Sports

A little trickery and a lot of size by host Scotts Valley dropped the King City Mustang football to 2-1 in the Mission Trail Athletic League after a 24-0 loss to the Falcons.

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 High Lady Mustang and Lady Bronco volleyball team got a chance test themselves against league opponents last Saturday as they participated in the Gabilan Division varsity and junior varsity jamborees at Salinas and Hollister. King City is now a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division.

Wins over the Oakwood Hawks of Morgan Hill and the Trinity Christian Warriors of Monterey has the King City Mustang boys basketball at 2-3 in the Mission Trail Athletic League.

The host Watsonville Wildcatz held off the Gonzales Spartan baseball team in the final two innings to defeat the visitors 10-9 in a non-league game last Thursday afternoon.

The King City Lady Mustangs had two girls players score in double-figures and played solid defense to defeat the defending league champion Robert Louis Stevenson Pirates 51-47 last Tuesday in the Mustang gym.

Three straight league losses after three straight league wins forced the King City Mustang basketball team to regroup and work out problems they were having on the basketball court.