It took a little more than a year of growing pains at the
varsity level, but the Christopher High girls tennis team earned
its first match victory in rousing fashion.
It took a little more than a year of growing pains at the varsity level, but the Christopher High girls tennis team earned its first match victory in rousing fashion.
The Cougars swept Monte Vista Christian 7-0 on Thursday in Gilroy.
Emily Barham (6-0, 6-1), Shelby O’Hara (6-1, 7-6), Nubia Cruz (6-2, 6-1) and Fredreike Moeller (6-3, 6-2) won singles matches one through four, respectively.
Head coach Patrick McBrearty highlighted O’Hara’s victory at No. 2 singles, noting her difficult three-set loss on Tuesday as motivation to prevent a similar outcome Thursday.
The Cougars doubles put together their best collective efforts of the season as well. Celeste Martinez and Sierra Smith won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles, Adena Chen and Laura Frieberg were victorious 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 and Vianey Ramos and Bertha Castillo were triumphant at No. 3 doubles 6-2, 6-3.
CHS water polo
A six-goal fourth quarter propelled the Christopher High varsity boys water polo team past Alvarez 11-7 in a Tri-County Athletic League Valley Division contest Thursday in Salinas.
The Eagles held a slim one-goal lead entering the fourth, but three tallies from Matthew Higginbotham, two by James Benson and another from Brennan Laden pushed the Cougars ahead for good. Higginbotham finished with a team-high six goals. Brennan Wilson and Brandon Irby also had one goal each for the Cougars.
CHS will break in its new pool on Monday, hosting Gilroy High at 3:30 p.m.
Despite six goals from Kaitlin Ramirez, the girls varsity water polo team fell short in their efforts 12-7 against Alvarez.
Natalie Garcia (2) and Shannon McAvoy (1) had the other CHS goals.
GHS boys, girls water polo
The week started well for the Gilroy High boys water polo team with a 15-6 victory over Watsonville on Tuesday.
On Thursday though, the Mustangs (3-4 TCAL) couldn’t complete the flawless week, falling to visiting San Lorenzo Valley 10-5.
Michael Shields registered all five goals for GHS.
Brenden Riemer and Levi Carbone topped the lengthy list of Mustangs’ scorers Tuesday with three goals each. Joe Vanni, Shields, Garrett Pipkin and Derek Harris contributed two goals each, while Mika Smith had one.
The girls went 0-2 this week and are still in search of win No. 1 on the year.
Michelle Shields scored six goals in the Mustangs’ 17-7 loss to San Lorenzo Valley on Thursday.
