WATSONVILLE — It took the Christopher High girls basketball team a little more than three minutes into regulation to snap from its offensive funk. Monte Vista Christian School never seemed to find a way out of its, however.
The 2011-12 season didn't go according to original plan for the Gilroy High boys varsity basketball team. But as the Mustangs have done throughout, they put forth maximum effort against visiting Salinas in the Tri-County Athletic League finale for both teams on Senior Night Friday in Gilroy.
No substitutes, no problem. The Gilroy High girls soccer team limped into Friday night's winner-take-all Tri-County Athletic League finale against Salinas without its starting goalkeeper and with no bodies on the bench.
Top-seeded Christopher High defeated Watsonville 40-26 in the semifinals of the Monterey Bay League girls basketball postseason tournament on Thursday night, setting up a rubber match with Monte Vista Christian for the tournament title.
The Monterey Bay League regular season champion Christopher High girls basketball team plays tonight in the semifinals of the MBL postseason tournament against Watsonville at Pajaro Valley High. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30.
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.