Sports

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High sophomore pitcher Manuel Gutierrez posted a 7-5 record with a 1.84 earned run average (ERA) that won him Pitcher of the Year in the Cypress Division last season. But the road to get to this point in his career as...

SALINAS VALLEY — The track and field league season has begun for all South Monterey County teams. Last Saturday was the Eagle Classic Track Invitational at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas, where Gonzales sophomore Juan Acosta placed first in the varsity long jump. On Tuesday,...

GONZALES — A soccer youth camp will take place July 29-Aug. 1 at Dick Force Stadium in Gonzales. Boys and girls will be grouped from 5-7 years old and from 8-13 years old. The event will be conducted on the newly renovated turf field by a...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School alumnus and Hartnell College student Pablo Villasenor was joined by coaches and family at Hartnell as he signed his National Letter of Intent to participate in track and field next season at San Jose State University.  San Jose State is...

GONZALES — The Gonzales High School girls tennis team earned its first-ever team title by winning the Cypress Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. Gonzales claimed the title after finishing the division season with a 12-0 league record and were 13-1 overall. Girls tennis...

SALINAS VALLEY — Competing in their last race as junior college runners, Ashley Ochoa of Gonzales and Esteban Deniz of King City earned All-American status for the Hartnell College Panthers cross country team at last Saturday’s Community College State Championships. Ochoa and Deniz led a...

KING CITY — This Saturday, Sept. 13, the King City High School cross country team will host the 2025 King City Cross Country Invitational at San Lorenzo Park. The meet will feature races in the boys’ and girls’ varsity divisions, junior varsity divisions and frosh/soph...

GONZALES — Asante Madrigal, a former Gonzales resident, was chosen by NBCUniversal as one of 27 social media influencers to cover the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Known on his TikTok, YouTube and Instagram accounts as King Asante, Madrigal headed to Paris on Aug....

SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High boys’ soccer team made the most of their only game of the week, shutting out South Monterey County rival Soledad by a 6-0 score on Friday at Rabobank in Salinas. Four players scored goals for the Spartans, including two goals...

SALINAS VALLEY — Cross country teams from South Monterey County competed last Saturday during the Pacific Coast Athletic League championship at Toro Regional Park in Salinas. The meet took place to determine PCAL divisional champions, individual All-League runners and Central Coast Section (CCS) qualifying teams...