High School Sports

Gilroy High School is looking for a football announcer for the upcoming season. 

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of prep previews the Dispatch will be running leading up to the start of the season. We will focus on a different sport and team each week.

Few get the chance to play high school football. Even fewer earn the honor of being named an All Star.

Felicia Newell has the same interests as any other 17-year-old girl: she likes to exercise, dance and play sports. The only difference is that Newell has cerebral palsy, which Mayo Clinic defines as “a disorder of movement, muscle tone or posture that is caused by injury or abnormal development in the immature brain, most often before birth.” Her condition also resulted in a mild case of mental retardation.

Gilroy and Christopher High Schools have a better idea of who they will be facing on the field this fall.

After five years of working out at South Valley Middle School, Gilroy will finally have a place to call their own

Actress Helen Hayes once said, “The expert in anything was once a beginner.”

Gilroy’s spring football session revealed a low turnout for the program -- but the Mustangs aren’t worried.

Tuesday was bittersweet for three Gilroy softball players who signed their letters of intent to play in college.