Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Conditioning and training continues on the local playing fields this week for all four South Monterey County high school football teams. The passing game was on exhibit last Wednesday, July 7, at Greenfield High for the second week of seven-on-seven football, welcoming...

SALINAS — A ribbon cutting took place Sept. 23 for the new Taylor Farms Pedestrian Bridge, which was completed just in time for last week’s California Rodeo Salinas. Funded entirely by private donations, the bridge took 10 months to complete and connects the west grandstand...

KING CITY — Last Thursday the King City Mustangs had an opportunity to punch their ticket to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time since 2006, but the team missed on a two-point conversion to tie the game against the Pacific Grove...

SALINAS VALLEY — After 11 straight games on the road, the King City Mustangs softball team returned home to their rival, Gonzales Spartans, which ended dramatically.  Entering last Friday’s game, both King City and Gonzales were on losing streaks after winning consecutive games in a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Playing at home was not an advantage for the Gonzales and King City softball team, as the Lady Spartans and Lady Mustangs lost to Greenfield and Robert Louis Stevenson, respectively. King City began the week with a 13-4 road win against the...

Local girls and boys soccer teams began the second week of non-league play last week in preparation for league play that will start in January.

SALINAS VALLEY — The second week of the football passing league (seven-on-seven) contests continues Wednesday, as the Greenfield High Bruins will host teams from Gonzales, Soledad and King City high schools. The games will start at 5:30 p.m. in the Bruins stadium. “The seven-on-seven is huge...

Gonzales High scored three runs in the sixth inning to snap a seven-game league winning streak by the Greenfield Bruins on Friday in Greenfield.

SALINAS VALLEY — The Covid-19 aftereffects are leaving some South Monterey County basketball teams to play multiple games a week to make up for previous cancellations. “We were only able to get two practices this week,” said Soledad Aztecs head coach Nick Twitchell, whose team...

SALINAS — Hartnell Athletics program has opened online registration for a series of weekly summer youth sports camps, running through Aug. 5.  Hartnell coaches lead the camps, with assistance from student-athletes, and all proceeds go to support intercollegiate teams at the college. “More than anything, we...