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KING CITY — After dropping their last game to Pacific Grove, the King City softball team couldn’t capture the Cypress Division outright; however, with a win over Rancho San Juan, the Lady Mustangs became this season’s co-champs. After starting 6-0 in the division, the Mustangs...

KING CITY — King City High School swim team’s season-ending awards night, held earlier this month, ended with a surprise for head coach Cheryll Hill, who was thanked for her 30 years of coaching the Mustang teams. “I was not expecting to be recognized,” Hill...

The King City High varsity boys basketball team began the non-league schedule with a pair of wins to start the season at 2-0. King City beat South County rival Gonzales High 56-48 at home in overtime, and cruised by visiting Coast Union, 35-15.

SALINAS VALLEY — The volleyball programs for South Monterey County kick off on Aug. 31, when King City High will start play against visiting Alisal High. Last Friday both the JV and varsity levels at King City had multitudes of girls interested in the...

KING CITY — King City High School Mustangs swim team placed high in a friendly meet April 30 at the King City Recreation Department’s pool against the Seaside High Spartans. Many of the Mustang girls and boys came away with first- and second-place finishes. Placing in...

KING CITY — King City Lady Mustangs had a great start to the 2025 volleyball season as they wrapped up preseason with a 9-4 record. In their last week of play, they swept Soledad and Pioneer Valley. To start the season, Hollyn Hearne and Avery Munoz...

SALINAS — Salinas Regional Sports Authority (SRSA) has announced a collaboration with Orlegi Sports, which is bringing the Orlegi Cup for U16-U19 (excluding U18) teams to the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex this weekend, June 28-30. Orlegi Sports manages and owns teams in Liga MX, and...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High varsity girls’ basketball team lost 60-27 at home to the Watsonville Wildcatz on Nov. 26. Watsonville held a 28-16 halftime lead then pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring King City 16-6. Kendyl Burpo led the Lady Mustangs with eight...

SALINAS VALLEY — The last two divisional boys’ soccer games were played Tuesday, after press deadlines, as Gonzales competed against host Soledad and Greenfield took on Alisal in Salinas. The Gonzales-at-Soledad game was rescheduled from last Friday because of wet conditions at the Aztec stadium....

SOLEDAD — 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...