Sports

KING CITY — After dropping their first league game to Watsonville, the King City High School softball team has won five straight games that have put them in first place in the Mission Division. In what many considered a down year for the Lady Mustangs,...

SALINAS VALLEY — In their divisional opening game, the host King City Mustangs softball team beat the visiting Soledad Aztecs by a 13-4 tally. The Mustangs finished the game with 16 hits and were led in hitting with four hits by Katia Slama and three...

KING CITY — Bryan Cruz of the San Ardo Boxing Club and Andre Mosqueda of the King City Boxing Club came home winners last weekend after wins in Sacramento. The 15-year-old Cruz won his match at 106 pounds by split decision, and the 12-year-old Mosqueda...

SALINAS VALLEY — With the high school volleyball season officially coming to end, it’s time to honor the young ladies of South Monterey County who had a great season with awards. In the Cypress Division, the Greenfield Bruins were the lone representative from South Monterey...

A pair of San Ardo Boxing Club member came home with split decisions after boxing matches in Sacramento on Saturday.

KING CITY — King City High School boys’ soccer team dominated the All-League selections on Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division. Four Mustang players were chosen to the first-team All-League, including the division’s Most Valuable Player Gerardo Quintana. Joining Quintana as first-team players for King...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad and King City high school baseball teams are entering the week with berths in the Central Coast Section playoffs secured. King City earned entry into the tournament, which begins later this week, after last Thursday’s 13-3 home game against Gonzales High....

Adrian Lopez, a senior infielder and pitcher for the Soledad High baseball team was chosen as the Mission Trail Athletic League Player of the Year in a meeting of league head coaches.

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...