San Ardo boxer claims title at national tournament
SAN ARDO ā Fourteen-year-old boxer Bryan Cruz made the San Ardo Boxing Club proud as he won the championship title in the 90-pound weight class at the National Junior Olympics Boxing Tournament in Wichita, Kan.
The tournament ran from June 22-29.
Cruz, with nearly 50 fights...
Baseball | South Monterey County teams look toward playoffs
SALINAS VALLEY ā With one week left before finding out who will make it to the postseason, South Monterey County has at least one team going, but Soledad and King City will be in the conversation.
In the Central Coast Section, there are six divisions....
Basketball | New season begins for South Monterey County girlsā teams
SALINAS VALLEY ā Now that the sportsmanship games are out of the way for girlsā basketball teams in South Monterey County, the matchups beginning this past week count toward their 2022-23 season.
Soledad Aztecs
The Lady Aztecs were busy last week entering in the MVC Mission...
KC on the road for playoffs
Wins in the final week of play earned the King City Mustang baseball team a #12 seed in the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs that begin today. The Mustangs will start the playoffs on the road in a 3:30 p.m. game with the host Gilroy High Mustangs. Gilroy earned the #4 seed in the division.
Wrestling | South Monterey County girls kick off season while honoring Title IX
SALINAS VALLEY ā The 2022-23 high school wrestling season kicked off Nov. 19 at Gonzales High School, which hosted the Pacific Coast Athletic League Girls Wrestling Jamboree.
More than 90 girls from across Monterey County, including King City and Soledad, participated in the season opener...
Hartnell College to honor 13 inductees into Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023
SALINAS ā Hartnell Community College District will induct the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023 during a luncheon Saturday, Oct. 14, at the collegeās main campus at 411 Central Ave. in Salinas.Ā
This will be the 10th annual event for the college.
āFor the past...
Win streak continues for KC
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.
Football Preview | King City hosts Stevenson in last preseason game
KING CITY ā It might have taken two games for the King City Mustangs to get their first win of the season, but after blowing out their rivals, the Gonzales Spartans, the Mustangs looked like a team heading in the right direction.
After struggling in...
Mustangs trample Eagles, 6-4, at home
Behind the pitching of Clay Barbree and Brian Lopez the King City Mustang baseball team defeated the visiting Everett Alvarez Eagles by a 6-4 score on April 3.
South County graduates named Athletes of the Year
King City graduate Megan Flores and Soledad High graduate Aaron Rodriguez were chosen by the Monterey County Herald as its 2017-2018 Athletes of the Year.