Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 100 runners and walkers kicked off the Fourth of July by hitting the streets of Gonzales for the seventh annual Orange and Black 5K. The event was the first 5K to take place in the tri-county area since Covid-19 restrictions have...

KING CITY — King City (8-16, 8-4 in Cypress) finished their 2025 baseball season after competing against Gonzales (7-9, 7-5 in Cypress) in a two-game series last week, with the Mustangs winning the first game, 9-2, in King City and the Spartans securing the...

KING CITY — Boxing began for members of the San Ardo and King City Boxing Clubs on Monday at the National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival that is taking place in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center in Lubbock, Texas. Bryan Cruz of the San Ardo...

KING CITY — After four straight losses, the King City Mustangs boys’ basketball team have won three of their last four games, including an upset against Marina. So far, this season hasn’t been going as expected for the Mustangs, but as of late they have...

SALINAS VALLEY — High school distance aces Giovanni Ochoa of Gonzales and Fabian Serrano of Greenfield placed fourth and ninth, respectively, at the Central Coast Section (CCS) cross country championships to qualify for the State Meet. Ochoa ran in the Division IV boys race and...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high school wrestling teams stayed busy in San Jose this past weekend at various wrestling tournament for both boys and girls. This upcoming weekend, King City, Soledad and Gonzales will compete at the Mid-Cals Tournament at Gilroy High School....

SALINAS VALLEY — Playing on Saturday at the North Salinas High campus, the Soledad Aztecs had their three-game win streak snapped as they lost 19-7 to the host Vikings. “We had trouble containing the North High counter plays and defensively our offense struggled when they...

SALINAS VALLEY — High school softball is wrapping up for the four varsity teams from South Monterey County, who only have a few more games to play over the next week before the regular season ends. King City Mustangs Since their loss to Robert Louis Stevenson,...

After months of waiting, the new King City Boxing Club opened its doors at the King City Recreation Department site at 411 Division St.

KING CITY — King City Arts Magnet School teacher Bret Harrison has once again brought the Winter Olympic Games to students in his classroom. Harrison, who teaches Enrichment and Reading Intervention for all the school’s fourth- and fifth-graders, has been introducing the Winter Olympics to...