Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Two goals in the first half were not enough for the King City High boys’ soccer team as they finished in a 2-2 tie with host Soledad last Tuesday night. Deon Rodriguez and Abiel Gomez gave the Mustangs a 2-0 first-half lead,...

GONZALES — Greatness on the playing fields, the courts and the mats were brought up by those that attended the 2023 Gonzales Spartans Hall of Fame Banquet on April 29 at the Amaral Ranch in Salinas. A few hundred guests spent the evening reminiscing about...

SALINAS VALLEY — Teams from the South County Titans and the Gonzales Dingers baseball programs began play last Saturday at Manzanita County Park. Games are played at Manzanita on Saturdays and Sundays, and there are more than 600 athletes in the Central Coast Youth Baseball...

SOLEDAD — Sophomore wrestler Natalie Ramirez of Soledad High won one match and lost two others at last week’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Wrestling Championships. The State Meet was held at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. Ramirez wrestled two matches on Thursday, winning one...

SALINAS VALLEY — As local baseball and softball seasons approach the halfway mark, it’s time to see how the South Monterey County teams performed last week. Soledad Aztecs After being named NorCal Baseball Player of the Week, Soledad’s Eric Segura helped the Aztecs win three straight...

GONZALES — Asante Madrigal, a former Gonzales resident, was chosen by NBCUniversal as one of 27 social media influencers to cover the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Known on his TikTok, YouTube and Instagram accounts as King Asante, Madrigal headed to Paris on Aug....

Boxers from the San Ardo and King City Boxing Clubs took the first five places at Saturday’s 25th Annual Bradley Bulldogs 10K and 5K Fun Run and Walk.

With the high school football season under two months away, local teams are preparing for fall games with weight lifting, overall conditioning, and taking part in seven-on-seven football games.