Sports Roundup: CHS baseball and boys volleyball lead leagues
Christopher HS baseball (7-4 overall, 2-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)
Recent results: Won 5-1 vs. Leland; won 7-0 at Leland
Upcoming games: 4pm April 2 vs. Pioneer; 4pm April 4 at Pioneer
NOTES: In the opener of the two-game series against the Chargers, Jacob Huerta and Liam Aragon...
Gilroy softball sparkles with 20-8 season, CCS finals appearance
Dusty Lester’s Gilroy softball team just completed the best two-year run at the school in 16 years. The Mustangs followed up last season’s 21-7 Central Coast Section Open Division campaign with a 20-8 roll that culminated in the CCS Division I final.
Gilroy was on...
Lacrosse: Gilroy’s Perales earns national ‘Coach of the Year’ award
USA Lacrosse recently awarded national “Coach of the Year” awards to individuals in states and regions. One of only four of the awards in California went to Gilroy High’s Celeste Perales.
In the spring of 2025, Perales guided her Mustangs to a solid and competitive...
Sports Roundup: Gilroy field hockey finishes second in CCS, best since 2011
Christopher HS Football (9-2 overall, 6-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division)
Recent results: Lost 21-14 vs. Menlo (CCS D2)
Upcoming games: Season over.
NOTE: Menlo scored late in the fourth quarter to beat the Cougars. For CHS, quarterback Jaxen Robinson completed 17-of-23 passes for 154 yards and one...
Sports Roundup: Gilroy cross country star Guzman races to 25th in state
Gilroy HS Boys Cross Country
Senior Josh Guzman finished fourth at the CCS Division II finals on Nov. 16 on the Crystal Springs course in Belmont. That qualified him for the CIF State Meet in Fresno on Nov. 30, his third straight CIF State Meet...
These Mustangs go in the fast lane
The Gilroy High swimming quartet of sophomore Alexa Bennett, junior Ellie Pickford, and freshmen Hannah Stelzner and Payton Reeder face a good problem: since athletes are only allowed to swim in two of the three relays in any one meet, the four swimmers—who have...
CHS boys tennis rises from nothing to win league this year
No team can match the rise of the Christopher High School boys tennis squad. Last year, there was no team—just one potential player but ideally a competitive squad would have 10.
This year, coach Megan Lyons has a full crew and they just went unbeaten...
Christopher baseball reaches postseason for 10th year in row
If it’s the Central Coast Section baseball playoffs, you will find Christopher somewhere in the brackets. In 2025, the Cougars closed with a rush to qualify for postseason play for the 10th straight non-Covid year.
CHS went 16-11 overall, 8-6 and tied for fourth in...
CHS girls tennis moves up a division, wins another title
In the 2024-25 school year, one of the best teams at Christopher High School was the Cougars girls tennis team. The team fashioned an undefeated league season a year ago and moved up a division. And went undefeated again.
This past fall, in the Blossom...
Updated: Cougars boys volleyball shines with 13-3 league record
A strong and deep Christopher boys volleyball team had a superb season and closed strong for a league title and the playoffs.
The Cougars finished 13-3 in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Santa Teresa Division, and took the crown by prevailing in tiebreakers over rivals...