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January 7, 2026

Football | Soledad Aztecs rebound with win over Condors

SOLEDAD — The last time Soledad Aztecs were on the field, they had lost to Everett Alvarez at home going into a bye week. After a week to heal up, the Aztecs played in their final pre-season game last Friday against the North Monterey County...

Volleyball | Salinas Valley teams continue league play

SALINAS VALLEY — With the playoffs looming, South Monterey County volleyball teams are currently in the middle of league play. The Soledad Aztecs haven’t had a great start to league play. Since dropping the match to Monte Vista Christian, which they were up two sets...

Little League All-Star tournament ends 2nd week

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SALINAS VALLEY — There were just a couple of South Monterey County Little League baseball teams still alive in the California Region 9 All-Star Tournament at the end of the second week of competition. In the 12-and-under division, Soledad was still playing as of Friday...

Baseball | Local teams begin play-in games

SALINAS VALLEY — The road to the Central Coast Section baseball playoffs began this week, with Gonzales and Greenfield high schools competing in play-in games, King City waiting to see which team they will play and Soledad continuing the regular season with three games...

Football | Pacific Grove ends Greenfield’s perfect season

GREENFIELD — The last time the Greenfield Bruins started 3-0 they went to the playoffs, but now the Bruins were looking to do something they haven’t done in school history, and that was to start the season off 4-0. Entering the Bruins stadium, one could...

Natividad offers sports physicals at Gonzales

Natividad Medical Center from Salinas sent many doctors and interns to Gonzales High last Thursday and provided free sport physicals to the student athletes that will be participating in extra-curricular sports this year.

Spartans, Bruins split wins

A road win was hard to come by for the Gonzales Spartans and the Greenfield Bruin baseball team as the South County foes split their Mission Trail Athletic League games last week.

Track and Field | 78th King City Invitational begins Saturday

KING CITY — King City High’s track and field team will be hosting the 78th King City Invitational this Saturday at War Memorial Stadium. The track meet will include boys and girls events in the varsity and frosh-soph divisions. The invitational will start at 9:30...

Wrestling | Gonzales Spartans stay busy with back-to-back tournaments

GONZALES — Wrestling season for the Gonzales Spartans is in full affect, as they continue to stay busy entering in two tournaments in back-to-back weekends. The first tournament was the Ed Ferrell Classic at Harbor High School in Santa Cruz. Many Gonzales wrestlers just missed...

Football | Gonzales Spartan players receive awards for 2025 season

Gonzales High School football players
GONZALES — Gonzales High School’s football program hosted its awards night Dec. 15 at the school cafeteria. Players from the varsity and junior varsity football teams were honored for their hard work this past season. Receiving team awards for the varsity team were: Larry Bettencourt (Coaches...

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Monterey County Health Department awarded grant for cannabis education

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department is the recipient of a $168,862 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support...