High School Sports

SAN JOSE — Christopher's Jimmie Lopez is the definition of a class act.

Pacific Point Christian School will be fielding its inaugural football team in the fall. The private school in Gilroy—with a high school enrollment of 75—will play in the Pacific Coast 8-man league along with Anzar, Trinity Christian, Pinewood, Woodside Priory and either Cornerstone Christian...

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.

With his mom and brother seated beside him, Anthony Rodriguez officially committed to playing baseball in college.

GILROY—Saturday marked a new beginning for Gilroy. The Mustangs left the struggles of recent years in the past and marched out onto the team’s brand new field, determined to defend it.

The Gilroy girls basketball team had one winning season after going 22-2 in the 2010-11 campaign heading into this past year.

GILROY—History was made last Friday as the Christopher High swimming team beat San Benito for the first time in its six-year existence as a program.

Christopher High boys tennis standout Victor Vong reached the quarterfinals of the TCAL singles tournament, where he was eliminated Thursday with a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Palma’s Mitchell Huntington at Chamisal.

The Gilroy High softball team started the Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division season with four consecutive wins, looking every bit like a squad that was seeking to accomplish something it couldn’t do last year despite capturing a Central Coast Section Division I title: win...