High School Sports

A dominant second-half effort by the Gilroy High boys varsity basketball team highlighted a 57-47 Tri-County Athletic League victory over the Alisal Trojans on Wednesday night at Bog Hagen Memorial Gymnasium.

The magnitude of the final week of the regular season took on heavier implications for the Gilroy High boys soccer team and head coach Armando Padilla after learning they must forfeit last Friday's 1-0 win at Alvarez because an ineligible player, who received two yellow cards in the previous game, played in Friday's match.

Paola Renteria scored four goals, including three within the first 19 minutes of the game, and despite a second half tilted in favor of Christopher High, Watsonville defeated the Cougars 4-2 to wrap up a third straight Monterey Bay League girls soccer title in the mud and mire Tuesday in Gilroy.

The Christopher High boys basketball team took on Monte Vista Christian for the second time in five days Monday night in the first round of the Monterey Bay League postseason tournament.

Final week of regular season is here and GHS girls soccer

Behind Scott Taylor and Derek Jensen's timely, sharp shooting, the Gavilan College men's basketball team orchestrated a second-half comeback from down by 13 with 12 minutes left to up by two and on the verge of Coast Conference victory No. 1 against visiting Hartnell on Friday night. However, an unfathomable 3-pointer and a pair of Panthers free throws carried Hartnell to a 76-73 win over the Rams.

Winners of its last three Tri-County Athletic League games - including back-to-back victories over San Benito and North Salinas - the Gilroy High girls basketball team came into Thursday night's contest against first-place Notre Dame with upset in mind.

Both the Gilroy High and San Benito boys soccer teams entered Wednesday's must-win match with the feeling that there was more to be done after a 1-1 draw in the teams' first encounter left each unsatisfied and with business unfinished.

Like she has done over and over again in practice this season, Merrett Brown received a pass at the left elbow, squared herself to the hoop and let loose. Though it was a bit different Wednesday night. This time, a boisterous, raucous crowd flooded the Christopher High gym with chants and cheers, there were 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the program’s first league title hung in the balance.

San Benito girls soccer head coach Ben Alvarez didn't want to put pressure on his young team before Tuesday's match against Gilroy, but he knew the team was well aware the Balers needed a win to keep its slim playoff hopes alive.