Christopher High School

Playing without starting pitcher Aly Olvera, who will miss two weeks of action after suffering a concussion during a tournament last weekend, the Christopher High softball team rallied for a “big team win” 5-1 over Watsonville on Thursday.

For the second time this season, the Christopher High boys volleyball team swept through Palma, beating the Chieftains 25-22, 25-21 and 25-11 on Thursday night in Salinas.

The Christopher High varsity girls track and field squad checked off another box in its run toward a Monterey Bay League championship.

Sobrato is five months away from its inaugural season as a member of the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mount Hamilton Division, but the Bulldogs are already enjoying the perks of being an A league football team.

The rain didn’t keep the Christopher High golf team from teeing up against Watsonville, and amid the wet conditions and with umbrellas in tow, the Cougars – led by medalist Peter Hilkene – bested the Wildcatz 215-237 on Tuesday.

A hit by pitch to lead off the bottom of the eighth led the game-winning run as Skyline College handed Gavilan a 5-4 road loss in Coast Conference action Thursday.

Gilroy and Christopher high winter sports teams - basketball, soccer and wrestling - will have to contend with a few new counterparts come the 2012-13 season as the prep athletics alignment process took another step forward with the finalization of division placement into the reconfigured Monterey Bay League super conference.

The Christopher High softball team took another step forward in distancing itself from the rest of the Monterey Bay League on Tuesday, swinging past Seaside 13-3 to improve to 5-0 in league action.

If there was an ideal time for the Christopher High girls track and field team to defeat North Monterey County, head coach Jeff Myers said he felt Thursday in Gilroy was it.

Numbers don’t lie. And for Bryant Cid, they lead to roaring accolades.