Sports

Junior running back Alex Valdez ran for 211 yards on 40 carries and scored four touchdowns in the King City Mustangs’ 27-6 victory over the visiting Santa Cruz High Cardinals.

The Carmel Padres played like defending league champions last week defeating the Gonzales Spartans by 11-1 and 10-2 scores.

The regular season ends this week for local high school volleyball teams as Mission Trail Athletic League games were played on Monday and today. King City has two games remaining and will be seeded on Saturday in the Central Coast Section Division IV Playoffs.

The King City Lady Mustangs had two girls players score in double-figures and played solid defense to defeat the defending league champion Robert Louis Stevenson Pirates 51-47 last Tuesday in the Mustang gym.

A trio of track and field athletes from Soledad, King City and Gonzales will represent their high schools and South County at Friday’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High School.

The King City Mustang boys basketball team will be out to get on the win column after starting the Mission Trail Athletic League season with losses to Carmel, Soledad and Pacific Grove. The Mustangs lost MTAL games last week on the road to the Aztecs and at home to the Breakers.

A shortened week due to rain forced the King City Mustang baseball team to play just one game last week and the Soledad Aztec baseball to play a doubleheader against Trinity Christian.

Hundreds of runners and walkers will take to South County backroads on Saturday to take part in the eighth annual Salinas Valley Half Marathon the will start at the Soledad Mission and finish at Pessagno Winery on 1645 River Road.