Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County runners placed well at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Cross Country Championships to punch their tickets to the Central Coast Section Championship Meet taking place Saturday, Nov. 11, on the Crystal Springs course in Belmont. At last Saturday’s PCAL...

KING CITY — Going into last Friday’s games, only four more weeks remain in the high school football regular season. With the postseason out of reach for the King City Mustangs and the Soledad Aztecs, the pride that these two schools have will make...

SALINAS — Hartnell Community College District will induct the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023 during a luncheon Saturday, Oct. 14, at the college’s main campus at 411 Central Ave. in Salinas.  This will be the 10th annual event for the college. “For the past...

SALINAS VALLEY — It appears the Greenfield Bruins and the Gonzales Spartans are headed for a major showdown at the end of the high school football season for the Santa Lucia Division. Many fans wish the showdown could happen already since these are some of...

KING CITY — After failing to score a point in the football game against Stevenson, the King City Mustangs’ young quarterback Junior Manriquez had a career night when they went up against Rancho San Juan last Friday. So far this season, the Mustangs’ offense hasn’t...

SALINAS VALLEY — Pacific Coast Athletic League hosted back-to-back divisional cross country meets earlier this month at the Rancho Corona course in Carmel Valley. Gonzales High School ran Sept. 13 at the Cypress and Santa Lucia meet, and King City competed Sept. 14 in the...

KING CITY — In the 91st Little Big Game, the King City Mustangs were able to keep the megaphone from their longest rivals, the Gonzales Spartans, as they won 14-12. The last time the Spartans won the megaphone was back in 2019, when they beat...

SALINAS VALLEY — Cross county runners from South Monterey County high schools opened the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) season this week with meets on the Palo Corona Course in Carmel Valley. Gonzales High competed in the Cypress Division at Palo Corona on Wednesday, while...

KING CITY — The 1974 King City High School girls track and field team was inducted into the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame on Aug. 26 at the Salinas Storm House. With the implementation of Title IX in the 1973-74 school year, the Mission...

Whitney (Hudson) Meyer was inducted into the King City High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Aug. 31 at War Memorial Stadium. Meyer, a 2006 graduate, was a two-sport athlete as a Lady Mustang, playing four years on the volleyball team and three seasons...