Sports

SALINAS VALLEY — A full state of high school sports started this week with games and meets taking place for tennis, baseball, softball, soccer and track and field teams. Gonzales girls tennis began the season with a 7-0 loss to Notre Dame of Salinas, while...

Roman Munoz, a two-sport athlete, and Madison Owens, a three-sport athlete, were chosen as the 2016-2017 Athletes of the Year for King City High School.

KING CITY — Typically finishing 7-2 would be an excellent season for most high school football teams, and it was a good season for King City High, but the way it ended doesn’t sit right for the Mustangs as they return to the field...

SALINAS VALLEY — The Gonzales High boys basketball team won two of three games in the Cypress Division last week, beating North Salinas, 53-51, and Greenfield, 44-40, and losing 57-43 to King City. Against the North Salinas Vikings, Fernando De Leon led Gonzales with 22...

KING CITY — An outstanding week on the flag football field earned King City High player Katia Slama the MaxPreps/USA Football Girls High School Flag Football Player of the Week. As the team’s quarterback, Slama helped the Lady Mustangs win four games from Oct. 7-13....

SALINAS VALLEY — Track and field athletes from South Monterey County have a chance to continue the season at a qualifying meet for the Central Coast Section trials and finals. The qualifying meet will take place Thursday, May 27, at San Benito High School in...

The Mission Trail Athletic League season opened up last week with the Greenfield Bruins hosting the King City Mustangs and the Soledad Aztecs hosting the defending league champion Gonzales Spartans.

KING CITY — King City High School softball team gathered for an awards night and banquet last Thursday at the school cafeteria. Players, coaches and parents celebrated the successful 10-6 record last spring that ended in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section playoffs. Head Coach...

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...