Being a quarterback is never easy - imagine the pressure if your last name happens to be Montana. His backup is named Gretzky. One of the top receivers has a more common surname: Smith. Common until you learn that his father's name is Will.   More »

CIF teams will follow NFHS rules starting next year in increasing the mound to plate distance from 40 feet to 43 feet.   More »

On Thursday afternoon, representatives from the TV program arrived in Salinas in their picturesque green van to bring that message to 280 Alisal High School ...   More »

Vaughan, a Salinas High graduate, is second on the team, averaging 1.17 per game. The 6-foot-2 sophomore has also established a career high for kills with ...   More »

Shephard is a Salinas marketing and management consultant, and a graduate of Alisal High School and Hartnell College. He has not held elected office before. ...   More »

Also at the hearing were Alisal High School teachers Jason Low and Matt Barclay, who brought along seven students preparing for the annual Monterey County ...   More »

... and physics and played football — defensive back, to be exact — at Salinas High School. He worked at a minimart his father once owned on Alisal Street. ...   More »

Officials are needed for the high school season for basketball, soccer, baseball, softball and water polo. Training is provided. Call 375-3301. Alisal is ...   More »

Ray was already a big deal as a senior at Alisal High School by the time Daniel -- a boy soprano who could hit a high-C -- checked in as a freshman. ...   More »

Alisal schools are not alone: For the 2009-10 school year, 675 schools in California were newly identified for program improvement — 2½ times the number ...   More »