Gilroy High School

The Gilroy High wrestling team hit the mats for the first time this season at the Chukchansi Invitational, taking fourth place at the 37-team tournament over the weekend.

One day after the Christopher High girls varsity basketball team went four overtime periods in an eventual 69-64 loss to San Benito on Friday, the Cougars again entered an extra session against host Watsonville on the final day of the Wildcatz Invitational on Saturday.

The Gilroy High boys varsity soccer team played Bellarmine to a 1-1 tie at the half, however the Bells collected the deciding goal in the second half for a 2-1 victory in Gilroy on Thursday night.

Formation of the new equity league that will combine the 14 boys' and girls' prep sports teams that once made up the Tri-County Athletic League and Monterey Bay League took another step toward completion Tuesday night.

Looking to stop a two-game, scoreless losing streak, the Gilroy High girls varsity soccer team continued a challenging slate of nonleague tilts against Monta Vista-Cupertino. 

Gilroy High wide receiver Jourdan Soares was named the Tri-County Athletic League Most Valuable Player for the 2011 season and leads a list of eight Mustangs chosen for all-league awards.

As hosts of the 26th annual Mustangs Classic, the Gilroy High girls varsity basketball team did well to advance to the finals with victories against Santa Catalina and Watsonville.

The Christopher High wrestling team's 2011-12 debut went off in rousing fashion Thursday night with a come-from-behind victory over San Benito in Gilroy.

The Gilroy High girls varsity soccer team has won five straight Tri-County Athletic League championships with a combined league record of 51-2-7. The Mustangs last loss in league came in the season finale of 2008.

It's a season anew in more ways that one for the Gilroy High boys varsity soccer team.