Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High boys basketball team was edged 54-52 in a game with Monte Vista Christian last week. Johell Carrillo scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds to lead King City in those two statistical categories. The Mustangs finished the week with...

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...

SAN ARDO — At a boxing show on Saturday at the Rock Boxing Gym in Salinas, three boxers from the San Ardo Boxing Club came home with unanimous decisions. Grettel Cruz, 16, won her match in the 101-pound weight class; Miguel Hernandez, 15, won in...

KING CITY — As we get closer to the finish line, the King City High School boys’ baseball team and girls' softball team combined to 1-4 last week. Baseball Entering last week, the King City Mustangs baseball team had a two-game winning streak and were 5-2...

SALINAS VALLEY — With a win in the second round of the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs, the Soledad girls’ basketball team was the only local team to reach the quarterfinals. The Aztecs earned the No. 5 seed and beat No. 12 seed North...

SALINAS VALLEY — Last week there was plenty of volleyball action for the South Monterey County high school teams. King City plays in the Gabilan Division and has five games remaining in the regular season. Soledad, Gonzales and Greenfield play in the Mission Division, with...

SALINAS VALLEY — In a game where one goal might be enough to win a game, the high school girls’ soccer teams from Gonzales and Greenfield produced 28 goals combined in the second week of Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional play. Goal production was not...

The King City Lady Mustangs celebrated the season and its senior players with an intra-squad game between the varsity and JV players on Tuesday, May 8.

KING CITY — King City High swim team had meets recently at Gilroy and Seaside high schools. While they were non-scoring meets, the Mustang swimmers still strived for top marks. “All our swimmers have worked hard this season,” said King City coach Cheryl Hill. “They...