Sports

GONZALES — Gonzales High freshman wrestler Juliet Amador placed sixth in the 140-pound weight class at the Central Coast Section Masters championship on Saturday at Watsonville High. A total of 90 schools participated in the championship. Amador was the only South Monterey County wrestler to...

SALINAS VALLEY — Volleyball is back in South Monterey County after the varsity girls’ teams participated in their respective league jamboree, with most heading into preseason games this week. Gonzales High School, which went 10-1 and captured the Santa Lucia League title last year, got...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High shooting guard Pedro Morales was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) Cypress Division in boys basketball. Morales was first-team All-League, along with teammate Calvin DeShazo. The pair led the Aztecs to the Cypress...

GONZALES — Arthur Berlanga, head coach for the Gonzales High School varsity football team, was the recipient of the Semper Fi Coach Award on Feb. 7. The award is given by the U.S. Marine Corps and Glazier Football Clinics to football coaches who show leadership that exemplifies...

GONZALES — A health-conscious group of runners and walkers took to the streets for the Gonzales Rotary Fun Run on the Fourth of July at Central Park. Many of the nearly 100 participants gathered over half an hour before the 8 a.m. start time to...

SOLEDAD — Former Notre Dame softball standout and Soledad resident Julie Lopez made the jump from high school to Division I this year, going all the way to NCAA Division I Regionals with the Jackson State University Tigers. Lopez earned a starting spot at shortstop...

GONZALES — Former Gonzales High standout and University of Washington track and field head coach Stan Hiserman will be inducted posthumously into the 2026 Gonzales High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Aug. 15 at Laguna Seca. Hiserman, a 1934 Gonzales graduate, was a record-breaking...