High School Sports

GILROY — All good stories must come to an end. Unfortunately for Christopher, it wasn’t the ending it hoped for.

GILROY — The 2012 season didn’t end the way either Cougars soccer team wanted it to.

GILROY — All season long Christopher coach Tim Pierleoni has been preaching the importance of writing a good story to his team. Win or lose, he said, he wanted his team’s story to be full of heart, perseverance and life lessons. Week after week the Cougars added another chapter, all leading up to the ending in Week 10 — or so they thought.

The Gilroy cross country may not have medalled at the Central Coast Section Championships, but it's not walking away empty handed.

SAN JOSE — “I am so proud of you guys,” Gilroy field hockey coach Adam Gemar said during his team’s postgame circle. “Just think of how far we’ve come.”

SAN JOSE — Do it for the seniors — that’s all that was on Gilroy’s Jackie Jauregui’s mind.

Christopher High School punched its ticket to the CCS playoffs, but not before receiving a scare from North Monterey County.

Before the season started, Anzar High senior Diego Avila believed he could become the second runner in as many years from the San Juan Bautista school to win an individual Central Coast Section title.

GILROY — Garcia-Elder Sports Complex was all but empty following Gilroy’s game with North Salinas. The fans had cleared out, both teams made their ways to the lockerroom. But for one final time, senior running back Brandon Boyd took a knee at midfield, reflecting on “G” that represents Gilroy and everything he’s fought so hard for the last four years.

CUPERTINO — What a ride.