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February 10, 2026

Valley of the runners

A nice cloud cover protected the lead runners on Saturday during the Salinas Valley Half Marathon that began at the Soledad Mission and finished 13.1 miles later at Pessagno Winery in Gonzales.

Baseball | Soledad Aztecs head coach wins 250th game

SOLEDAD — Soledad High’s Damien Ryan, who has worked with the school’s baseball program for over a decade, won his 250th game as the varsity head coach. The Soledad Aztecs came into last week riding a three-game winning streak and atop the Mission Division, looking...

Greenfield downs Gonzales, 46-38

Alize Ortiz scored 16 points and Maria Hernandez scored 14 points as the Greenfield Lady Bruins defeated Gonzales High 46-38 on Thursday in the Roger Fernando Gym.

CTF Soledad groups donate to Gonzales Spartans track and field program

SALINAS VALLEY — For many years, inmates from the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad had made large donations throughout Monterey County through food sales and donation drives. With their last food sale that took place on May 28, inmates from CTF’s A and B...

Gonzales Spartans 1974 football team entering Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame

Gonzales Spartans
GONZALES — Gonzales High School’s football team of 1974 will become the first Salinas Valley high school football program to enter the acclaimed Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame (SVSHOF). The 11th annual SVSHOF event will take place this Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Storm...

Mustang boys win track team title

King City senior distance runner Roman Munoz scored 30 points in three events to lead the Mustang to a fifth straight Mission Trail Athletic League championship on Saturday at Pacific Grove High School.

Gonzales stadium project set to begin next month

Gonzales track and field
GONZALES — Gonzales Unified School District came to an agreement on May 14 with Tombleson Inc. of Salinas for the construction of the Gonzales Stadium Track and Field Improvement Project at Dick Force Stadium. The work on the project will begin on Monday, June 10. The...

Game of the Week | Greenfield vs. Gonzales, Sept. 9

GONZALES — If you asked me after last month's South County Jamboree, which high school football matchup I would be the most excited to see, it would have been Greenfield versus Gonzales. From the tiny sample that we got at the Jamboree, it was everything...

Baseball | Gonzales Dingers travel team places 2nd

On the weekend of Oct. 7-8, the Gonzales Dingers 9 and under baseball team traveled to Santa Maria and placed second in the silver division. This is the first year of the Dingers 9 and under team, as they joined the 10 and under...

Tennis | Gonzales boys become co-champs

Gonzales Spartans tennis boys
GONZALES — A home loss to Oakwood cost the Gonzales High boys’ tennis team a shot at an outright division championship last Tuesday. The 4-3 setback against the Oaks gave Gonzales one last chance to win a Mission Division co-championship, which they locked up the...

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Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...

Happy February! In February, we have Valentine’s Day, President’s Day and so many things to celebrate. 1. February is one of our favorite months because...