High School Sports

Nathan Myers jumped off the diving board at Christopher High, thinking the only impact it would have would be his body hitting the water. The then-junior was just fooling around, enjoying the honor luau as a result of his good grades. But from the instant his feet left the board, Cougars diving coach Paul Wells was watching—and his trained eyes realizing natural talent.

The 2014 prep football season is less than two months away and the Gilroy-area high schools are gearing up.

Champaign, Illinois—It’s been quite a year for Jesse Delgado.

Whether it was beating each other to the finish line or beating each other to the lunch line, Christopher’s Cydney Caradonna and Rayshon Mills have been in constant competition since sixth grade. Neither was content with letting the other one win. As a final accolade of their high school careers, Caradonna and Mills are both in the spotlight as the Gilroy Dispatch Athlete of the Year selections from Christopher High—and there’s no one else they’d rather share it with.

Christopher High freshman summer workouts will get underway on June 23. Practice runs from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and will continue until July 31.

Practice for Gilroy High's freshman football team kicks off today at 4 p.m. and runs until 6:30 p.m. It will continue Thursday and Friday and continues June 23-27 at the same time. Practice is open to interested incoming GHS freshman.

For Nikko Villarreal and Emma Leach, the halls of Gilroy High School will always be home.

GILROY—“We’re on a mission this year,” Gilroy coach Brian Boyd said while looking out at the field full of players practicing during spring football session. “We’ve headed in the right direction, we’re going up and that’s the plan. We just want to get to the playoffs. We don’t care what our record is, we just want to get to the playoffs.”

CLOVIS—Christopher’s Ally Foster has hit 18 feet in the long jump before, but her previous attempts have always been scratches. Not this time.

GILROY—With all the talent coming out of Gilroy High this year, it was difficult for its athletic department to chose just one male and one female Senior Athlete of the Year—so the Mustangs chose two.