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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...

KING CITY — It was back to the mats for the King City Mustangs wrestling team, which hosted the Salinas High Cowboys in their first dual meet of the season. Since last season was canceled due to Covid-19, not many people knew what to expect...

SALINAS VALLEY — Volleyball is back in South Monterey County after the varsity girls’ teams participated in their respective league jamboree, with most heading into preseason games this week. Gonzales High School, which went 10-1 and captured the Santa Lucia League title last year, got...

Three South County high school runners were awarded scholarships for their accomplishments as runners and their work in the classroom by the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners (WNLR).

SALINAS VALLEY — Pacific Coast Athletic League All-League football teams were announced recently, and the King City Mustangs dominated the Mission South Division with several first-team players. Carson Tidwell of King City was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and first-team running back. Rocky Villanueva...

Winning back-to-back league championship titles helped the Gonzales High Spartans reach a dozen championships in the Mission Trail Athletic League.

SOLEDAD — Last weekend Soledad Aztecs alum Eric Segura made his Division I college baseball debut for the top-ranked Oregon State Beavers. Normally when freshmen go into a top program, they are redshirting or see very little playing time because of all the talent the...

In an effort to improve the lighting for football and soccer games at Gonzales High School’s Dick Force Stadium, 190 watt LED lights were installed last week just in time for the football season.

SALINAS VALLEY — Last week South Monterey County football teams were able to use helmets at practice for the first time and put on full pads at the end of the week to mark the end of the dead period in the Central Coast...

GREENFIELD — When the Greenfield High girls volleyball team returned to the gym for the first time in a year, the tone of the Lady Bruins was joyful to have a season, but little did they know they would make history. Greenfield canceled the 2020...