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November 9, 2025

Baseball | Season gets underway for South Monterey County teams

Baseball
SALINAS VALLEY — As the spring approaches, it’s time to break out the bats and gloves as the start of the baseball season is officially on the way. To start off the season, there could be a major problem due to potential rain coming into...

Wrestling | South Monterey County wrestlers head to state championships

SALINAS VALLEY — This past weekend the Central Coast Section (CCS) held its high school wrestling tournaments for the boys and girls to determine who will represent it at the 2023 CIF State Wrestling Championships beginning Thursday. South Monterey County had three wrestlers qualify for...

Football | Gonzales Spartans release 2023 schedule

GONZALES — The countdown to another year of high school football is around the corner, and the Gonzales Spartans released their schedule to prepare fans for the 2023 season. Last year the Spartans finished 3-7 overall and 3-3 in the league. With quarterback Ray Blanco...

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...

Football | Spartans fall to Knights, 14-6

GONZALES — Gonzales Spartans came up short against the Soquel Knights, 14-6, in their first game of league play. The young Spartans didn’t have their offense clicking that Friday night, Sept. 24, producing only six points. ā€œOur guys played hard and as a team from beginning...

Spartan softball players celebrate

The Gonzales High School softball program ended the season with an awards night and banquet last Thursday at the school cafeteria.

Former Gonzales Spartans athlete heads to San Jose State

GONZALES — Gonzales High School alumnus and Hartnell College student Pablo Villasenor was joined by coaches and family at Hartnell as he signed his National Letter of Intent to participate in track and field next season at San Jose State University.Ā  San Jose State is...

Salinas Valley athletes represent at college track finals

SALINAS VALLEY — As high schoolers are gathering for the 2023 Central Coast Section (CCS) trials and finals, their college counterparts gathered for the Northern California Community College Track and Field Championships just last week on May 12.  Hartnell College has, and always will be, a school full of...

Hartnell College’s Basaldua named 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year

SALINAS — Hartnell College softball head coach Natalie Basaldua was named the 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 23-14 record with a .618 winning percentage. Hartnell placed third in the Coast Conference behind West Valley and San Mateo...

Softball | South Monterey County teams battle in divisional contests

Softball
SALINAS VALLEY — The Soledad High softball team was unable to recover from a six-run deficit in the 16-5 setback to the visiting Carmel Padres last Tuesday on the Aztec playing fields. The Padres outhit the Aztecs 17 to 10 in the Mission Division contest....

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Hartnell College commemorates Veterans Appreciation Week with campus, community events

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College Veterans Resource Center will host its annual Veterans Appreciation Week from Nov. 10-14 at the college’s Main Campus in...