Sports

Three members of the Soledad High School softball team were chosen to the Mission Trail Athletic League Softball second team. The Lady Aztec players were Skylah Fregoso, Evelina Ramirez and Celeste Parra.

Track and field teams from Gonzales and Soledad competed in a cluster meet at Pacific Grove and the Greenfield and King City teams completed in a cluster meet at Carmel on March 29.

Longtime Soledad junior varsity head football coach Eric Rodriguez was named the Aztec varsity football head coach last week.

Soledad High quarterback Robbie SantaAna and King City’s Clay Barbree were selected as major award winners in the Mission Trail Athletic League’s All-League football team.

Alize Duarte pitched five strong innings and received relief help from Monique Rodriguez and Elena Meza as the Soledad Lady Aztec varsity softball defeated visiting Robert Louis Stevenson 10-2 last Thursday afternoon.

The Monterey County Hit Squad ended the spring football season on Friday with games against the Arizona Bandits and the Arizona Rams. The Hit Squad featured five players from Greenfield and is a member of the American Youth Football League.

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.

The road was rough for the Soledad High boys basketball team with road losses to Robert Louis Stevenson and Pacific Grove. The setbacks dropped the Aztecs to 7-6 in the Mission Trail Athletic League and fourth place in league standings.

Members of the Gonzales High School wrestling team and their coaches and families gathered for a banquet and awards night last Wednesday in the school cafeteria.

Local girls and boys soccer teams began the second week of non-league play last week in preparation for league play that will start in January.