High School Sports

There was little to no doubt that the Gilroy High boys wrestling team was walking away with its 19th consecutive Central Coast Section title at last week’s wrestling championships.  The Mustangs put on another exquisite show Feb. 18-19 that had fans inside the gymnasium at...

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...

The Gilroy Clasico Trophy is staying with the Gilroy High boys soccer team. The Mustangs made it happen with a lively 1-1 draw against Christopher High on Feb. 9 in a Pacific Coast League Mission Division contest.  Gilroy entered the season as the holders of...

High school basketball teams don’t often lose to a pair of opponents by double digits only to turn the tables on them just a few weeks later.  But that’s exactly what the Christopher High girls basketball team has pulled off, and it couldn’t have come...

Last spring, the Christopher High boys basketball team—despite returning most of its key players from the 2019-2020 team that advanced to the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section playoff championship game—couldn’t come up with the answers as it made a somewhat shocking early exit from...

From the start of its season on Dec. 4, it took 39 days and six contests for the Christopher High girls soccer team to win its first game this season. That started a six-game win streak to open league play before the Cougars dropped...

By getting selected to the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game, Gilroy High senior Marcques Anthony and Christopher High senior quarterback Spencer Gorgulho have earned a rare distinction: they will have played in two high school football all star games in a span of a month.  For...

Jefferson Cruz knew time was running out for the Gilroy High boys soccer team to make a comeback against San Benito High in their Pacific Coast League Mission Division match on Jan. 18.  The Mustangs were behind 2-0 late in the second half when a...

The unique aspect of an all star game is players from rival schools are often placed on the same team. So it was for the Christopher High and Gilroy High football players who competed in the 36th annual Central Coast All Star Game on...

When it was time to move the rolled-up wrestling mats, Cody Merrill decided he could do a solo job.  So he hoisted one up—picture someone in the Scottish Highland Games doing the caber toss—and carried it a few yards before the mat was eventually stored...