Bay Area Panthers football team wins again
The Morgan Hill-based Bay Area Panthers of the Indoor Football League closed the regular season with a 45-30 win over the Massachusetts Pirates on July 25. The victory improved the team’s record to 13-3—best in the IFL—and enhanced their standing heading into the post-season.
The...
Local track and field athletes end season on the upswing
The track and field season finished up recently with the Blossom Valley Athletic League finals on May 10 at Santa Teresa High and the Central Coast Section prelims and finals at Gilroy High on May 17 and May 24.
One local athlete, Gilroy shot putter...
CHS three-sport star Robinson on to college at NAUÂ
Jaxen Robinson graduated from Christopher High this past spring, leaving an amazing legacy on the football field. As the Cougars’ quarterback the past two years, he led the team to a 2023 Central Coast Section final and a 2024 league title.
In the last campaign,...
Christopher’s Ella Miura heads to Long Island U.
Ella Miura captained Christopher High’s field hockey team the last two years, as the Cougars went 29-9-5 with a 2023-24 league title and made strong showings in the Central Coast Section playoffs both seasons.
In her four years on the varsity squad, CHS was 63-18-7...
High school baseball adds ‘double first base’ rule
Christopher’s baseball team closed the season strongly to reach the playoffs for the tenth straight non-Covid year. The Cougars were 16-11 overall, 8-6 in the ultra-competitive Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division. In the playoffs, CHS upset Palo Alto 3-2 on the road...
Chase Saldate completes his mission, wins state title
Three days before the start of the Central Coast Section Championships, Gilroy High senior Chase Saldate was at the American Kickboxing Academy wrestling with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. After two five-minute rounds, Saldate was exhausted. After all, not only was Saldate grappling with...
Gilroy’s Kaiden Gonzales broke 54-year old school shot put record
The Gilroy High shot put record of 56-11.25 had stood since 1971 when it was set by Sal Flores. No thrower had even registered a mark in the school Top 10 since 2005. Until Kaiden Gonzales came along.
This past spring, Gonzales capped his Gilroy...
Gilroy’s Infinity field hockey team wins California Cup
Put together the athletes from the powerhouse Gilroy High field hockey program and the athletes from crosstown powerhouse Christopher High. And what do you get? A club hockey team that can rock the state and shock the country. Which they just did.
The Infinity club...
These Mustangs go in the fast lane
The Gilroy High swimming quartet of sophomore Alexa Bennett, junior Ellie Pickford, and freshmen Hannah Stelzner and Payton Reeder face a good problem: since athletes are only allowed to swim in two of the three relays in any one meet, the four swimmers—who have...
CHS girls climb the mountaintop, again
Changes, changes and changes were in store for the Christopher girls basketball program in 2024-25. Departure of a crew of seniors who elevated the program the previous two seasons resulted in a new look and new leaders. A new coaching staff. And new basketball...
