High School Sports

As a freshman, Christopher’s Jamie Boutte didn’t know what to expect entering Saturday’s Central Coast Section cross country championship at Toro Park in Salinas. Her head coach, Mike Bonomi, wasn’t sure what he was going to see from the young freshman on the section stage.

Palma built up too big of a lead at halftime for the Christopher boys basketball team to rebound from. 

It may not yet have the same pomp and circumstance as the Gilroy High-San Benito Prune Bowl, but don’t tell the Balers that Friday’s game against Christopher High wasn’t a rivalry.

Mark Kinoshita pitched a five-inning two-hitter to lift Gilroy High’s baseball team to a 12-0 home win over Pajaro Valley on Friday.

GILROY—Suzy Brookshire hit a three-run home run in the second inning off Gilroy ace Lauren Castro to lead San Benito to a 6-4 win over the Mustangs at Gilroy High.

SALINAS — One by one, teams from the San Benito High cross-country program hoisted up their trophies.

GILROY — Losing was not an option for Gilroy against North Salinas.

The season came to a close for two local teams Tuesday as both found themselves eliminated from the postseason. 

For Christopher High’s Keola Sylva and Gilroy High’s Logan Flores, the 2018 track and field season has been one to remember. And the season is only a month old. Sylva, a sophomore, and Flores, a senior, have the top marks in the Central Coast...