Photo | King City golfers earn first-team honors
This year’s boys golf players from King City High School are Aden Pena, Jake King, Max Tugel, Israel Santiago, Christopher Martinez and Tanner King. Both Pena and Tugel earned first-team all-league honors in the Cypress Division based on their golf scores.
Football | South Monterey County teams start strong
SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high schools hit the gridiron last Thursday, Friday and Saturday to mark the beginning of the football season.
King City, Greenfield and Gonzales came out winners, while Soledad fell at home in the pre-season opener.
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In a contest that...
Boxing | Local boxers fight in Merced, meet the Ghost
Two of the younger members of the King City and San Ardo Boxing Clubs traveled to Merced on Saturday to fight at the Mexican Independence Day Boxing Show that was hosted by the Haro Brothers Boxing Club.
Basketball | Locals play in Cooper Tournament at Gonzales
SALINAS VALLEY — All four South Monterey County high schools participated in last weekend’s Glenn Cooper Frosh-Soph Boys Basketball Tournament at the Roger Fernando Gym in Gonzales.
The tournament featured eight teams and is named after former teacher and head basketball coach Glenn Cooper.
Salinas was...
King City High’s Hearne wins CCS Scholar-Athlete Award
KING CITY — King City High School’s Amity Hearne has received the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Central Coast Section (CCS) Scholar-Athlete Award for 2025.
Hearne, the 18-year-old daughter of Jim and Trina Hearne, was chosen as the female winner of the award, while Anthony Toriz...
Football | King City, Gonzales drop to 0-2 as they prepare to face each other
KING CITY — So far this football season hasn’t been great for the two oldest teams in South Monterey County, the King City Mustangs and the Gonzales Spartans, as they both drop to 0-2.
In week two, King City had a difficult time with the...
Cross Country | Hartnell College runners from South Monterey County earn All-American status
SALINAS VALLEY — Competing in their last race as junior college runners, Ashley Ochoa of Gonzales and Esteban Deniz of King City earned All-American status for the Hartnell College Panthers cross country team at last Saturday’s Community College State Championships.
Ochoa and Deniz led a...
Soccer | King City girls beat Palma as boys team loses non-league game to Templeton
SALINAS VALLEY — In their only game last week, the King City High girls soccer team defeated Palma, 4-2, at home.
Goals for the Lady Mustangs were scored by Melody Sanchez, Jaslene Merino-Gomez, Janessa Correa and Alyssa Torres-Macias. Mayte Sarabia recorded on assist and Sanchez...
