Christopher High School

Christopher High is located on Day Road in Gilroy, but the street sign that hangs outside the school might as well be a tribute.

Paulina Llamas scored three goals and Alora Estrada added two goals to lead Christopher’s girls soccer team to an 8-0 win over visiting Kirby on Tuesday.

A battle with pneumonia sidelined Dillon Day from the Bob Hagen Memorial Invitational boys basketball tournament last week at Gilroy High, but there might have been nothing to keep the Christopher High star from taking the court Monday night.

David Solorzano and Andres Jimenez each scored off second-half corner kicks from Mario Rubalcava to help Gilroy High’s boys soccer team rally for a 2-1 victory over Menlo-Atherton in the third round of the Homestead Cup on Saturday.

In perhaps the biggest game of the year so far for the San Benito boys basketball team, Jacob Tonascia had his best game on the offensive end in his three-year varsity career.

It was nearly eight years ago that the Acorns last won a game at Gilroy High. In 2004 - Live Oak’s second to last year in the same league with the Mustangs - the Acorns upset the Mustangs 44-34 in Gilroy.

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

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Gilroy High boys basketball coach Tim Jones said his team has worked on crashing the boards in recent practices.