Sports

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...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County athletes Aleena Salas of the Greenfield High volleyball team and Katia Slama of the King City High flag football team were honored by being selected Most Valuable Players of their respective Pacific Coast Athletic League teams. Salas, a sophomore...

KING CITY — King City High’s cross country teams celebrated the completion of their running season with a dinner and awards night at the school cafeteria. Runners, coaches and parents attended the Christmas-themed event in semi-formal attire. “We had tacos for our dinner and we celebrated...

KING CITY — Hard work is paying off for the King City Mustangs baseball team as they opened Cypress Divisional play with two wins against the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies. In road and home games, the Mustangs scored 34 combined runs while limiting the Grizzles to...

KING CITY — Lisa Villanueva, the 18-year-old daughter of Mac and Heidi Villanueva of King City, was recently named as a first-team All-State Small School softball player by Cal-Hi Sports. Villanueva will be headed to Southern California next month to attend Fullerton Junior College, where...

SALINAS VALLEY — Three South Monterey County youth baseball teams are still alive in the District 9 Little League All-Star Tournament, as of Monday. The King City Juniors reached the semi-finals from the losers bracket, as they had suffered an 11-3 loss to Manzanita after...

Adrian Lopez of Soledad was named last week to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State small school second team as a pitcher.

Ivan Almanza of the King City Boxing Club put his club on the map as he won a championship belt at Saturday’s Louie Jordan Championship Tournament in Modesto.

KING CITY — After 15 straight league losses, the Gonzales Spartans varsity boys’ basketball team beat their longtime rival, the King City Mustangs, last Thursday for their first league win of the season. Coming into the week, the Mustangs were on a roll winning four...

KING CITY — Going into last Friday’s games, only four more weeks remain in the high school football regular season. With the postseason out of reach for the King City Mustangs and the Soledad Aztecs, the pride that these two schools have will make...