Sports

The Greenfield Lady Bruins softball team exploded for 37 runs and a combined 36 hits in wins last week against the Trinity Christian Warriors and the Anzar Hawks.

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

South County football players took the field for one last time high school players last Friday at the 33rd Annual All-Star High School Football Game at Rabobank Football Stadium in Salinas. Six players from Soledad, two players from Greenfield, two from King City, and one from Gonzales High participated in the game.

With five runners in the top six places the King City varsity boys cross country team easily won their division at Saturday’s Jackie Henderson Memorial Invitational hosted by North Monterey High School in Castroville. King City scored 17 points to easily defeat second place San Benito with 66 points. Soledad High placed fifth in the division.

The visiting Pacific Grove Breaker football team blanked the host Greenfield High Bruins, 23-0, on Friday to spoil the home coaching debut of Greenfield varsity head coach Adam Barsenas.

The King City Lady Mustangs are 5-1 in the Mission Trail Athletic League as they defeated the Anzar Hawks in three games in San Juan Bautista and beat visiting Soledad High in three games.

Greenfield Lady Bruins volleyball team lost at home in four games Sept. 25 to the Pumas of Pacific Collegiate of Santa Cruz in Santa Lucia Divisional play. The Pumas beat Greenfield 23-25, 25-23, 12-25 and 9-25.

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.

Change is coming next fall for local high school athletic teams as 33 schools that make up the tri-county area will be realigned to form new divisions as part of the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL).

There will be a battle on the Greenfield High School basketball court as the Greenfield Fire Association faces off against the Greenfield Police Department on Sunday, July 1.