Football | King City keeps megaphone from Gonzales
KING CITY — In the 90th meeting of the Little Big Game between King City Mustangs and Gonzales Spartans, something had to give as both football teams came into last Thursday’s matchup winless so far this season, and of course the coveted megaphone was...
Volleyball | King City ends preseason with 9-4 record
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...
King City Mustangs trample Carmel Padres, 58-28
KING CITY — King City High School senior quarterback Jonah Mendez shook off two first-quarter miscues to lead the Mustangs to a dominating 58-28 victory over the Carmel High Padres last Saturday on the Monterey Peninsula.
Mendez led King City with his passing and as...
Photo | King City tennis, pickleball courts open
KING CITY — The newly resurfaced tennis courts and four newly added pickleball courts at the City Park, next to King City Golf Course, are now open for play.
A separate future project to add a pedestrian access ramp to the facility is being planned...
King City High graduate Lisa Villanueva named All-State in softball
KING CITY — Lisa Villanueva, the 18-year-old daughter of Mac and Heidi Villanueva of King City, was recently named as a first-team All-State Small School softball player by Cal-Hi Sports.
Villanueva will be headed to Southern California next month to attend Fullerton Junior College, where...
Football | King City Mustangs clinch division title
KING CITY — All season long King City High’s football coaches and players kept it simple — be more physical than the other team, don’t turn the ball over and take it one game at a time.
The goals of winning a championship and qualifying...
Cross Country | Hartnell College runners from South Monterey County earn All-American status
SALINAS VALLEY — Competing in their last race as junior college runners, Ashley Ochoa of Gonzales and Esteban Deniz of King City earned All-American status for the Hartnell College Panthers cross country team at last Saturday’s Community College State Championships.
Ochoa and Deniz led a...
Softball | King City Mustangs head to playoffs
KING CITY — After suffering a knee injury last fall, the status of King City High all-league softball player Lisa Villanueva and how she would be when she returned have been answered — as she has dominated since bouncing back.
With their season on the...
King City's Robinson medals at State Meet
King City resident Natalie Robinson concluded her last year competing for the Monterey Peninsula College Lobo Track and Field team with an eighth place finish at the California Community College State Meet at Bakersfield Community College.
