales come up short in season openers
SALINAS VALLEY — Last Friday was week one of the new football seasons for the South Monterey County teams, and both Soledad and Gonzales started their games on the road.
Soledad Aztecs at Soquel Knights
To open up the season, the Soledad Aztecs traveled to Santa...
Soccer | Gonzales boys beat King City, win fourth game
SALINAS VALLEY — With just one game left before the Christmas break, the Gonzales High varsity boys’ soccer team is 4-1-2 in pre-season play.
Last week the Spartans recovered from a 1-1 stalemate with Greenfield by running off three straight victories.
“Last Monday we beat King...
Volleyball | South Monterey County teams in good standing, as league play continues
SALINAS VALLEY — As league play continues, three of the four South Monterey County high school girls’ volleyball teams are in first place currently, and are the favorites to hang up a championship banner in their respective gyms.
Gonzales Spartans
Last season the Lady Spartans won...
Basketball | Season gets rolling for South Monterey County teams
SALINAS VALLEY — High school basketball teams across South Monterey County are getting in games before Christmas, and the season is rolling now that they already have a couple matches under their belts.
King City Mustangs
One of the trends to start this season was that...
Wrestling | Gonzales shows well at Watsonville, San Jose meets
SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High School's wrestling team competed in Watsonville and San Jose last week.
In Watsonville last Thursday, Spartan grapplers Jesus De Lucas, Jose Lomeli, Andrew Tejeda, Gabriel Prieto and Cristian Zazueta won by fall.
On Saturday, Gonzales competed in the Lynbrook 2nd Man...
RUNNING CHAMPS
For the third straight year the Greenfield boys are cross country champions of the Mission Trail Athletic League. The Bruins had five runners earn All-MTAL medals after out running the rest of the field. Greenfield finished first, followed by Pacific Grove and King City.
Hartnell College’s Basaldua named 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year
SALINAS — Hartnell College softball head coach Natalie Basaldua was named the 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 23-14 record with a .618 winning percentage.
Hartnell placed third in the Coast Conference behind West Valley and San Mateo...
Football | Gonzales Spartans eye redemption this season
GONZALES — It wasn’t long ago that Gonzales High’s football team was winning the Santa Lucia Championships, but after missing a year of play due to Covid, the Spartans’ return to the field wasn’t as expected when they failed to win a game.
Last year...
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Monterey County Sheriff’s Office investigating suspicious death in Ventana Wilderness
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