Sports

GONZALES — King City High School cross country runner Israel Limosnero and Gonzales High School standout Giovanni Ochoa qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Meet by placing eighth and 11th, respectively, at last Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division IV Championship. Limosnero, a senior...

SALINAS VALLEY — The final games of the regular season for South Monterey County volleyball will take place this week. Teams will be playing to earn a spot in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs. KING CITY King City Mustangs had two games last week, falling...

Gonzales High School baseball program hosted a dinner and awards night June 5 at the school cafeteria. Coaches and players gathered to applaud the players for a successful season and to enjoy a feast of Chipotle food.

SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High senior Josiah Rosales-Garcia and Soledad High sophomore Natalie Ramirez both placed at last weekend’s Mid-Cals Classic wrestling tournament at Gilroy High School. Rosales-Garcia earned a sixth-place medal after going 5-2 in the 215-pound weight class at the tournament. This is...

GREENFIELD — Going back to last year’s football season, the Greenfield Bruins’ season didn’t go as planned as they finished with a 3-7 record, but this year seems promising as they are returning with a fair amount of their starters. Last year the injury bug...

KING CITY — This Saturday, Sept. 13, the King City High School cross country team will host the 2025 King City Cross Country Invitational at San Lorenzo Park. The meet will feature races in the boys’ and girls’ varsity divisions, junior varsity divisions and frosh/soph...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: If California were its own country, it would rank fifth in an Olympic medal count. Dr. Bill Mallon, who had recently landed in Tokyo when I reached him by phone this week, couldn’t say for sure whether...

The South County Jamboree proved to be a success for local high school football teams in terms of preparing for upcoming season. With King City, Soledad and Gonzales facing non-league opponents this week and Greenfield starting play next week, the jamboree served as way for teams to access their progress.

SALINAS VALLEY — The fall cross country season came to a conclusion for local high school teams last Saturday at the Central Coast Section championships on the Crystal Springs course in Belmont.  All four South Monterey County high schools were represented at CCS, as King...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High’s Damien Ryan, who has worked with the school’s baseball program for over a decade, won his 250th game as the varsity head coach. The Soledad Aztecs came into last week riding a three-game winning streak and atop the Mission Division, looking...