Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — With the start of baseball, softball and track season in South Monterey County, this means the only thing left to do for boys’ and girls’ basketball is hand out league awards. Boys’ basketball The varsity boys’ basketball season has officially concluded as the...

KING CITY — Boxing began for members of the San Ardo and King City Boxing Clubs on Monday at the National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival that is taking place in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center in Lubbock, Texas. Bryan Cruz of the San Ardo...

The King City Lady Mustangs won on the road and at home to start the Mission Trail Athletic League with a 2-0 record and improved to 9-0 overall.

KING CITY — After a loss in the Central Coast Section (CCS) play-in game, the King City Mustangs’ hopes of getting into the softball playoffs were up to the CCS committee, which ultimately placed them into the CCS Division V playoff bracket. After making the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Aztecs lost 14-7 to the Palma Chieftains in a game that started out close but got away from the Aztecs toward the end of the contest on May 10. “We hung with them (Chieftains) early but towards the middle innings, they...

KING CITY — King City resident and 2010 high school graduate Marc Flores has been hitting the covers off baseballs this season for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes professional baseball team of the LMB Zona Norte. The Rieleros (Railroaders), founded in 1975, play their games at...

KING CITY — King City Boxing Club’s Andre Mosqueda made the most of his first appearance on the national boxing stage by earning a gold medal. Mosqueda, 8, was the champion in the 60-pound division at the 2021 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival in...

Senior players Lauren Johnson of King City High and Celeste Canchola of Soledad High were chosen to the Mission Trail Athletic League first-team at a meeting of league coaches.

SALINAS VALLEY — After 11 straight games on the road, the King City Mustangs softball team returned home to their rival, Gonzales Spartans, which ended dramatically.  Entering last Friday’s game, both King City and Gonzales were on losing streaks after winning consecutive games in a...

Lisa Villanueva had an outstanding tournament as a member of the Salinas Wildcats 10-and-under softball team that won the National Softball Association (NSA) Western World Series last week in Reno, Nev.