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SOLEDAD — The Monte Vista Christian girls’ soccer team won the coin toss to see who would shoot first in a penalty shoot-out during Monday’s Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals match against Soledad High. Senior midfielder Jana Komposch was already set on going first...

SALINAS VALLEY — With the regular season ending for fall sports, the start of the postseason has begun with South Monterey County sending six teams to Central Coast Section playoffs.  After finishing games last week on Monday and Tuesday, all the teams now had to...

SOLEDAD — Last May the Soledad High girls’ soccer team lost to Monterey in the Central Coast Section playoffs. Fast-forward a few months later, with the Cypress Division title on the line, the Lady Aztecs would turn to a player that only played in...

SALINAS VALLEY — As wrestling season comes to an end, many Salinas Valley wrestlers are trying to punch their tickets to the Central Coast Section (CCS) wrestling championships. Soledad Aztecs, which wrestles in the Mission Division, won the team title last week. Going to CCS...

SOLEDAD — Soledad Aztec boys’ varsity basketball team has become league co-champs for the first time in 16 years. The last time the Aztecs won a title came back in 2006, when they captured the Mission Trail Athletic League. If they wanted to sit atop...

SALINAS VALLEY — After the Greenfield High girls’ basketball team beat Pajaro Valley last Saturday, the Lady Bruins clinched their first-ever league title; the King City Mustangs team, however, is looking to share part of that history with a win that would make them...

SALINAS VALLEY — Jjey Martinez of the King City High boys’ basketball team helped lead the Mustangs to victory over the Gonzales Spartans in a pair of league games last week. The Mustangs (4-4) defeated the Spartans (1-6) first at Gonzales High on Feb. 3...

SOLEDAD — At the start of last week, the Soledad Aztecs girls’ varsity soccer team was in a position to firmly take over the top position in the Cypress Division. All they would have to do is beat King City twice and Pajaro Valley. Due...

GONZALES — Gonzales Spartans wrestling team competed in the Lynbrook 2nd Man and Ladies Challenge on Jan. 22, placing third as a team among the 45 teams participating in the tournament. Five Spartan wrestlers took home medals: Carlos Alvarez, 285 pounds, second place; Anthony...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield girls’ varsity basketball team continues to dominate, extending its winning streak to seven and taking control of the Santa Lucia Division. At the beginning of the week, the Lady Bruins and the King City Lady Mustangs were set to play to determine...