Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — A full state of high school sports started this week with games and meets taking place for tennis, baseball, softball, soccer and track and field teams. Gonzales girls tennis began the season with a 7-0 loss to Notre Dame of Salinas, while...

GONZALES — Last year Gonzales Spartans starting quarterback Juan Pablo “JP” Acosta-Ayala won the job after not playing football since his eighth-grade year. Despite the season not going as planned, the now-junior player is confident that this year is going to be different. “This year...

GONZALES — Gonzales Youth Basketball program provided a basketball season for local boys and girls ages 3 to 14 at the Fairview Middle School gym this year. The youth sports program has come to an end as the City of Gonzales now prepares for Girls’...

SALINAS VALLEY — For the second straight year, the Greenfield Bruins wrestling team is sitting on top of the Cypress Division and will hang another banner in their gym, while the Gonzales Spartans took second place. The Bruins once again dominated the Cypress, having eight...

The Fairview Middle School Wrestling team from Gonzales placed sixth out of 14 teams at Saturday’s David Raptis Wrestling Invitational that was hosted by Washington Middle School.

GREENFIELD — First-year Greenfield High softball coach Norma Ornelas guided the Bruins to their second Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional title in three years. Greenfield finished 12-0 to claim the 2024-25 championship of the Cypress Division. Ornelas, a 2020 Greenfield High graduate, guided her team to...

SALINAS VALLEY — The Soledad High boys’ soccer team is 2-0 in the Cypress Division as the Aztecs won their first two games of the new year. The Aztecs began the division with a 1-0 win at North Monterey County on a goal by Daniel...

SALINAS VALLEY — Little League Major teams from South Monterey County played at last week’s District 9 Tournament of Champions. The double elimination tournament featured teams from Atlantic, Continental, Ferrasci, Gonzales, Greenfield, Hartnell, Hollister, King City, Manzanita, National and Soledad Little League programs. Gonzales finished the...

SALINAS VALLEY — All four South Monterey County softball teams were on the field last week with games played locally and on the Monterey Peninsula, as Gonzales and Soledad were on the road. In its April 20 opener at Carmel, King City lost 14-13 to...

SALINAS VALLEY — With just a win separating second-place Soledad and first-place St. Francis, the final two weeks of Cypress Division play in high school boys’ basketball could be a fight to the finish. The Aztecs had a 7-1 league record against the 8-0 Sharks...