Sports

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.

Opportunity and luck were not on the side of the King City Mustangs last Friday night at Monterey High School. With limited touches of the football and bad field position, the Mustangs could not keep up with the Toreadores and suffered a 38-0 shutout Cypress Divisional loss to fall to 2-1 and 3-3 overall.

With visiting St. Francis of Watsonville working on keeping the King City running game in check, the host Mustangs relied on some timely passes from quarterback Dylan Oliveros and a pair of turnovers to down the Sharks, 14-7, on Homecoming night last Friday.

Cross country dual meets have been eliminated this season as the newly formed Pacific Coast Athletic League has opted to run Center Meets with the new divisions competed in various venues.

A standout volleyball player and one of the best King City girls basketball teams ever were enshrined last Friday at the King City High School Athletic Hall of Fame.