Football | Soledad beats Rancho San Juan as King City struggles against Alisal
SOLEDAD ā Going into last Fridayās 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...
Schools begin baseball, softball seasons
The beginning of March means baseball and softball teams at local high schools are finishing up non-league games and getting ready to start the league seasons.
Football | Greenfield Bruins crush Stevenson, 35-12
GREENFIELD ā With only three games remaining in the regular season, the Greenfield Bruins football team is so close to doing something that hasnāt been done in their school history ā winning a title in football ā but they would have to get past...
Track and Field | Soledad girlsā relay team sets record
SOLEDAD ā Last Thursday, April 18, at North Salinas High School in Salinas, the Soledad High girlsā 4x100 relay team established a new school record in the track event with a time of 53.44.
Members of the Aztecs relay team were: juniors Chikamso Elelleh and...
Spartans battle Hawks
Wins over the Anzar Hawks last week helped the Gonzales baseball team improve to 5-6 in the Mission Trail Athletic League and 5-12 overall.
Spartans, Mustangs win away games
Road games were the place for league victories for the Gonzales High Spartan and King City Mustang baseball teams.
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca shines after improvement projects
SALINAS ā WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca celebrated the completion of the most extensive capital improvement project in more than two decades after a $20 million and eight-month renovation and beautification project concluded.
Elected officials, county staff, invited business leaders and WeatherTech Raceway staff participated July...
Cross Country | South Monterey County runners qualify for State Meet
SALINAS VALLEY ā Gonzales High junior Giovanni Ochoa and Greenfield High sophomore Fabian Serrano ran well at last Saturdayās Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships and qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation State Cross Country Championships.
Ochoa earned an All-CCS medal for his seventh-place finish in...
Baseball | Salinas Valley teams play busy schedules
SALINAS VALLEY ā Soledad Aztecs lost 14-7 to the Palma Chieftains in a game that started out close but got away from the Aztecs toward the end of the contest on May 10.
āWe hung with them (Chieftains) early but towards the middle innings, they...
The āCalifornizationā of the Olympics
Stop me if youāve heard this one before: If California were its own country, it would rank fifth in an Olympic medal count.
Dr. Bill Mallon, who had recently landed in Tokyo when I reached him by phone this week, couldnāt say for sure whether...
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Salinas Valley Fair Kick-Off builds excitement for 2025 āBerry Best Fairā
SALINAS VALLEY ā Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City were buzzing last month as the annual Fair Kick-Off event drew more than 600 guests...