Sports

KING CITY — An outstanding week on the flag football field earned King City High player Katia Slama the MaxPreps/USA Football Girls High School Flag Football Player of the Week. As the team’s quarterback, Slama helped the Lady Mustangs win four games from Oct. 7-13....

In games last week, the King City Lady Mustangs lost in five games to Santa Catalina and won in five games against Christopher High School.

SANTA CRUZ — For the first time in 52 years, the annual Wharf to Wharf Race will not begin at the traditional starting line in front of The Grove, aka the Coconut Grove, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Instead, the 16,000 expected participants on...

KING CITY — South Monterey County athletics have been fortunate that Covid-19 hasn’t postponed any games as of late, but due to delays earlier in the season, the King City Mustangs girls’ basketball team had to play four games in five days. At the beginning...

The Fairview Middle School wrestling team from Gonzales placed ninth out of 20 teams at Saturday’s 11th Annual Spartan Invitational Wrestling Tournament at El Sausal Middle School in Salinas.

KING CITY — In the middle of a season, it’s unexpected to see a team with 15 days off between games, but the King City Mustangs softball team didn’t have any rust at all as they outscored Alisal and Pacific Grove, 25-6, to stay...

KING CITY — King City High School cross country runner Israel Limosnero and Gonzales High School standout Giovanni Ochoa qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Meet by placing eighth and 11th, respectively, at last Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division IV Championship. Limosnero, a...

KING CITY — Typically finishing 7-2 would be an excellent season for most high school football teams, and it was a good season for King City High, but the way it ended doesn’t sit right for the Mustangs as they return to the field...