High School Sports

Taylor Slattery scored three goals to lead Gilroy High’s girls soccer team to a 5-0 win over Pajaro Valley at Watsonville High on Friday night.

Big plays burned upset-minded Christopher High in the first half and injuries to three starters made its task of handing visiting Salinas its first Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division loss that much more daunting.

Tommy Cox had 18 points and David Gonzalez scored 12, but Gilroy High’s boys basketball team suffered a 67-64 home loss to Monte Vista Christian on Wednesday night.

SAN MATEO—The Cougars had to battle not only Hillsdale, but the wind, too—and they didn’t let either get the best of them.

The Christopher High girls basketball team shot out to an 11-0 lead midway through the first quarter, held that same-sized advantage at the half, carried a nine-point cushion into the final quarter and led by 14 with 3:45 to play in the game. As that saying goes, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Especially when it involves CHS and Gilroy High, where it has become the norm to expect just about anything.

While most people were spending the holiday relaxing, Christopher was getting busy at Spikefest I.

An eight-run fourth inning was the nail in the coffin for Gilroy in its crosstown bout with Christopher. 

For various reasons, the Christopher High girls basketball team has endured more turmoil than the average prep squad. But under first-year coach Shirley Lampkin and forward Makenzie Barnes, the Cougars have rebounded this season, with their chemistry improving as the season has gone along. It’s...

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

As he was running in the Central Coast Section Championship Division II race at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 13, Gilroy High senior Nicholas Guzman’s plan was simple yet exceedingly difficult: stay with the leaders the entire way of the 2.95-mile course.  Guzman did...