Sports

All four local high school cross country teams were on the Monterey Peninsula last week with races at Carmel Valley, Monterey, and Pacific Grove.

Hartnell Community College District is gearing up for its Fifth Annual Athletics Hall of Fame 2017 on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 411 Central Ave., in Salinas, and seeks nominations for the next class of inductees.

In a week full of offense on the baseball fields, probably no team was as productive as the Mission Trail Athletic League leading Soledad High Aztecs.

Lisa Villanueva had an outstanding tournament as a member of the Salinas Wildcats 10-and-under softball team that won the National Softball Association (NSA) Western World Series last week in Reno, Nev.

Alvaro Pantoja of the San Ardo Boxing Club won by unanimous decision at the Red Shield Boxing Show in Modesto on Saturday afternoon. Pantoja fought in the 135 pound weight class.

The Mission Trial Athletic League leading Carmel Padres defeated the host King City Lady Mustangs last Thursday, 27-1. Carmel outhit King City 20 to 3.

In a game for first place in the Mission Trail Athletic League the Soledad Aztecs played well but were unable to come home with a win against the host Robert Louis Stevenson Pirates. Stevenson’s Ambreece Gaskins scored 21 points to lead the Pirates to the 55-48 win.

Victories in the opening round of play and the quarterfinals earned the Soledad Aztec baseball team a spot in today’s Central Coast Section Division II Semifinals against Christopher High School as San Jose’s Municipal Stadium.

A first-ever Mission Trail Athletic League title in girls basketball brought tears of joy, huge smiles, and countless hugs on Friday for the champion Soledad girls team, their coaches, and their families.

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.