Sports

KING CITY — To conclude the fall season, King City High School recently hosted an awards ceremony to honor some of its hardworking Mustang student-athletes. In football, Mustang varsity players receiving awards were Isaac Benavides, Defensive Player of the Year; Noah Pacheco, Francisco Sandoval Lineman...

KING CITY — The scoreboard had a workout last Friday night at War Memorial Stadium in King City as the visiting Carmel Padres and the host King City Mustangs combined for 96 points. The Mustangs were able to keep up with the Padres in the...

KING CITY — For the past two weeks, the King City Lady Mustangs have been on the road for Gabilan Division contests, and in those four matches they have gone 2-2. On Oct. 15, King City defeated host Hollister by a 3-1 score. Hollyn Hearne...

Three straight league wins kept the King City Lady Mustang basketball team amongst the league leaders at 4-1 and in a second place tie with Soledad. King City won a home game 60-27 over the Gonzales Spartans, and beat the host Santa Catalina Cougars 57-14 on the road in Monterey.

An outstanding junior season earned King City Lady Mustang volleyball player Grace Shepherd the Co-Most Valuable Player of the Mission Trail Athletic League that she shares with McKinley Fox of Santa Catalina. Shepherd was joined on the MTAL first-team by teammate and setter senior Megan Flores. Zeni Silva was the last Lady Mustang to be a co-MVP in the league.

SALINAS VALLEY — Three of the four South Monterey County volleyball teams still have a chance not only to make the playoffs, but also win their division, after another week of games. King City Mustangs had a major turnaround, starting the season with 2-6, but...

KING CITY — In the final game of the 2021-22 season, King City Mustangs quarterback Jjey Martinez and his team were lining up for a two-point conversion against Pacific Grove that likely would have pushed the game into overtime, but they were unable to...

KING CITY — Six girls from King City have qualified for Saturday’s Central Coast Section (CCS) Masters wrestling championships after placing in the top 10 during the CCS Southern Regionals last weekend at Watsonville High. Shyrah McDonald and Sophia Patino both placed fourth in the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Three of the four South Monterey County high schools are participating in this week’s play-in tournament, hoping to earn a spot in the Central Coast Section playoffs. In games Wednesday, Soledad is playing at noon against host Monterey; Gonzales is playing in...

SAN ARDO — At a boxing show on Saturday at the Rock Boxing Gym in Salinas, three boxers from the San Ardo Boxing Club came home with unanimous decisions. Grettel Cruz, 16, won her match in the 101-pound weight class; Miguel Hernandez, 15, won in...