High School Sports

GILROY — Forget about last year.

Entering their second year at the varsity level, players on the Christopher High boys varsity basketball team weren’t shy in setting lofty goals for the 2011-12 season. If you ask them, the more expectation, the merrier.

The Gilroy girls basketball team maintained its blemish-free league record with a 53-34 win over Pajaro Valley Tuesday at home.

The Christopher High wrestling team will take four No. 1-seeds  into the Monterey Bay League championships Saturday in Seaside.

Christopher High’s boys tennis team dominated on its way to a 7-0 win at Alisal on Tuesday.

GILROY—Christopher and Gilroy came out swinging to start Friday’s crosstown clash at Gilroy High.

After being shutout 3-0 by San Benito on Thursday, Gilroy rebounded with a league win over Palma.

Sherelle Butler scored twice, Melanie Tanaka and Maddie Peterson each had one goal and the Christopher High field hockey team turned away York 4-0 on Monday.

Gilroy High wrestling coach Greg Varela tells a story dating back six or seven years. In it, Varela, who is in his third year at the helm and 10th overall with the program, poignantly describes a handful of young wrestlers training together in a garage as he guides the way with the help of a couple other coaches.

GILROY — It may have been Senior Night at Gilroy High, but it was a freshman that shined.