Baseball | Local teams begin play-in games
SALINAS VALLEY — The road to the Central Coast Section baseball playoffs began this week, with Gonzales and Greenfield high schools competing in play-in games, King City waiting to see which team they will play and Soledad continuing the regular season with three games...
Basketball | Locals play in Cooper Tournament at Gonzales
SALINAS VALLEY — All four South Monterey County high schools participated in last weekend’s Glenn Cooper Frosh-Soph Boys Basketball Tournament at the Roger Fernando Gym in Gonzales.
The tournament featured eight teams and is named after former teacher and head basketball coach Glenn Cooper.
Salinas was...
The ‘Californization’ of the Olympics
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...
Boxing | Activities keep King City boxers busy
KING CITY — Three boxers from the King City Boxing Club will compete at a boxing show in Hanford on Aug. 21.
Traveling to the Central Valley will be: Aiden Almanza (80 pounds), Kaleb Almanza (70 pounds) and Joseph Madrigal (122 pounds).
Kaleb Almanza and Madrigal...
IMSA race weekend draws rave reviews for new track surface and facilities at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
SALINAS — Nick Tandy completed a daring pass for the lead with 12 minutes remaining in last Sunday’s Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N and drove on to victory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in...
Basketball | Gonzales, King City boys celebrate wins
SALINAS VALLEY — The Gonzales High boys basketball team won two of three games in the Cypress Division last week, beating North Salinas, 53-51, and Greenfield, 44-40, and losing 57-43 to King City.
Against the North Salinas Vikings, Fernando De Leon led Gonzales with 22...
Basketball | South Monterey County teams compete in tournaments
SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High girls’ basketball team defeated King City 52-44 in the second day of the Ken Kline Basketball Tournament to finish with a 2-0 record.
Soledad earned the right to play the host Lady Mustangs after beginning the tournament with a 67-12...
Limosnero and Flores named King City Mustang Athletes of the Year
KING CITY — King City High School Athletics Program has selected senior student-athletes Sage Flores and Israel Limosnero as the 2023 Athletes of the Year.
An event celebrating their accomplishments as Mustangs took place May 22 at the school’s Robert Stanton Theatre.
Flores was a three-sport...
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