Sports

The Soledad High Aztec baseball team left no doubt who was the champion in the Mission Trail Athletic League as they won the league title with a 16-2 record.

The Soledad High Lady Aztecs completed the season last week with a non-league contest with St. Francis of Watsonville at home and an away game to league foe Santa Catalina.

The Soledad Aztecs needed a win yesterday over the Pacific Grove Breakers to assure themselves the outright Mission Trail Athletic League baseball title.

A sixth straight championship also meant an end of an era for the King City boys track and field team. The Mustangs won the Mission Trail Athletic League in what was the last championship meet for them in the MTAL as next year King City, Gonzales, Greenfield and Soledad will be members of the Pacific Coast Athletic League.

The Soledad High varsity softball team had 1-2 record last week as they defeated visiting Robert Louis Stevenson by an 18-8 score, lost 17-2 on the field to the Carmel Padres, and lost to the Padres a few days later because of a forfeit.

A pair of league wins and a non-league victory has the red-hot Soledad Aztec baseball with a 16-4-1 overall record and 12-1-1 in the Mission Trail Athletic League.

The Soledad Aztec softball team fell to 3-6 in the Mission Trail Athletic League as they lost for the third straight time to league foes.

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.

Celeste Parra and Angela Morea hit a pair of doubles and Sarah Gonzalez pitched five strong innings as the Soledad High softball team beat the host Robert Louis Stevenson Pirates 9-3 last Wednesday in Pebble Beach.

A road win and home win against the Carmel Padres moved the Soledad Aztec baseball team into first place in the Mission Trail Athletic League.