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May 9, 2025

Basketball | South Monterey County teams prepare for new season

SALINAS VALLEY — With fall sports over, it’s time to move indoors as the basketball season gets started in South Monterey County. This year local boys’ and girls’ basketball seasons should be interesting as some teams are replacing key players from a year ago. King...

Cross Country | Hartnell College runners from South Monterey County earn All-American status

SALINAS VALLEY — Competing in their last race as junior college runners, Ashley Ochoa of Gonzales and Esteban Deniz of King City earned All-American status for the Hartnell College Panthers cross country team at last Saturday’s Community College State Championships. Ochoa and Deniz led a...

Wrestling | South Monterey County girls kick off season while honoring Title IX

SALINAS VALLEY — The 2022-23 high school wrestling season kicked off Nov. 19 at Gonzales High School, which hosted the Pacific Coast Athletic League Girls Wrestling Jamboree. More than 90 girls from across Monterey County, including King City and Soledad, participated in the season opener...

Cross Country | King City and Gonzales runners qualify for State finals

GONZALES — King City High School cross country runner Israel Limosnero and Gonzales High School standout Giovanni Ochoa qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Meet by placing eighth and 11th, respectively, at last Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division IV Championship. Limosnero, a senior...

Football | Soledad’s historic season comes to an end after playoff loss

SOLEDAD — After earning a spot in the Central Coast Section Division III high school football playoffs, the Soledad Aztecs saw their season come to an end when they lost to the No. 2 seed Live Oak Acorns. Going into last Friday’s playoff game with...

Football | Soledad Aztecs head to playoffs after winning league

SOLEDAD — On fourth down in double overtime, St. Francis quarterback Kyle Dyer had a wide-open receiver, but at the last second Soledad’s Dominic Chavez was able to tip the ball away and give the Aztecs the ball back to win the Cypress Division...

Football Preview | Soledad to battle St. Francis for Cypress title

SOLEDAD — After an entire high school football season, it all comes down to one day for the Cypress Division title between the 8-1 (5-0) Soledad Aztecs and the 9-0 (5-0) St. Francis Sharks. The path for these teams to get to this point has...

Football | Soledad dominates in 33-6 win over King City

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Aztecs are one win away from taking home their first-ever Cypress Division championship in football after they beat their South Monterey County rival, the King City Mustangs, 33-6, last Friday. Earlier in the season, when Soledad lost on Aug. 26 to...

Volleyball | Gonzales Spartans claim first Cypress Division title

SALINAS VALLEY — With the regular season ending, the four South Monterey County high school girls’ volleyball teams needed to keep winning to have any chance of earning a shot at a postseason berth. Gonzales Spartans After winning their first-ever Santa Lucia Division title last year,...

Football Preview | Soledad Aztecs to battle King City Mustangs on Friday

SOLEDAD — When the season started, many football fans around South Monterey County thought the Cypress Division would come down between King City and Soledad; however, entering tonight's game, the Soledad Aztecs are chasing their first-ever Cypress title, while the King City Mustangs are...

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Gonzales celebrates 2025 Cinco de Mayo with festival and crowning

GONZALES — Gonzales’ Central Park was alive with activity last Sunday for the annual Cinco de Mayo Festival. The May 4 event, sponsored by Pueblo...