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September 11, 2025

Basketball | Greenfield, Soledad teams end season at playoffs

Basketball
SALINAS VALLEY — This past weekend was the start of the Central Coast Section (CCS) basketball playoffs, and South Monterey County was well represented with three teams in the postseason. The local basketball teams that made it to the CCS playoffs were the Greenfield Bruins...

Greenfield downs Gonzales, 46-38

Alize Ortiz scored 16 points and Maria Hernandez scored 14 points as the Greenfield Lady Bruins defeated Gonzales High 46-38 on Thursday in the Roger Fernando Gym.

Aztecs fall to Panthers

A 35-14 loss to the ranked Antioch Panthers did not dampen the spirits of the Soledad Aztec football as they fell to 0-2 at the start on non-league play.

Soledad Aztecs’ Martel ends high school soccer career

Sophia Martel soccer
SOLEDAD — Soledad High soccer standout Sophia Martel finished her playing career as a Lady Aztec with a 5-0 win and a goal against visiting Morro Bay on Dec. 12 in Soledad. Martel helped the Lady Aztecs improve to 6-1-1 in the pre-season and will...

Softball | Gonzales sneaks into playoffs as 8th seed

GONZALES — After losing to Pacific Grove on the final day of the regular season, the Gonzales Spartans softball team’s hopes of making the playoffs took a deep dive, but on Thursday the Central Coast Section committee selected them as an at-large team. If one...

Football | South County Jamboree shows off players’ strengths

SALINAS VALLEY — As the days of summer come to an end, it was that time of the year when hundreds of youths wear their school colors in hopes of bringing a football title back to their town under those Friday night lights —...

Spartans win 2 at home

With two home wins last week the Gonzales boys basketball team is 3-0 and in first place in the Coastal League. The Spartans improved to 5-8 overall with the victories over Marina and Pacific Point.

Track and Field | Season continues for Salinas Valley athletes at qualifying meet

SALINAS VALLEY — Track and field athletes from South Monterey County have a chance to continue the season at a qualifying meet for the Central Coast Section trials and finals. The qualifying meet will take place Thursday, May 27, at San Benito High School in...

Football | Soledad beats Rancho San Juan as King City struggles against Alisal

SOLEDAD — Going into last Friday’s games, only four more weeks remain in the high school football regular season. With the postseason out of reach for the Soledad Aztecs and the King City Mustangs, the pride that these two schools have will make them...

Spartan girls maul Cougars, 52-21

Kayla Dixon scored 18 and Jackie Ramirez had a game-high 12 rebounds and added six points as the Gonzales High girls basketball team downed the visiting Santa Catalina Cougars 52-21 last Wednesday night in the Roger Fernando Gym.

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Echoes of Generations Mural Soledad Fire Apparatus Bay

Soledad unveils newest mural project, ā€˜Echoes of Generations’

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad unveiled its newest public art installation last week celebrating the area’s rich heritage and serving as a tribute to...