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.
Just as the raindrops fell across the Christopher High softball diamond, senior Kayla Medrano sprinkled in the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 1-0 victory over North Monterey County on Tuesday.
The Gilroy High boys volleyball team responded to its first Tri-County Athletic League loss with a five-set win (21-25, 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 15-6) triumph over Pajaro Valley on Tuesday in Gilroy.
When mentioned together, football and the summer months in Santa Clara County, one thought often sneaks to the forefront: The Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football Game.
Brennan Wilson led off Friday's Monterey Bay League tilt against visiting Seaside with a bouncing hit up the middle into centerfield. The unassuming base knock was the spark to what evolved into an explosion of offense in a Cougars' 19-0 romp of the Spartans in five innings.
The Christopher High softball team upended defending Monterey Bay League champion Monterey High with an exhilarating 4-3 triumph in 11 innings on Thursday night.