High School Sports

The Gilroy High boys wrestling team made an early statement by winning the Clovis West Shootout in Fresno on Nov. 19, edging Buchanan High 260.5-258.5.  Buchanan is the six-time defending CIF State champion so the importance of the Mustangs’ victory can’t be overstated. Gilroy, a...

The faraway looks and soggy eyes said it all—this one hurt the deepest.  Seemingly everything pointed to the Christopher High boys basketball team winning its first-ever Central Coast Section championship in the Division II title game on Feb. 26. The Cougars were playing at home....

The 50th Avis Kelley Track and Field Invitational at Gilroy High on March 25 went off like usual, with hundreds of athletes from the South Valley and beyond competing in the annual event.  But this year’s meet had a hint of both celebration and poignancy...

GILROY — No matter what Christopher did, Cole Welle had an answer.

GILROY—The Gilroy boys water polo team ended last season on a high note. After losing to San Lorenzo Valley four times over the past two seasons, the Mustangs finally beat the Cougars 11-10 in the Monterey Bay League consolation playoffs—their final game of the year.

The Christopher swim team wasted no time at the Monterey Bay League’s Pacific Division finals Friday pulling away from its competition in the pool with relative ease.

GILROY — The rivalry between Gilroy’s Paul Fox and Christopher’s Alex Garcia just keeps getting better.

The Christopher girls water polo season came to end Saturday against Robert Louis Stevenson. 

Maddy Cox and Maggie Brinkman led Gilroy to a fourth quarter comeback-win over Westmoor 45-41 in the second round of CCS playoffs.

No one would’ve thought this before the season started, but Chigozie “Chico” Okeke’s predicament would serve as a harbinger for the Christopher High boys basketball team’s 2021-2022 campaign.  Rough start but closing strong. Sidelined for the first half of the season, the junior guard struggled...