Sports

Shotokan Karate students from Soledad, San Luis Obispo and Greenfield took karate exams for the first time ever in Greenfield.

A balanced offensive attack by Seaside High wore down the host Soledad Aztecs in the season opener for both football teams.

The Soledad Aztec baseball team outscored the Anzar Hawks 38-3 to win a two-game series at home and on the road. Soledad beat the Hawks 21-0 in the first game and traveled to San Juan Bautista and downed the Hawks by a 17-3 tally.

Soledad High varsity thrower Daniel Contawe won the discus and placed second in the shot put at Saturday’s Bill Kearney Track and Field Invitational at Hartnell College in Salinas. Contawe had a winning mark of 148-6 in the discus and finished with a mark

A week off break energized the Soledad High Aztec football team as they shutout host Pacific Grove last Friday at Breaker Stadium.

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

A 19-4 third quarter run by Soledad High changed the momentum of a close game against King City and earned the visiting Aztecs a 59-42 victory.

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.

There was no rest last weekend for San Ardo and King City Boxing Club head coach Rodolfo Tapia as he traveled to a boxing match at Santa Margarita on Friday and headed north on Saturday for another boxing match in San Leandro.

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