Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played their final Pacific Coast Athletic League games of the season last week and will now be waiting for spots in the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs. CCS brackets will be posted this week...

KING CITY — King City Mustangs varsity football team knew that they would go through some growing pains coming into this season, which for them has started with a 0-2 record after a loss to the Alisal Trojans. Coming off a loss to Greenfield, the...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City High runner Mario Avila and Gonzales High runner Ashley Ochoa joined four other runners as recipients of scholarships from the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners. While King City, Greenfield and Soledad have had previous winners of the scholarship, Ochoa...

KING CITY — King City Boxing Club’s Andre Mosqueda made the most of his first appearance on the national boxing stage by earning a gold medal. Mosqueda, 8, was the champion in the 60-pound division at the 2021 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival in...

About 133 King City High School student-athletes received free sports physicals June 7 at the Mustangs gym.

KING CITY — Three boxers from the King City Boxing Club will compete at a boxing show in Hanford on Aug. 21. Traveling to the Central Valley will be: Aiden Almanza (80 pounds), Kaleb Almanza (70 pounds) and Joseph Madrigal (122 pounds). Kaleb Almanza and Madrigal...

SALINAS VALLEY — Three of the four South Monterey County volleyball teams still have a chance not only to make the playoffs, but also win their division, after another week of games. King City Mustangs had a major turnaround, starting the season with 2-6, but...

KING CITY — A fantastic season ended in San Jose for the King City Lady Mustangs softball team as they were beaten by a 7-0 score in the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs by the Piedmont Hills Pirates. King City completed the season with...

With five runners in the top six places the King City varsity boys cross country team easily won their division at Saturday’s Jackie Henderson Memorial Invitational hosted by North Monterey High School in Castroville. King City scored 17 points to easily defeat second place San Benito with 66 points. Soledad High placed fifth in the division.

KING CITY — After 15 straight league losses, the Gonzales Spartans varsity boys’ basketball team beat their longtime rival, the King City Mustangs, last Thursday for their first league win of the season. Coming into the week, the Mustangs were on a roll winning four...