SOCCER: Diaz De Leon earns league’s co-MVP, co-Player of the Year
The simplest way to put it: Gilroy High soccer player Jonathan Diaz De Leon is a game changer. Put him at forward and he was one of the deadliest strikers in the Tri-County Athletic League.
GOLF: Cougars place third at first league meet
Christopher High’s Peter Hilkene tied for third with a 42 at the season opening Tri-County Athletic League Avalley Division golf meet at Salinas Golf and Country Club on Monday.
BASKETBALL: Walker named to TCAL first team
Charles Walker garnered Tri-County Athletic League recognition in two categories, including a bid to the first-team all-league list after his senior season with the Gilroy High basketball team.
PREP ROUNDUP: Baseball, track and field and volleyball
Jaylan Gallardo pitched 6.2 innings, Justin Nelson had three RBIs and the Gilroy High baseball team defeated Hayward 4-2 in nonleague action Saturday in Gilroy.
WRESTLING: Willie Fox, Villarreal win state titles
Gilroy High wrestling coach Greg Varela tells a story dating back six or seven years. In it, Varela, who is in his third year at the helm and 10th overall with the program, poignantly describes a handful of young wrestlers training together in a garage as he guides the way with the help of a couple other coaches.
WRESTLING: Mustangs advance three to finals at state
Last week the number was 10, as in 10 straight section championships. On Saturday morning in Bakersfield, the magic number was 3. In a span of 20 minutes three Gilroy High semifinalists became a trio of finalists and are one win away from a CIF State Wrestling championship.
WRESTLING: Three Mustangs into semifinals at state after Day 1
Three wrestlers are two wins away from one ultimate prize. After a long, long Day 1, which began with weigh-ins at 7 a.m. and concluded with the final match of the evening after 9 p.m., Gilroy High will have three wrestlers start Day 2 in the semifinals of the California Interscholastic Federation Wrestling Championships at Raboback Arena in Bakersfield.
WRESTLING: Mid-rounds update from CIF State Championships
With about four hours left in a marathon 12-hour Day 1 at the CIF State Wrestling Championships on Friday in Bakersfield, Gilroy High’s Paul Fox (126), Nikko Villarreal and Willie Fox (145) prevailed in their Championship Round 3 matches, are all 2-0 and into the quarterfinals.
WRESTLING: Early round update from CIF state meet
Through two championship rounds at the annual CIF State Wrestling Championships, six of the seven local wrestlers in the field won their opening matches Friday morning at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.