WRESTLING: Nebesnick, Garcia set for CIF Girls State Championships
Two weeks have passed since Gilroy High wrestlers Megan Nebesnick and Jennifer Garcia last hit the mat at the Central Coast Section Championships. Two weeks of training and preparation in the books. And now, Nebesnick, the section champ at 189 pounds, and Garcia, the bronze medalist at 126 pounds, will put their skills to the test at the second annual CIF State Girls Wrestling Invitational Championships on Friday and Saturday at Lemoore High School.
WRESTLING: Mustangs reign supreme at TCAL tourney, 13 wrestlers qualify for CCS
With seven individual Tri-County Athletic League championships Saturday at Palma High, Gilroy High once against showed why it’s one of the best wrestling squads in the section and the state.
SOCCER: Gilroy, Christopher girls soccer teams seeded into CCS playoffs
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.
BASKETBALL: GHS boys drop season finale, 65-56
The 2011-12 season didn't go according to original plan for the Gilroy High boys varsity basketball team. But as the Mustangs have done throughout, they put forth maximum effort against visiting Salinas in the Tri-County Athletic League finale for both teams on Senior Night Friday in Gilroy.
SOCCER: Mustangs topple Cowboys to claim sixth straight league title
No substitutes, no problem. The Gilroy High girls soccer team limped into Friday night's winner-take-all Tri-County Athletic League finale against Salinas without its starting goalkeeper and with no bodies on the bench.
WRESTLING: CHS, GHS geared for league tourneys
The Christopher High wrestling team will take four No. 1-seeds into the Monterey Bay League championships Saturday in Seaside.
THURSDAY ROUNDUP: CHS girls soccer ties regular season finale, awaits playoff seed
The Christopher High girls soccer team closed out the Monterey Bay League regular season with a 0-0 draw at Pajaro Valley on Thursday night.
SOCCER: GHS girls defeat Vikings, 5-0; face Salinas for first Friday
Monique Barragan and Cynthia Sanchez each scored two goals and the Gilroy High girls soccer team passed up North Salinas 5-0 on the road Wednesday.
BASKETBALL: Mustangs prevail 57-47 over Trojans
A dominant second-half effort by the Gilroy High boys varsity basketball team highlighted a 57-47 Tri-County Athletic League victory over the Alisal Trojans on Wednesday night at Bog Hagen Memorial Gymnasium.
SOCCER: GHS boys keep slim playoff hopes alive with 2-1 win
The magnitude of the final week of the regular season took on heavier implications for the Gilroy High boys soccer team and head coach Armando Padilla after learning they must forfeit last Friday's 1-0 win at Alvarez because an ineligible player, who received two yellow cards in the previous game, played in Friday's match.
