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SOLEDAD — It seems like the gateway to the Cypress Division title will go through Soledad, after the Aztecs beat the Pacific Grove Breakers, 41-7, last Thursday to move to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the league. After knocking off Rancho San Juan a week...

SALINAS VALLEY — With wins last Saturday, the Gonzales and Greenfield boys’ soccer teams will be playing Wednesday night in the Central Coast Section Division IV semifinals. In the first round of Division IV playoffs, the Spartans defeated South Monterey County rival King City by...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: If California were its own country, it would rank fifth in an Olympic medal count. Dr. Bill Mallon, who had recently landed in Tokyo when I reached him by phone this week, couldn’t say for sure whether...

SOLEDAD — Coming into last Thursday’s game against Soledad, Everett Alvarez had only practiced three times since being shut down for 10 days because of Covid-19, but that didn’t stop the Eagles from taking flight on the Aztecs by beating them 29-8. The Aztecs came...

All four local high school cross country teams were on the Monterey Peninsula last week with races at Carmel Valley, Monterey, and Pacific Grove.

SOLEDAD — After an excellent regular season that led to the Soledad Aztecs winning their first-ever Cypress Division title, the reward keeps coming in as long-time coach Eric Rodriguez was elected to serve as head coach for the Central Coast High School All-Star Football...

The San Jose Earthquakes earned an impressive win over Club Deportivo Guadalajara—nicknamed “Chivas”—that went the full distance at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday night. Following a 1-1 draw in regulation, the Quakes outlasted the Chivas, 4-3, via penalty shootout in front of a tournament-record 50,675 fans...

The Gonzales High football program ended the season with a awards night and banquet Nov. 29 at the school cafeteria.

SANTA CRUZ — For the first time in 52 years, the annual Wharf to Wharf Race will not begin at the traditional starting line in front of The Grove, aka the Coconut Grove, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Instead, the 16,000 expected participants on...

SALINAS VALLEY — The Salinas Valley Titans 10 and under Pony baseball team represented South Monterey County as the NORCAL Super Region champions during last week’s 2024 West Zone Baseball Mustang Championships at Norwalk’s Holifield Park. The Salinas Valley team went 1-2 in the double...