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April 5, 2026

Prep Roundup: Feb. 18

Gilroy's Efren Pineda scored his fourth goal of the season and it was all his team would need to top Salinas 1-0 Tuesday on the road. 

Prep Football: All-Star Game was about more than the score for South team

SAN JOSE—A goal 18 years in the making was finally accomplished Wednesday night.

Prep Volleyball: Cougars drop final home game on emotional Senior Night

GILROY — Christopher knew taking on Notre Dame would be no easy task. The Spirits are good — scarily good.

Prep Roundup: Cox leads Gilroy High boys at MBL match

Tommy Cox carded 9-over-par 45 to lead Gilroy High’s boys golf team to a fourth-place team finish in a Monterey Bay League Pacific Division match Tuesday at Salinas Fairways Golf Course.

Cougars, Mustangs girls tennis programs continue to flourish

The top two girls tennis teams in the seven-team Blossom Valley Athletic League West Valley Division are both in the city of Gilroy.  On Monday afternoon, Gilroy High hosted cross-town rival Christopher High in the battle of unbeatens.  In the end, the scoreboard showed the Cougars...

BASKETBALL: CHS girls send off Live Oak, 52-28

The first game of a back-to-back home contests went the way of the Christopher High girls basketball team in a 52-28 decision against Live Oak on Thursday night.

Melia Middleton leads CHS track and field team in PCAL Masters/CCS Qualifier Meet

Melia Middleton is still trying to find the form that pushed her to second place in the 300 meter hurdles race in the Central Coast Section Championships last year.  The Christopher High junior feels like she’s getting close, and just at the right time. Middleton...

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. 

Literally seconds away: Cross Country Championships has heartbreak, joy all in one

Unmitigated joy on one end, heartbreak on the other. In the Central Coast Section Cross-Country Championships, the line between realizing a dream or experiencing emptiness often comes down to seconds—literally.

Prep Lacrosse: Crosse-ing over

As a teenager, Christopher’s Athletic Director Darren Yafai dreamed of playing lacrosse. He knew the game inside and out, learning all the skills from his father, who had played in Canada. He frequently talked lacrosse with Gary Podesta—the head coach of the Santa Clara University team at the time—during his shift at Nob Hill where he bagged groceries. There was only one thing stopping Yafai from playing—Gilroy didn’t have a team.

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