Sports

SALINAS — Soledad High School alum Arthur Berlanga has been named the new head football coach at Hartnell College. Berlanga, a former Panthers player, has not coached in Monterey County in four years after serving as an assistant football coach at Hollister High School for...

SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High junior Giovanni Ochoa and Greenfield High sophomore Fabian Serrano ran well at last Saturday’s 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...

SALINAS VALLEY — 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. “We hung with them (Chieftains) early but towards the middle innings, they...

SALINAS VALLEY — Greenfield High School will host Gonzales on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. to start off the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) track season. Greenfield and Gonzales compete in PCAL’s Santa Lucia Division. King City High School competes in the Gabilan Division and will travel...

GREENFIELD — After losing four games in a row, the Greenfield Bruin girls’ basketball team has bounced back, winning six straight games and earning a 2-0 league record so far in the Cypress Division. Coming into the season, many wondered how the Lady Bruins would...

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad Parks and Recreation hosted its first-ever Holiday Hoopfest basketball tournament last month. Four teams participated in the tournament, which was held at the Soledad Community Center on the first weekend of December. Members of the Soledad Parks and Recreation Cheer Team,...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School Aztec girls’ soccer team has qualified for Wednesday’s Central Coast Section (CCS) semifinals with a win last Saturday in the quarterfinal round. Soledad (#3 seed) beat #6 seed Silver Creek Raiders 3-2 in penalty kicks. Playing in a steady rain, the...

GONZALES — After starting the season 0-3, the Gonzales Spartans have won their last two games, including their league opener against the Harbor Pirates. When the season started, the Spartans were not only thought of being the best team in South Monterey County, but also...

SALINAS — A ribbon cutting took place Sept. 23 for the new Taylor Farms Pedestrian Bridge, which was completed just in time for last week’s California Rodeo Salinas. Funded entirely by private donations, the bridge took 10 months to complete and connects the west grandstand...