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SOLEDAD — Sophomore wrestler Natalie Ramirez of Soledad High won one match and lost two others at last week’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Wrestling Championships. The State Meet was held at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. Ramirez wrestled two matches on Thursday, winning one...

SALINAS — Hartnell College softball head coach Natalie Basaldua was named the 2025 Coast Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Panthers to a 23-14 record with a .618 winning percentage. Hartnell placed third in the Coast Conference behind West Valley and San Mateo...

SOLEDAD — Longtime assistant and former head coach Eric Rodriguez of Soledad has been named as the new head football coach for the Soledad High Aztecs. Rodriguez, a 1998 graduate of King City High School, has coached football at Soledad since the school opened, serving...

SALINAS VALLEY — Last Friday night at Rancho San Juan High School in Salinas, the King City boys’ track and field team won the varsity championship of the Mission Division. The Mustangs outscored second place Stevenson, 169 to 115. Varsity boys’ team results were: 1....

SALINAS VALLEY — The Greenfield and King City high school softball teams have winning records in their respective divisions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. The Bruins are 3-0 in the Cypress Division and the Mustangs are 4-1 in the Mission Division. Greenfield played at...

SALINAS VALLEY — Strength in numbers was the difference between this season and last season as the King City High School boys’ track and field team won the 80th Annual King City Invitational Track Meet. The Mustang track program also won the North Coast versus...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School Class of 2023 graduate Andrew Zarate will be wrestling for New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M. Zarate competed for Lassen College the past two wrestling seasons and placed fourth at 184 pounds at the California Junior College State...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High’s baseball team dropped two divisional games last week and one non-divisional game to Greenfield to fall to 6-2 in the Cypress Division and 6-14 overall. King City began the week in Greenfield on April 28 and the game was...

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 — Hartnell College is now accepting nominations for the Hartnell College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The college invites alums, fans and members of the public to nominate standout athletes, coaches, teams, supporters and other key figures who have significantly...