Gilroy High School

Brendan Holler scored 17 points to lead Gilroy High’s boys basketball team to a 69-58 home win over Alisal on Wednesday night.

Standing at about the 35-yard line following a scrimmage with San Benito and Christopher last Friday night, first-year Gilroy High School varsity football head coach Brian Boyd improvised a possible motto for the Mustangs in 2012.

GILROY — Gilroy coach Brian Boyd said before the season that he didn’t care about the team’s record, just making the playoffs. With two weeks left in the season, nothing has changed.

Brook Loesch was a single shy of hitting for the cycle, but Christopher High’s softball team suffered a 9-8 loss at Live Oak in the rain Thursday.

On the second play of Gilroy’s second drive, Matt Mendosa took the handoff before going over center for a six yard gain. It took multiple defenders to take down Mendosa, who bowled over one player at the end. In football lingo, Mendosa absolutely trucked...

An opening round loss in the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs on Feb. 17 did little to dampen the Gilroy High boys basketball team’s season.  The Mustangs had one of their best campaigns in recent memory, finishing 16-9, including an 11-1 mark to earn...

Last year, the Gilroy High softball team got hot at the right time to surprise even themselves in winning the program’s fourth Central Coast Section championship. This season, the Mustangs will more than likely have a big target on their back as they are off...

WATSONVILLE — The Mustangs aren’t bucking around.

Severance Bowl bragging rights belong to the Christopher High football team—again.  The Cougars continued their domination of Gilroy High with a superior performance in the latest game of this crosstown rivalry, pulling away for a 20-0 win on Oct. 1. Christopher limited the Mustangs to...

SAN JOSE—The shortest girl in the high jump competition was the one who stood tallest at the end.