Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High’s boys soccer team closed the first half of play in the Cypress Division with wins over the Carmel Padres, 3-2, and at home against the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers, 4-2. Last Tuesday at Carmel, Jesus Ortiz and Christian Romero scored goals...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High's boys basketball team is leading the Cypress Division with a 6-1 record, with the Gonzales Spartans right behind them in second place at 5-2. Both teams played each other Wednesday night at the Roger Fernando Gym in Gonzales, the results...

GREENFIELD — The San Jose Earthquakes and Chevron unveiled a new futsal court for the Central Coast community and hosted a free youth soccer clinic last Tuesday afternoon at Patriot Park in Greenfield. In addition, Chevron announced a $5,000 donation to the Greenfield Recreation Center...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High's volleyball team improved to 9-2 overall with a 3-0 pre-season win over Gonzales on Sept. 9 and began the Cypress Division with a 3-0 sweep of the North Monterey County Condors last Friday in Castroville. “Kids are playing really well, and...

SOLEDAD — Former Notre Dame softball standout and Soledad resident Julie Lopez made the jump from high school to Division I this year, going all the way to NCAA Division I Regionals with the Jackson State University Tigers. Lopez earned a starting spot at shortstop...

Fairview Middle School had three wrestlers win championships at Saturday’s Coastal Counties Middle School Wrestling Championships.

SANTA CRUZ — For the first time in 52 years, the annual Wharf to Wharf Race will not begin at the traditional starting line in front of The Grove, aka the Coconut Grove, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Instead, the 16,000 expected participants on...

SALINAS VALLEY — All four South Monterey County high school football teams will be on the playing fields this Friday, Aug. 22, for the start of the 2025-26 season. Greenfield will travel to Salinas for the Rancho San Juan Jamboree; King City will head to...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School hurdler Alen Valdez and high jumper Robert Gutierrez placed second in their specialties at last Saturday’s season opening track and field meet at the Watsonville Time Trials. Valdez, a junior, ran the 110 hurdles in a time of 18.76, and...