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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...

KING CITY — King City resident and 2010 high school graduate Marc Flores has been hitting the covers off baseballs this season for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes professional baseball team of the LMB Zona Norte. The Rieleros (Railroaders), founded in 1975, play their games at...

KING CITY — King City High School FFA hosted the annual Donkey Basketball competition last Wednesday night in front a large crowd that nearly packed the school’s gym to watch the three games. In the first game of the evening, the King City Young Farmers...

This sports edition is my last as a writer for New SV Media. Throughout the past 30 years I have been fortunate to have the best seat in the house for hundreds of high school and youth sporting events. While I will miss creating...

SALINAS VALLEY — Last Wednesday the King City High varsity boys’ wrestling team got off to a great start, picking up dual victories over Soledad (48-36) and North Salinas (48-30). Angel Becerra, Deandre Esparza, Armando Villasenor, Nate Vargas and Jden Hernandez all picked up a...

KING CITY — After losing the previous week, the King City Mustangs returned home last Friday for their homecoming, beating Watsonville 35-0. The way last week’s game turned out against the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers, with several blown calls going against the Mustangs, left them...

SALINAS VALLEY — A pair of South Monterey County high school football teams were victorious in the second week of pre-season play. Soledad secured a home victory over the visiting Gonzales and Greenfield won in a double overtime at Robert Louis Stevenson, while King City...

KING CITY — Hard work is paying off for the King City Mustangs baseball team as they opened Cypress Divisional play with two wins against the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies. In road and home games, the Mustangs scored 34 combined runs while limiting the Grizzles to...