Grant enables First Tee growth in Salinas Valley
SALINAS VALLEY — First Tee Monterey County has received a multi-year grant from Bank of America that will help expand its youth development programs into Greenfield, King City and additional Monterey Peninsula communities.
Salinas-based First Tee was recently named the 2021 Bank of America Neighborhood Champion for...
Volleyball | Spartans and Bruins win league titles as season ends for Mustangs and Aztecs
SALINAS VALLEY — Both Gonzales Spartans and Greenfield Bruins completed a strong season in volleyball, as each varsity team claimed the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division and Arroyo Division titles, respectively.
Gonzales Spartans
This was the first volleyball championship for Gonzales since 1996 and...
Basketball | Soledad Aztecs beat King City Mustangs after busy schedule
SALINAS VALLEY — The Covid-19 aftereffects are leaving some South Monterey County basketball teams to play multiple games a week to make up for previous cancellations.
“We were only able to get two practices this week,” said Soledad Aztecs head coach Nick Twitchell, whose team...
Aztecs win at Carmel
Adrian Lopez threw a three-hitter and struck out seven batters for the Soledad baseball team to earn a 5-1 pitching win over the host Carmel Padres last Friday afternoon.
Boxers fight travel to fights
There was no rest last weekend for San Ardo and King City Boxing Club head coach Rodolfo Tapia as he traveled to a boxing match at Santa Margarita on Friday and headed north on Saturday for another boxing match in San Leandro.
Football | King City dominates Gonzales in Little Big Game, 25-0
SALINAS VALLEY — Using their depth with three starters out, the King City Mustangs football team shut out the Gonzales Spartans, 25-0, last Friday night at Dick Force Stadium in Gonzales.
The game was the first football game played on Gonzales High’s new turf field...
South Monterey County teams compete in basketball, soccer playoffs
SALINAS VALLEY — With the regular season ending for fall sports, the start of the postseason has begun with South Monterey County sending six teams to Central Coast Section playoffs.
After finishing games last week on Monday and Tuesday, all the teams now had to...
South County football teams gather for annual jamboree
In the final tune-up before the start of non-league play, South County high school football teams took the field last Friday at the South County Jamboree, hosted by Soledad High School at the Gene Martin Stadium.
Rivals battle on soccer fields
The Mission Trail Athletic League season opened up last week with the Greenfield Bruins hosting the King City Mustangs and the Soledad Aztecs hosting the defending league champion Gonzales Spartans.
Basketball | Regular season ends for South Monterey County high school teams
SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played their final Pacific Coast Athletic League games of the season last week and will now be waiting for spots in the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs.
CCS brackets will be posted this week...



















