Prep Roundup: April 21

With Monday’s match against Alisal tied at 3-all, the Cougars’ fate rested on the shoulders of No. 4 singles players Jesus Velasquez. 
Alisal had beaten Christopher 4-3 in the first meeting of the season and the Cougars didn’t want to close out their season finale in the same fashion. No. 4 Velasquez had dropped the first set to his Trojans’ opponent, Jose Negrete, 2-6 and Christopher feared history was about to repeat itself. 
Then Velasquez changed his approach. 
The Cougar rebounded to win the second set 6-4 to force a tiebreaker, which he won 10-5. The victory gave Christopher the 4-3 win for its home finale.
“The players were probably feeling the pressure as both teams were at the fence cheering on their teammates,” Cougar coach Patrick McBrearty said. “The score was 9-5 in favor of CHS when Jesus hit a cross court winner to take the day!”
The remaining No. 1 and 3 singles players, along with No. 1 doubles, made quick work of the Trojans to up CHS up 3-0 early.
No.1 Destin Cockcroft had the toughest match of the three, but pulled out a 7-6, 6-1 win over Jacob Garcia. The No. 3, Dominic Nguyen, topped Alisal’s Abraham Lozano 6-1, 6-1. 
The No. 1 doubles team of Isaiah Rugerio and Tom Madruga breezed by Alisal’s Rexon Alejano and Isaias Corona 6-0, 6-3.
But not all the Cougars had such an easy time with Alisal.
No. 2 singles Geoffrey He was handed a 6-3, 6-3 loss by Alisal’s Adrian Serrato. 
The No. 2 team of Sam Fernandez and Ernesto Jimenez were beaten 6-3, 6-0 by their Alisal counterparts—Fabian Escamilla and Ryan Sugabo. The No. 3 team, Alfredo Barberena and Michael Davalos, had the same fate as they were beaten by Alisal’s Luis Lozano and Jesus Ceta 6-3, 6-3. 
GYMNASTICS
Cougars, Mustangs have strong showing in Mountain View
While six of the Top 10 spots were claimed by host team St. Francis, two Cougars earned their spots there during the April 15 meet at Twisters in Mountain View. 
Christopher’s Tiffany Roberts and Stacey Gaddis finished sixth and eighth, respectively. Teammate Kristin Dick wasn’t far behind, taking 11th place at the meet.
Roberts’ best result came in the floor exercise where she took fifth with 9.3 spots. She tied for sixth on the uneven bars with an 8.8 score and took 10th in the vault, scoring an 8.6. She rounded out the day with a 12th place finish on the beam with an 7.8 score.
Gaddis finished eighth on the floor, scoring an 8.45. She took 10th on the beam (8.1) and 11th on the bars (8.2). She also tied for 13th in the vault even, scoring an 8.4. 
Dick’s best performance of the day came on the uneven bars where she notched an 8.0, which was good for a 12th place tie. She finished 13th in the floor exercise (8.05) and tied for 16th on the beam (7.0). Dick also claimed 17th on the vault with an 8.2 finish. 
Christopher’s Christine Sullivan led the way for the JV squad with a sixth place finish. She tied for second place on the uneven bars with an 8.3 score. She took eighth on the beam (7.3) and tied for eighth in the floor exercise (8.3). She also tied for 11th place in the vault event, scoring an 8.6. 
Her teammates Brenda Garcia, Miranda Babarena, Kayleigh Chapman and Diana Tamayo took 12th, 13th, 14th place and 18th respectively.
Gilroy’s Josie Fisser finished 15th, while teammates Emily Hernandez and Ashley Potter were 20th and 22nd, respectively. 
Gilroy and Christopher will host a home meet Friday and Saturday. The meet starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday and noon on Saturday. 
Find out when and where your favorite Cougar and Mustang teams are in action this week:
CHRISTOPHER
4.21 — Boys golf at Monterey*, at Del Monte, 3 p.m.; Boys tennis vs. Alisal*, 4 p.m.; Baseball vs. Monterey*, 4 p.m.; Softball at San Benito* at Veteran’s Park, 6 p.m.; Boys volleyball vs. Palma*, 6:30 p.m.; Lacrosse vs. Latino College Preparatory Academy, 7 p.m.
4.22 — Lacrosse at Aptos*, 7 p.m.
4.23 — Track at Salinas*, 3:30 p.m.; Baseball at Monterey*, at Sollecito Baseball Diamond, 4 p.m.; Boys volleyball vs. Gonzales*, regular season and home finale, 6:30 p.m.
4.24 — Swimming vs. Gilroy*, 3:30 p.m.; Baseball vs. Palma*, 4 p.m.; Lacrosse at York*, 4 p.m.; Gymnastics at Gilroy High, 5:30 p.m.
4.25 — Gymnastics at Gilroy High, noon

GILROY
4.21 — Baseball at Salinas*, 4 p.m.; Boys volleyball at Monterey*, 6:30 p.m. 
4.22 — Boys golf at North Monterey County*, at Black Horse Golf Course, 3 p.m.; Badminton at Live Oak, 4 p.m.
4.23 — Track at Monterey*, 3:30 p.m.; Baseball vs. Salinas*, 4 p.m.; Softball vs. North Salinas*, 4:30 p.m.;  Boys volleyball vs. Alisal*, home and regular season finale, 6:30 p.m.
4.24 — Swimming at Christopher*, 3:30 p.m.; Badminton at James Lick, 4 p.m.; Gymnastics, home meet, 5:30 p.m.; Baseball at San Benito*, at Veteran’s Park, 7 p.m.
4.25 — Track at Alisal Invitational, 9:30 a.m.; Gymnastics, home meet, noon
*Denotes league contest