Sports

Greenfield Lady Bruins won two of three basketball games last week to improve to .500 for the non-league season at 3-3.

Three of the four boys soccer teams from South County were victorious on the soccer pitch and two girls teams won games in non-league play last week. This is the final week of non-league games for the local teams.

With the league seasons a month away, local high school basketball teams are traveling near and far to play in non-league contests.

Local girls and boys soccer teams began the second week of non-league play last week in preparation for league play that will start in January.

A successful season came to an end for the Greenfield High boys cross country team as they competed on Saturday at the California Interscholastic Federation State Meet at Fresno’s Woodward Park. Competing in the Division III the Bruins placed 13th overall as a team.

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).

Sportsmanship basketball games were played last week to kick of the season by the Soledad and Gonzales boys teams and the King City and Greenfield girls teams.

Students from Carrillo’s Karate Studios in Greenfield and King City earned 1st degree and 2nd degree black belts respectively on Nov. 18 in Milpitas at the Funakoshi Shotakan Studios.

Greenfield High School quarterback Andy Hernandez was voted the Back of the Year of the Mission Trail Athletic League Division. Hernandez, a senior exhibited his versatility on the field gaining over 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards passing for the season.

Athletes from Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City were enshrined into the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017 on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Hartnell College.