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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...

KING CITY — All season long King City High’s football coaches and players kept it simple — be more physical than the other team, don’t turn the ball over and take it one game at a time. The goals of winning a championship and qualifying...

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. KING CITY In a contest that...

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.

SALINAS VALLEY — After nearly three weeks off, South Monterey County soccer teams will be back in action this week. The four boys’ and girls’ teams opened divisional play on Monday. BOYS’ SOCCER The Gonzales boys’ team finished the preseason with a 4-2-2 record and began...

Delaney Carroll and Alyssa Richardson scored in double figures to lead the King City Lady Mustang basketball to a 46-34 win over Gonzales High in the varsity game of the King City Christmas Classic.

SALINAS VALLEY — In volleyball games played last week in the Mission Division of the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gonzales High improved to 4-2 and 7-6 overall. The Spartans claimed a 3-0 win over Greenfield on the road and a 3-0 win over Watsonville at...

KING CITY — Last Thursday the King City Mustangs had an opportunity to punch their ticket to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time since 2006, but the team missed on a two-point conversion to tie the game against the Pacific Grove...

The King City Lady Mustang volleyball team will begin the Central Coast Section Division IV Playoffs on the road tonight at Gunderson High School.