VOLLEYBALL: CHS coach steps down, Cougars lose to Anzar
It has been an unconventional couple of days for the Christopher High girls varsity volleyball team.
ROUNDUP: GHS field hockey routs North Salinas; CHS girls water polo wins
Three different players registered at least three goals as the Gilroy High field hockey team routed visiting North Salinas 15-0 in an early season nonleague engagement Tuesday.
FOOTBALL: Sobrato defeats Christopher in season opener, 38-19
Sobrato established a three-score first-half advantage and held off host Christopher High 38-19 in front of a spirited crowd at Garcia-Elder Sports Complex on Friday night in Gilroy.
ROUNDUP: GHS boys, girls water polo and CHS girls volleyball
Visiting Harbor upended Gilroy High’s girls varsity water polo team 9-4 in the team’s Monterey Bay League Pacific Division opener Thursday in Gilroy.
SEASON PREVIEW: Christopher High football
Expectations. Three years ago, head coach Tim Pierleoni gathered a bunch of bright-eyed freshmen and sophomores for a meeting at Brownell Middle School and laid out an extensive list of goals. The Christopher High football team's 2011 league championship season – in year three – may have taken everyone on the opposite sideline by surprise. But among the CHS players and coaching staff, it was exactly what was envisioned when the program opened in 2009.
League shuffle: Putting teams and leagues in order as the prep fall season approaches
Eleven days separate this very moment from the opening bell of the 2012 high school football regular season. Other fall sports will get under way if not one or two days before, then a few days after. Nevertheless, the buzz is getting louder.
FOOTBALL: Annual Midnight Madness practice kicks off Cougars’ campaign
Jogging in formation, the click of their cleats on the pavement audible as 47 Christopher High varsity football players, hidden under matte black helmets, moved through the darkness of the campus' corridors.
On your mark, get set, the fall prep season is here
The calm before the ... Well, that sentence can’t be completed, because the storm that is the start of the high school sports fall season is upon us.
FOOTBALL: Locals help lead South to victory at Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star game
Jourdan Soares said statistics could have been tossed out the window. That coming from a guy who shredded defenses in amassing more than 1,400 receiving yards last fall. But as candid as ever, the Gilroy High speedster astutely stated that the only thing on the minds of the 45 players suited up for the South prior to the 38th annual Charlie Wedemeyer Silicon Valley Youth Classic All-Star football game was finding a way to carve out a win.
FOOTBALL: Six players gear up for annual Silicon Valley Youth Classic All-Star Game
Earlier this year, former Gilroy High School quarterback Niko Fortino had a message on his phone. On the other end of the voicemail, Independence High School head coach Norm Brown relayed the news Fortino had wanted to hear for quite some time. He had been chosen to be a member on the South squad in the Silicon Valley Youth Classic Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star football game – the annual exhibition that showcases the upper-echelon of outgoing senior football players in Santa Clara County.
