High School Sports

Christopher High girls basketball coach Heather Stewart implored her team to dig in defensively in the final seconds Thursday night.

GILROY—Historically, moving up to the tougher division has been just that for teams—tough. But the Christopher track team didn’t shy away from the challenge, it rose to meet it.

Taylor Slattery, Agust Gomez and C.C. Contreras scored one goal each to help Gilroy High’s girls soccer team to a 3-0 home win over Watsonville on Wednesday night at Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.

GILROY—Thursday’s game against Presentation was bittersweet for Gilroy’s four seniors. While the 9-1 win over the Panthers was exactly the ending they hoped for, the graduating Mustangs were still in disbelief that they had played their final game at the Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.

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

Each week we will recognize one area male and female athlete for their performances. This week's are:

GILROY—Just a few weeks ago Christopher was winless. Now, the Cougars are eyeing a postseason berth.

GILROY—Over the past four years, Christopher’s Max Sanford has played almost every position on the football field.

Gilroy falls to 3-4 in league play in their 23-3 loss to Notre Dame in five innings Thursday evening.

In the immediate aftermath of a 2-0 defeat to Lincoln High last year in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs, Gilroy High boys soccer coach Armando Padilla had a look of peace and contentment. Sure, the Mustangs had just...