High School Sports

Notre Dame of Salinas defeated Gilroy High’s girls basketball team 42-16 in the consolation bracket final of the Mustang Classic on Saturday.

As has been the case over the past two seasons, the Gilroy High swim team entered the Tri-County Athletic League finals at Everett Alvarez High School with just a handful of varsity swimmers. Low numbers, though, haven't hindered the Mustangs in regard to individual accomplishments. That trend remained true Friday in Salinas.

Hibsen Tamayo scored on an assist from Alejandro Robles to lift Christopher’s boys soccer team to a 1-0 home win over Palma on Tuesday.

Rivalries usually consist of teams trading wins game in and game out. But in boys soccer, the Gilroy and San Benito rivalry has been mostly one sided – tilting toward the Mustangs.

Christopher is happy that it is finally seeing success on the football field, but the Cougars aren’t taking much pleasure seeing a team that is struggling to find some wins.

Cydney Caradonna has plenty of options when she brings the ball down the court for Christopher High’s girls basketball team.

GILROY — Forget about last year.

Allison Foster is an explosive leaper in volleyball and basketball. The Christopher High outside hitter and forward would be one of the most accomplished athletes in the school even if she limited herself to two sports.

Gilroy

Freshman Emma Horn helped to save Christopher’s chances at undefeated season Monday by narrowly besting Gilroy in a nail bitter. The match was initially slated for Wednesday, but had to be postponed because of smoky conditions. And Mother Nature made sure despite the smoke in the...