Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — With the weather finally clearing up, the high school softball teams in South Monterey County were able to make up some postponed games. Soledad Aztecs Don't look now, but the Soledad Aztec girls are 3-0 in the Cypress Division and have a chance...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High’s boys’ basketball team played three games in Hawaii at the Moanlua Tourney. In their first game on Dec. 4, the Aztecs beat Nanakuli High 46-44. On Dec. 5, Soledad was beaten 73-32 by Mid Pacific Institute. The mainland boys then...

SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High senior runner Giovanni Ochoa placed 47th overall in the Division IV finals last Saturday at the California Interscholastic Federation State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. Ochoa ran the course in the time of 16:10 to knock 30...

CENTRAL COAST — Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional trials and finals will take place next week for high school track and field teams from Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. Gonzales, Greenfield and King City have completed the regular season in the Santa Lucia...

SOLEDAD — As the defending Cypress Division champs, the Soledad Aztecs are just six days from their football season opener against the Palma Chieftains, and this Soledad team is ready to prove that they are more than a one-hit wonder. Last Friday the Aztecs hosted...

GONZALES — Anyone who watched Gonzales High athletics this year would have seen many hardworking student-athletes, but among the standouts was freshman Jackie Camacho, who didn’t let having one arm stand in her way of playing sports. “I’m trying to show everyone that you can...

SOLEDAD — The last two times the Gonzales Spartans played the Soledad Aztecs for the Heritage Trophy, they have kept the trophy in Gonzales, but this time it will stay in Soledad. “Even though the season hasn't gone the way we wanted it to, if...

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...

Fort Hunter Liggett hosted its first Wildfire Triathlon this past Saturday, with 40 participants completing the 1/4-mile swim, 12-mile bike ride and 5K run.