Tag: cheerleading

GILROY—While other football players around the state snuggled up in their beds and dreamt of the first day of practice, the Cougars were strapping on their shoulder pads. Not a millisecond of practice time was wasted at Christopher High School. The instant the clock struck midnight on Aug. 14, ending the two-week mandatory “dead period,” the team was on the field to usher in the start of a new year for prep sports.

The Gilroy cheerleading team will host a clinic Feb. 5 and participants will get to show off what they learned at a performance during the 7 p.m. varsity basketball game and ASB Winter Homecoming show. Pregame practice starts at 5:30 p.m.

After five years of working out at South Valley Middle School, Gilroy will finally have a place to call their own