Sports

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

Twenty-two teams will be at War Memorial Stadium this Saturday for the 74th Annual King City Young Lions and Young Farmers Invitational Track and Field Meet.

The defending Central Coast Section Division III Soledad High Aztec football came through in crunch time to defeat the visiting Carmel High Padres 23-21 in the league opener.

The Soledad High Aztec varsity baseball team is 1-0-1 to start the Mission Trail Athletic League as they defeated King City 9-7 at home and played to a 2-2 tie with the Mustangs last Friday on the road.

Three South County high school runners were awarded scholarships for their accomplishments as runners and their work in the classroom by the Monterey Bay Wednesday Night Laundry Runners (WNLR).

The high school football season began last Friday at Dick Force Stadium in Gonzales with the South County Football Jamboree.

Gonzales High multi-athlete Michelle Courrejou of the Class of 1981 has been chosen as a member of the Hartnell College Athletic Hall of Fame for 2017.

Track and field teams from Gonzales, Greenfield, and Soledad High Schools participated in the Alisal Track and Field Invitational on Saturday at Alisal High School in Salinas.

Needing a victory to stay in contention for a share of the league title the Soledad Aztecs downed the host San Lorenzo Valley Cougars 31-7 on Saturday in Felton.

King City High School distance runner Roman Munoz has qualified for his second State meet in track and field after finishing in the top third in the 1600 at Friday’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High School.