Sports

With five runners in the top six places the King City varsity boys cross country team easily won their division at Saturday’s Jackie Henderson Memorial Invitational hosted by North Monterey High School in Castroville. King City scored 17 points to easily defeat second place San Benito with 66 points. Soledad High placed fifth in the division.

GONZALES — Arthur Berlanga, head coach for the Gonzales High School varsity football team, was the recipient of the Semper Fi Coach Award on Feb. 7. The award is given by the U.S. Marine Corps and Glazier Football Clinics to football coaches who show leadership that exemplifies...

SALINAS VALLEY — After a great first week to the new football season, week two will be even better when the Soledad Aztecs travel to Greenfield High School to face the Bruins in the 24th Aztec-Bruin Helmet game. Last week Greenfield and Soledad played close...

SALINAS VALLEY — Local high school football teams take the field this Friday at three different sites to kick off the 2026 season. Soledad travels to Greenfield for the South County Jamboree at Greenfield High; King City will participate in a jamboree with Monte Vista...

GREENFIELD — Led by double-digits in kills by Aleena Salas, the Greenfield Bruins volleyball improved to 9-1 in the Cypress Division and 18-6 overall with wins last week against the Marina Mariners and Pacific Collegiate Pumas. Last Monday on the Monterey Peninsula, Salas had 16...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High School’s football team in 2023 went on a historical run by capturing the program’s first-ever league championship.  After posting a perfect 6-0 record in Pacific Coast Athletic League Santa Lucia Division play, the Bruins were rewarded with a promotion to the...

GONZALES — Gonzales Unified School District will implement additional security measures at Gonzales High’s Dick Force Stadium beginning with its home football game Friday, Sept. 18, according to a Sept. 16 letter from Superintendent Keith Thorbhan. “All attendees will be screened with a handheld security wand prior to entering the stadium,” Thorbhan wrote in the letter. Bags, purses and other personal carrying items...

GONZALES — The Gonzales Knights youth football program is searching for players for all the divisions to be able to have a season this year. As of last week, the Knights have until Aug. 21 to receive enough players on the rosters to stay on...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High’s senior 300m hurdler Jolea Celaya was the highest finisher from South Monterey County at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Semifinals last Saturday at Gilroy High School. Celaya finished 15th in her specialty in a time of 47.75. For...

SALINAS VALLEY — With “dead week” behind them, South Monterey County high school football teams are ready to prepare for the upcoming regular season. All four local schools will gather Friday, Aug. 20, at the Greenfield High School stadium for the South County Jamboree, which...