Gilroy High School

Gilroy didn’t have a bad first half of basketball, it’s just that Sobrato’s second quarter was that much better.

Joe Delgado, Nathan Villarreal and John Fox know better than anyone what they are stepping into when they step on the wrestling mats of Gilroy High School.

Unmitigated joy on one end, heartbreak on the other. In the Central Coast Section Cross-Country Championships, the line between realizing a dream or experiencing emptiness often comes down to seconds—literally.

SAN JOSE—Gilroy went toe-to-toe with a team that is accustomed to blowing schools out but ultimately, couldn’t pulloff the upset.

Gilroy and Willow Glen needed two overtimes and two rounds of shootouts to finally settle things Wednesday in the first round of the Central Coast Section field hockey playoffs.

Gilroy rode strong second and fourth quarters to defeat Pajaro Valley 29-19 on Senior Night Saturday.

Gilroy High principal Marco Sanchez got pranked in the best possible way. After completing a “homework assignment” of tracking down contact information for 2016 California Wrestling Hall of Fame inductees given to him by director Lynn Dyche, the Mustangs’ wrestling coach was informed he would be enshrined this year, too.

The Gilroy football team had opportunities to steal a victory from North Monterey County last Saturday on the road.

Even after winning the Monterey Bay League Pacific Division Cross Country championship last year, Monica Ruelas didn’t feel victorious as she crossed the finish line. But after repeating as Pacific Division champion Oct. 31 at Toro Park in Salinas, the Gilroy High junior was elated.

Christopher volleyball dropped its home finale, falling 3-0 to Monte Vista Christian. The Cougars fell 25-17, 25-13, 25-26.