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December 11, 2025

Soledad hosts first Holiday Hoopfest basketball tournament

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad Parks and Recreation hosted its first-ever Holiday Hoopfest basketball tournament last month. Four teams participated in the tournament, which was held at the Soledad Community Center on the first weekend of December. Members of the Soledad Parks and Recreation Cheer Team,...

Basketball | Regular season ends for South Monterey County high school teams

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played their final Pacific Coast Athletic League games of the season last week and will now be waiting for spots in the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs. CCS brackets will be posted this week...

Cross Country | King City hosts 2025 invitational Saturday

South County Cross Country Meet King City
KING CITY — This Saturday, Sept. 13, the King City High School cross country team will host the 2025 King City Cross Country Invitational at San Lorenzo Park. The meet will feature races in the boys’ and girls’ varsity divisions, junior varsity divisions and frosh/soph...

GUHS downs Bruins, 56-44

Isaiah Banuelos scored 24 points to lead the Gonzales Spartan basketball team to a 56-44 non-league over the visiting Greenfield Bruins on Dec. 19 at the Roger Fernando Gym.

Football | Soledad plans to rebuild program going into Mission South action

SOLEDAD — A disappointing showing last season in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission South Division is old news for the Soledad High School football team. The Aztecs are more than ready to move on and be competitive this season, and third-year head coach Marc...

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...

Soccer | South Monterey County teams roll on offense

Soccer ball sports
SALINAS VALLEY — In a game where one goal might be enough to win a game, the high school girls’ soccer teams from Gonzales and Greenfield produced 28 goals combined in the second week of Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional play. Goal production was not...

Alumni enter Hartnell Hall of Fame

Melissa Kirby, a 1993 King City High School graduate, and Michelle Courrejou, a 1981 Gonzales High School graduate, will enter the Hartnell College Athletic Hall of Fame this Saturday.

Gonzales drops non-league games during break

Non-league play was rough for the Gonzales High baseball team as they dropped two games during the Easter Break.

Basketball | Soledad returns to court as other teams halt games

SALINAS VALLEY — With game cancellations and rescheduling happening all over the place due to Covid-19, Soledad High’s basketball teams are ready to return after a two-week break. But as one South Monterey County school returns, others are putting their games on halt. Soledad Aztecs Both...

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Nutcracker Ballet cast

ā€˜Nutcracker’ ballet marks 66th anniversary in South Monterey County

SALINAS VALLEY — A cherished holiday tradition returns to South Monterey County this December as ā€œThe Nutcracker Balletā€ celebrates its 66th anniversary at the...