Christopher High School

Christopher HS Boys Basketball (17-2 overall, 7-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton) Recent results: Won 54-44 vs. Willow Glen; won 64-48 at Leigh Upcoming games: 7pm Feb. 5 at Branham; 7pm Feb. 7 at Santa Teresa NOTES: Cougars remain on top of the league; second-place Westmont visits on Feb....

Last year, Christopher toughened up on a hard preseason schedule and blitzed its league with a 10-0 record and a Central Coast Section playoff berth. This year, the Cougars have been shifted up to a higher division in the Blossom Valley Athletic League.  After an...

For the third time in four years, the Christopher High girls soccer team has advanced to a Central Coast Section playoff championship match.  The Cougars made it happen after a riveting 2-1 overtime win over Menlo School in a Division II semifinal Wednesday. The No....

The good news first: The Christopher High girls varsity basketball team picked up a 55-50 victory over perennial section power North Salinas on the road Tuesday night. The not as good news: The Cougars led by as many as 21 points in the third quarter before being outscored 23-9 in the fourth and forced to hold on for the five-point win. Either way it's dissected, though, the Cougars weathered the storm and moved to 6-2 this season after their fourth straight triumph.

Christopher persevered through the entirety of the game to upend Live Oak 77-39 Thursday at the 36th annual Bob Hagen Memorial basketball tournament

GILROY — The Bert Mar Invitational has been in exsistence for four years and Christopher’s Jimmie Lopez has walked away a champion each time.

Chad Hartman led Christopher into uncharted territory Wednesday as the team notched its first ever win over San Benito. 

GILROY — The same day Natalie Gutierrez broke Christopher’s high jump record, her shoes were stolen. It turns out, she doesn’t need them.

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of prep previews the Dispatch will be running leading up to the start of the season. We will focus on a different sport and team each week.

Christopher High football coach Darren Yafai and his staff traveled to San Francisco last Saturday to scout the Sacred Heart Cathedral-Mountain View game. To say the Fightin’ Irish looked impressive would be a vast understatement.  “They’re the real deal,” Yafai said. “Seeing them in person,...