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.
WATSONVILLE — It took the Christopher High girls basketball team a little more than three minutes into regulation to snap from its offensive funk. Monte Vista Christian School never seemed to find a way out of its, however.
Top-seeded Christopher High defeated Watsonville 40-26 in the semifinals of the Monterey Bay League girls basketball postseason tournament on Thursday night, setting up a rubber match with Monte Vista Christian for the tournament title.
The Monterey Bay League regular season champion Christopher High girls basketball team plays tonight in the semifinals of the MBL postseason tournament against Watsonville at Pajaro Valley High. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30.
Paola Renteria scored four goals, including three within the first 19 minutes of the game, and despite a second half tilted in favor of Christopher High, Watsonville defeated the Cougars 4-2 to wrap up a third straight Monterey Bay League girls soccer title in the mud and mire Tuesday in Gilroy.
The Christopher High boys basketball team took on Monte Vista Christian for the second time in five days Monday night in the first round of the Monterey Bay League postseason tournament.