Sports

Senior players Lauren Johnson of King City High and Celeste Canchola of Soledad High were chosen to the Mission Trail Athletic League first-team at a meeting of league coaches.

A sixth straight championship also meant an end of an era for the King City boys track and field team. The Mustangs won the Mission Trail Athletic League in what was the last championship meet for them in the MTAL as next year King City, Gonzales, Greenfield and Soledad will be members of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.

King City Lady Mustangs played well at home Oct. 2, defeating the visiting Monte Vista Christian Mustangs in three games, 25-17, 25-18 and 25-22.

KING CITY — Last Friday the King City Mustangs beat the Greenfield Bruins in an away game where they dominated the second half, making them 2-0 this week. The Mustangs started the week with a win over St. Francis High School of Watsonville by a...

SALINAS VALLEY — With game cancellations and rescheduling happening all over the place due to Covid-19, Soledad High’s basketball teams are ready to return after a two-week break. But as one South Monterey County school returns, others are putting their games on halt. Soledad Aztecs Both...

Junior running back Alex Valdez ran for 211 yards on 40 carries and scored four touchdowns in the King City Mustangs’ 27-6 victory over the visiting Santa Cruz High Cardinals.

The King City Mustang football team was determined to just play football on Homecoming Night and they succeeded doing that with a 27-9 win over the visiting San Lorenzo Valley Cougars of Felton.

Wins over Greenfield and Anzar gave the King City Lady Mustangs a 10-4 league record and in a first-place tie with the Lady Bruins in the Coastal League standings.

Soledad High and King City High had two representatives on the Mission Trail Athletic League first-team. Greenfield High had one player on the first-team.

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Aztecs lost 14-7 to the Palma Chieftains in a game that started out close but got away from the Aztecs toward the end of the contest on May 10. “We hung with them (Chieftains) early but towards the middle innings, they...