Sports

The host Pacific Grove Breakers scored in double digits every quarter to overwhelm the Greenfield Bruins boys basketball 66-40 last Tuesday night on the Monterey Peninsula. The Breakers improved to 3-0 in the Mission Trail Athletic League and the Bruins dropped their third straight league game.

Adrian Lopez, a senior infielder and pitcher for the Soledad High baseball team was chosen as the Mission Trail Athletic League Player of the Year in a meeting of league head coaches.

Four youth football players from Greenfield have had plenty of success this spring as members of the Monterey County Hit Squad Football Team.

For a team that entered their game with Greenfield having lost four of its last five contests, the Santa Cruz Cardinals were impressive in a 48-22 win over the Bruins last Friday night.

Two players and a coach from South County were honored by the Coastal Athletic League for their work on the softball field this spring.

Gonzales High School placed seven football players on the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Santa Lucia Division All-League first-team, while Greenfield High Bruins had three players chosen first-team offense and one player voted first-team for defense.

The defending Mission Trail Athletic League and CCS Division IV champion Greenfield Bruins boys team prepared for tomorrow’s MTAL finals with a dual meet win over King City on Thursday at Oak Park.

The South County Jamboree proved to be a success for local high school football teams in terms of preparing for upcoming season. With King City, Soledad and Gonzales facing non-league opponents this week and Greenfield starting play next week, the jamboree served as way for teams to access their progress.

A potent running game and stingy defense wore down visiting Greenfield in a 42-13 loss to the host St. Francis Sharks on Friday night in Watsonville.

The Greenfield Lady Bruin softball team outslugged the visiting King City Lady Mustangs 13-12 on March 28 in a Coastal League contest in Greenfield.