Sports

KING CITY — This school year, King City High School (KCHS) introduced its first-ever traditional competitive cheer team, marking the beginning of cheerleading as a competitive sport at KCHS.  The team made an impressive debut during the 2024-25 winter season, achieving notable success at regional...

SALINAS VALLEY — With the end of the soccer season, it’s time to see which high school boys and girls from South Monterey County are taking back awards and receiving all-league honors. King City Mustangs After winning the Northern California Championship last season, the King City...

KING CITY — King City High’s track and field team will be hosting the 78th King City Invitational this Saturday at War Memorial Stadium. The track meet will include boys and girls events in the varsity and frosh-soph divisions. The invitational will start at 9:30...

KING CITY — On Thursday, Nov. 4, the King City Mustangs will travel to Pacific Grove High School for a chance to end a 15-year playoff drought. The last time the Mustangs played in a playoff game was Nov. 17, 2006. Last week the Mustangs were...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County rivals met on the turf at Gonzales High last week, with the host Spartans defeating the Greenfield Bruins, 1-0, in boys’ soccer. The Spartans’ Jorge Uribe scored the winning goal off an assist by Macario Chavarin. Gonzales goalie Luis...

KING CITY — After a disappointing opening loss to Soledad, the King City High Mustang swimmers racked up three straight wins. The swimmers visited Watsonville, and despite the terrible weather, came away with wins against Watsonville and Anzar. The girls scored a 88-54 win against Watsonville and...

The Greenfield boys cross country team placed second in the Central Coast Division III championships on Saturday to earn a trip to the State Meet.

KING CITY — King City High School swim team’s season-ending awards night, held earlier this month, ended with a surprise for head coach Cheryll Hill, who was thanked for her 30 years of coaching the Mustang teams. “I was not expecting to be recognized,” Hill...