Sports

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: If California were its own country, it would rank fifth in an Olympic medal count. Dr. Bill Mallon, who had recently landed in Tokyo when I reached him by phone this week, couldn’t say for sure whether...

SALINAS VALLEY — The Greenfield and King City high school softball teams have winning records in their respective divisions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League. The Bruins are 3-0 in the Cypress Division and the Mustangs are 4-1 in the Mission Division. Greenfield played at...

SALINAS VALLEY — The final three weeks of high school basketball will be competitive as South Monterey County teams will be playing their respective divisional foes for the second time. In the boys’ Cypress Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Soledad is leading the...

KING CITY — A young King City High School football team opened the 2023 season with a squad that had its share of untested and inexperienced players. This upcoming fall season will be no different for the Mustangs, who will once again be a youthful...

Gonzales High scored three runs in the sixth inning to snap a seven-game league winning streak by the Greenfield Bruins on Friday in Greenfield.

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,...

SALINAS VALLEY — From Little League baseball to fitness programs to enhanced fitness for adult seniors, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the day-to-day sports activities of youth and adults alike in South Monterey County and beyond. Beginning with the suspension of Little League programs, to Friday’s school closures for...

KING CITY — This Saturday, Sept. 13, the King City High School cross country team will host the 2025 King City Cross Country Invitational at San Lorenzo Park. The meet will feature races in the boys’ and girls’ varsity divisions, junior varsity divisions and frosh/soph...

KING CITY — Gabilan Division games were a struggle for the King City Lady Mustangs as they lost a pair of home games to the Carmel Padres and the Monte Vista Christian Mustangs. The Padres defeated King City, 3-0, and Monte Vista Christian downed the...

A brand new gray and blue all-weather track surface was laid down last month at War Memorial Stadium in King City. The 440-yard nine-lane track became an all-weather facility in 2006.