Sports

KING CITY — It was back to the mats for the King City Mustangs wrestling team, which hosted the Salinas High Cowboys in their first dual meet of the season. Since last season was canceled due to Covid-19, not many people knew what to expect...

GREENFIELD — With only three games remaining in the regular season, the Greenfield Bruins football team is so close to doing something that hasn’t been done in their school history — winning a title in football — but they would have to get past...

SOLEDAD — A sense of pressure was felt throughout the gymnasium when the Monte Vista Christian girls’ basketball team visited Soledad High in last week’s battle for first place in the Mission Division. The Mustangs had to win in order just to keep their league...

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...

Expansive vistas, serene lakes, abundant wildlife and good old fresh air — what’s not to love about national parks? So many Americans have taken refuge in parks during the pandemic that 15 of them set recreation visitation records in 2020. All of the parks...

IMUA Elite 16 Jason, representing local-based elite travel volleyball club IMUA Volleyball Club, is headed to the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships — formerly known as the USA Junior Olympics — this summer.

GONZALES — Gonzales Spartan players, coaches and parents gathered one last time to conclude the 2024 football season with a banquet and awards night Dec. 12 at the Gonzales High School cafeteria. The varsity and JV football teams were able to celebrate at home after...

GREENFIELD — Last season the Greenfield Bruins varsity girls’ basketball team saw their season come to an end against Del Mar, but this year they had another chance to make a run in the playoffs. Entering the season, the Lady Bruins posted a record of...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Aztecs are one win away from taking home their first-ever Cypress Division championship in football after they beat their South Monterey County rival, the King City Mustangs, 33-6, last Friday. Earlier in the season, when Soledad lost on Aug. 26 to...

GREENFIELD — First-year Greenfield High softball coach Norma Ornelas guided the Bruins to their second Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional title in three years. Greenfield finished 12-0 to claim the 2024-25 championship of the Cypress Division. Ornelas, a 2020 Greenfield High graduate, guided her team to...