Christopher High School

Capsules of the 2012 Gilroy and Christopher varsity baseball teams with a look back and glance forward.

Despite seven scoreless innings on the mound from Brian Ransom, the Christopher High baseball team lost in extra innings, 2-0, against Homestead in its Wilcox Tournament opener Monday in Santa Clara.

In search of its 10th consecutive section championship, Gilroy High (227.5) holds a 98.5-point lead over second-place Palma (122) heading into tonight’s Central Coast Section wrestling finals, which begin at 7 p.m. at Independence High in San Jose.

Gilroy High sits in first place and will have seven wrestlers in the semifinals after the first day of the Central Coast Section Championships on Friday at Independence in San Jose. The Mustangs have 123.5 points, while second place Palma has 86 points. Meanwhile, Christopher High is in 14th with two wrestlers through to the semis.

The Christopher High wrestling team in ranked No. 5 in the section heading into the weekend’s Central Coast Section Championships. Head coach Alecxis Lara expects his group of participants to act – and wrestle – accordingly.

Four first-half goals were plenty to set the No. 5 Live Oak Acorns ahead of the curve en route to a 6-0 victory over No. 12 Christopher High in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division II girls soccer playoffs on a warmer-than-usual late-winter Wednesday in Morgan Hill.

Christopher High's memorable season came to a close Tuesday night as Los Gatos made the trek to Gilroy and promptly spoiled the Cougars' inaugural postseason appearance 47-31 in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division II girls basketball tournament.

The Monterey Bay League champion Christopher High girls basketball team was placed into the Division II bracket and will host Los Gatos in the first round of the Central Coast Section playoffs Tuesday night. Game time is 7 p.m.

On a day where five Christopher High wrestlers won Monterey Bay League individual championships, the Cougars put a stranglehold on a team-title, placing first overall Saturday at Seaside High.

Twenty-four hours after scoring its sixth consecutive Tri-County Athletic League title, the Gilroy High girls soccer team was handed the No. 8-seed into the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs. Meanwhile, Christopher High, which finished runner-up in the Monterey Bay League, drew the No. 12-seed in Div. II.