Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County boys and girls soccer teams are entering the final two weeks of play in the Pacific Coast Athletic League for the 2025-26 season. Currently, the Gonzales Spartan girls are holding onto first place in the Cypress Division, while the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Three South Monterey County high school soccer players were chosen as the Most Valuable Players of their respective divisions from the Pacific Coast Athletic League. Gonzales High’s Jorge Uribe won back-to-back divisional MVP awards, Jesus Ortiz of Soledad High was the Cypress...

With two home wins last week the Gonzales boys basketball team is 3-0 and in first place in the Coastal League. The Spartans improved to 5-8 overall with the victories over Marina and Pacific Point.

Gonzales High School Class of 2016 graduate Natalie Basaldua had an enjoyable and successful season as a sophomore third baseman on the William Jessup University softball team (Rocklin).

SALINAS VALLEY — Little League teams from South Monterey County are participating in the California District 2024 All-Star Tournaments that began last weekend. Baseball games from the ages of 7-9, 8-10, 9-11 and 11-12 are going on all over Monterey County. In the 11-12 division, Soledad...

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...

SALINAS VALLEY — Greenfield Bruins are 7-0 at the end of their non-league schedule in baseball. The Bruins had two games this past week, defeating the Gonzales Spartans 15-2 on the road and finishing the series with a 10-0 shutout at home. In the first game...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high schools hit the gridiron last Thursday, Friday and Saturday to mark the beginning of the football season. Greenfield, Gonzales and King City came out winners, while Soledad fell at home in the pre-season opener. GREENFIELD In Friday’s game against the...

KING CITY — It’s time for the longest football rivalry in South Monterey County, when the Gonzales Spartans travel to King City on Thursday to face the Mustangs. In last year’s game, the King City Mustangs were able to have their way with the Spartans,...

GONZALES — Members of the South County Titans baseball team washed cars last Sunday on Centennial Drive in Gonzales. The youngsters, who play in the 8-and-under travel ball division, hosted the July 25 car wash to help pay for fees to upcoming tournaments.