High School Sports

Christopher fell in its final non-league contest, 39-9 at Woodside, falling behind early and failing to capitalize on some opportunities in the game.

Christopher High football coach Darren Yafai and his staff traveled to San Francisco last Saturday to scout the Sacred Heart Cathedral-Mountain View game. To say the Fightin’ Irish looked impressive would be a vast understatement.  “They’re the real deal,” Yafai said. “Seeing them in person,...

BAKERSFIELD – Live Oak High’s Isaiah Locsin and Paul Fox and Nikko Villarreal of Gilroy High each advanced this morning to tonight’s state finals of the California Interscholastic Federation state meet at Rabobank Arena.

GILROY—Each week, Christopher coach Tim Pierleoni has told his team “this is the most important game in the history of Christopher High School right now, right here, tonight.” Each week, the Cougars took one more step towards clinching their second league title since the program started in 2010 and their first outright title—they were tri-champs with Monte Vista Christian and Monterey in 2012.

The Cougars baseball team kicked off Monterey Bay League-Gabilan competition with a 4-3 win over Palma at home Tuesday.

The term “statistics can be misleading” is meant for players like former Gilroy High and Monte Vista Christian standout Brendan Doyle, who is second on the tight end depth chart on the University of Memphis football team.  On Friday, the Tigers (9-3) play Iowa State...

GILROY —  Christopher looked like it was going to escape Scotts Valley with a victory, but maybe that was the problem.

The expression on pitcher Aly Olvera's face said it all. A quick glance back and up at the scoreboard above the center field fence validated the truth that her prep career was nearing the end much sooner than she and the rest of the Christopher High softball team had envisioned when waking up that morning.

GILROY—Gilroy wrapped up its regular season with a bang.

It took an outstanding save by Christopher keeper Carlos Arroyo to wake up the cougars in their 2-0 defeat of Santa Teresa Saturday afternoon.