South Monterey County athletes set to compete at Central Coast All-Star Football Game
SALINAS — The 38th Annual Central Coast 2023 All-Star High School Football Game is taking place at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas on Saturday at 7pm.
The game will feature players from Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito County high schools who were selected by their...
Hartnell Panther wide receiver from Soledad commits to Fresno State
SOLEDAD — After former Soledad High alumnus and current Hartnell Panthers wide receiver Josiah Freeman attended the Sacramento State Rising Star Mega Camp, he impressed so many there that his phone kept ringing from major Division I colleges.
But when he finally received a full-ride...
Baseball | Soledad Aztecs’ season enters home stretch
SOLEDAD — With the Soledad Aztecs having three league losses, it doesn’t leave room for any more as the varsity baseball team starts a two-game series with St. Francis that could decide the Mission Division.
Having reached that part of the season when division opponents...
Tennis | Gonzales Spartan girls win Cypress Division title
GONZALES — The Gonzales High School girls tennis team earned its first-ever team title by winning the Cypress Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.
Gonzales claimed the title after finishing the division season with a 12-0 league record and were 13-1 overall. Girls tennis...
Basketball | Gonzales girls beat Harbor in opener, 40-21
GONZALES — In their first game of the basketball season, the Gonzales High girls’ team defeated the visiting Harbor Pirates, 40-21, on Dec. 5.
Senior center Angelina Navarro scored 14 points and added 18 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots.
Priscilla Hurtado just missed double...
Baseball | South Monterey County teams look toward playoffs
SALINAS VALLEY — With one week left before finding out who will make it to the postseason, South Monterey County has at least one team going, but Soledad and King City will be in the conversation.
In the Central Coast Section, there are six divisions....
Aztecs come up short
A balanced offensive attack by Seaside High wore down the host Soledad Aztecs in the season opener for both football teams.
Medina named head coach of Gonzales Spartans basketball team
GONZALES — Gonzales resident and veteran coach Alex Medina has been announced as the varsity boys basketball head coach for Gonzales High School in the upcoming 2021-22 season.
Medina last coached as the Spartan JV boys head coach during the 2018-19 season.
“I am very excited...
Football | Gonzales Spartans eye redemption this season
GONZALES — It wasn’t long ago that Gonzales High’s football team was winning the Santa Lucia Championships, but after missing a year of play due to Covid, the Spartans’ return to the field wasn’t as expected when they failed to win a game.
Last year...
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CDCR officials investigating Salinas Valley State Prison inmate’s Jan. 29 death as...
SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the Jan. 29 death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad as a homicide.
At about...
