Track and Field | South Monterey County teams prepare for finals
CENTRAL COAST ā Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional trials and finals will take place next week for high school track and field teams from Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.
Gonzales, Greenfield and King City have completed the regular season in the Santa Lucia...
Volleyball | Salinas Valley teams continue league play
SALINAS VALLEY ā With the playoffs looming, South Monterey County volleyball teams are currently in the middle of league play.
The Soledad Aztecs havenāt had a great start to league play. Since dropping the match to Monte Vista Christian, which they were up two sets...
Wrestling | Soledadās Ramirez sole qualifier from South Monterey County for State Meet
SOLEDAD ā Soledad High sophomore Natalie Ramirez placed first in the 235-pound weight class at the Central Coast Section wrestling championships on Saturday to qualify for the California Interscholastic Federation State Meet.
The state finals will begin Thursday, Feb. 27, at Mechanics Bank Arena in...
King City linebacker sets sights on school record for tackles
KING CITY ā Last season the King City Mustangs had to replace a lot of key players on its defense with several newcomers making their first varsity appearance, including linebacker Isaac Benavides.
For the first time in his high school career, Benavides got an opportunity...
South County athletes compete at finals
The track and field season ended at the Central Coast Section finals for Pablo Villasenor of Gonzales, Noora Hautamaki of Soledad, and Dylan Oliveros of King City.
Munoz, Contawe in finals
For the second straight year Roman Munoz of King City and Daniel Contawe of Soledad will be representing their respective high schools on Friday at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships.
Trio qualifies for CCS finals
A trio of track and field athletes from Soledad, King City and Gonzales will represent their high schools and South County at Fridayās Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High School.
Donkey basketball draws crowd to King City High gym
KING CITY ā King City High School FFA hosted the annual Donkey Basketball competition last Wednesday night in front a large crowd that nearly packed the schoolās gym to watch the three games.
In the first game of the evening, the King City Young Farmers...
Soccer | South Monterey County teams start league play
SALINAS VALLEY ā After nearly three weeks off, South Monterey County soccer teams will be back in action this week. The four boysā and girlsā teams opened divisional play on Monday.
BOYSā SOCCER
The Gonzales boysā team finished the preseason with a 4-2-2 record and began...
The āCalifornizationā of the Olympics
Stop me if youāve 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, couldnāt say for sure whether...





















