Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Season two of the high school sports season placed the baseball teams at King City and Soledad high schools in the same division with former Mission Trail Athletic League rivals Carmel, Pacific Grove and Palma. Last week the two Peninsula teams, Carmel...

KING CITY — Back in September, King City High took on Rancho San Juan during a Thursday night football game, but front and center were the senior cheerleaders, who left one spot noticeably empty on the sidelines except for sunflowers and a poster honoring...

A sixth straight championship also meant an end of an era for the King City boys track and field team. The Mustangs won the Mission Trail Athletic League in what was the last championship meet for them in the MTAL as next year King City, Gonzales, Greenfield and Soledad will be members of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.

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 King City Mustangs are 6-0 in the Cypress Division, winning on the road by 15-1 against host Seaside, and completing the series with the Spartans with a 10-0 shutout win by Joey Pina. JC Navarro earned the road game, allowing just...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: If California were its own country, it would rank fifth in an Olympic medal count. Dr. Bill Mallon, who had recently landed in Tokyo when I reached him by phone this week, couldn’t say for sure whether...

KING CITY — Welcome back the King City Mustangs offense, which erupted for 35 of the team's 42 points last week to help beat North Monterey County. This was the Mustangs' best performance of the year, scoring a season-high in points. Before last Friday's 42-0...

KING CITY — King City Lady Mustangs track and field team will have three individual girls and two relay teams compete at this Saturday’s Central Coast Section semifinals in Gilroy. During the Masters Meet at Pacific Grove last Friday, Mariana Alcarez placed third in the...