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February 18, 2026

King City continues solid play

With over half the league season completed, the King City Lady Mustangs are in second place in team standings with a 7-1 record. King City won two games last week, defeating the host Carmel Padres 3-1 and beating the Pacific Grove Breakers on the road.

Track and Field | Salinas Valley track teams continue meets

SALINAS VALLEY — The track and field season continued last week, with Gonzales visiting the Greenfield Bruins for a dual meet and King City traveling to Salinas for a four-way meet with North Monterey County and host schools Notre Dame and Palma. On Wednesday in...

Baseball | Greenfield leads Cypress Division as Gonzales conquers Marina

SALINAS VALLEY — Now that the weather has cleared up, South Monterey County’s high school baseball teams bounced back this past week with multiple wins. Greenfield Bruins Entering the week, the Greenfield Bruins have an 11-4 record and are 7-0 in league play. With the Bruins controlling...

Baseball | Gonzales Spartans improve to 5-1 overall after sweeping Greenfield

GONZALES — Don’t look now, but after sweeping Greenfield Bruins this week, the Gonzales Spartans find themselves with a 5-1 record overall and a 4-0 record in the Cypress Division. After losing their first game of the baseball season to the Alisal Trojans, 13-9, the...

Practices resume for South Monterey County sports teams

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...

Tennis | Gonzales tennis 2-1 in league

The Gonzales High tennis team is 2-1 in league after a road loss to Christopher High in Gilroy and a home win against the Gilroy High Mustangs. Gonzales lost 5-2 to Christopher and beat Gilroy High by a 7-0 last Thursday on the Spartan tennis courts.

Soccer | Gonzales boys fall 2-1 to Knights, take 2nd place in state regionals

GONZALES — In a game that featured many thrills and chills, the Gonzales High boys’ soccer team ended a long season with a 2-1 loss to Roseland University Prep (Santa Rosa) in the last minute of overtime in the NorCal Division IV Championship on...

Volleyball teams kick off season this week

The King City, Soledad and Gonzales High School volleyball teams began non-league games this week to kick off the season.

KC boys track team beat Carmel

The King City boys track and field boys team took first place in five events in a 86 to 50 win over the Carmel Padres last Thursday on the Pacific Grove High School track.

Soledad’s Lopez excels in softball at Jackson State

Soledad Julie Lopez
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...

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Gonzales man arrested on suspicion of murder after 911 call

GONZALES — A 66-year-old Gonzales man was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday night after calling 911 to report that his wife was bleeding,...