Track and Field | Season ends for Salinas Valley runners
SALINAS VALLEY ā Runners from all over Salinas Valley were able to compete at the Central Coast Section (CCS) Track and Field Trials on June 12.
Moises Benito from Palma High School pumped out respectable times of 4:39 for the 1600 meters and 9:58 for...
Gonzalesā Orange and Black 5K returns on Fourth of July
GONZALES ā A return to normalcy in California means the return of the Orange and Black 5K on the Fourth of July in Gonzales.
The Gonzales Rx Pharmacy Seventh Annual Orange and Black 5K will kick off the July 4 activities at Central Park in...
Football | Passing league contests begin for South Monterey County teams
SALINAS VALLEY ā Football returns to South Monterey County high schools Wednesday with the first seven-on-seven passing league contests.
King City High School will host the games at War Memorial Stadium starting at 5 p.m. and will welcome players from Greenfield, Gonzales and Soledad high...
Track and Field | Soledad hurdler places 7th at CCS championships
SOLEDAD ā Soledad Highās Jocelyn Valdez finished seventh at last Saturdayās Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Soquel High School.
The junior hurdler ran her last 300 hurdlers race of the year in a time of 47.80.
āI felt that I overcame adversity this...
Baseball | South County Titans travel team prepares for games
SALINAS VALLEY ā Gonzales resident Anthony Mena used some time off during the pandemic to form a travel baseball team for youth under 8 years old.
Mena enjoys the challenge of coaching youth from the ground up, where skills can be developed.
āI used to coach...
New football coach to guide Gonzales Spartans
GONZALES ā With eight years of experience serving as an assistant football coach, Eddie Ramirez is ready to take on the task of serving as the head football coach for Gonzales High School.
Ramirez, a three-sport athlete at Gonzales and 1993 graduate, has lived in...
King City, Gonzales high school runners receive scholarships
SALINAS VALLEY ā King City High runner Mario Avila and Gonzales High runner Ashley Ochoa joined four other runners as recipients of scholarships from the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners.
While King City, Greenfield and Soledad have had previous winners of the scholarship, Ochoa...
Baseball | Aztecs and Mustangs head to CCS playoffs
SALINAS VALLEY ā Soledad and King City high school baseball teams are entering the week with berths in the Central Coast Section playoffs secured.
King City earned entry into the tournament, which begins later this week, after last Thursdayās 13-3 home game against Gonzales High....
Soccer | Soledad Aztecs end season in Monterey
SOLEDAD ā An early goal by the Monterey High Toreadores girls soccer team stood up in the Central Coast Section semifinals against Soledad High Aztecs.
The win earned the Toreadores a spot in last Saturdayās championship game at home, where they lost 1-0 in overtime...
Track and Field | Salinas Valley athletes qualify for section semi-finals
SALINAS VALLEY ā Track and field athletes from South Monterey County have qualified for the Central Coast Section (CCS) semifinals that will take place Saturday, June 5, at Soquel High School.
Athletes qualified for the semifinals after finishing in the top six at last Thursdayās...
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Inmate sentenced to life for murdering fellow inmate at Salinas Valley...
SOLEDAD ā John Lydon, a 52-year-old inmate of Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, was sentenced Oct. 10 to life in prison without the...