High School Sports

Coach Daniel Cormier’s Gilroy boys wrestling team set a state record by winning five individual titles at last weekend’s CIF State Championships. In the team competition, the Mustangs placed third, slightly behind Buchanan and Poway. Of the five wrestlers competing in a title match, all...

MORGAN HILL — All the early morning workouts, weight training and practices have paid off for Gilroy’s Anna Brolin.

GILROY — Some nights you're on and some nights you're not. Unfortunately for the Gilroy girls basketball team, this just wasn't its night.

After a 12-6 win in the season opener, Christopher now has its eyes fixed on Live Oak. The Acorns, which beat Gilroy 31-21, and Cougars are 1-0 heading into this week and a win for either will put them one step closer to being South County champions. Christopher, which beat Sobrato, Live Oak and Gilroy last season, are the defending champs but it won’t be an easy task defending the title.

The Gilroy Mustangs were so close to victory they could taste it.

GILROY — Gilroy’s Santino Orozco and Christopher’s Navi Pannu were evenly matched for the heavyweight bout. When one made a move the other countered, leaving the match scoreless after the first period.

When the Christopher High girls soccer team won the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section championship last year, it overwhelmed the field, outscoring three opponents by a combined margin of 15-0. The question was not if the Cougars were going to win, but by how much....

Even though the Christopher football team led Pajaro Valley 42-0 at halftime, there was still plenty Coach Tim Pierleoni has to use as teaching moments for his boys.