High School Sports

SALINAS—A year ago, Monica Ruelas was melancholic as she left Toro Park, having run a subpar race by her standards.

Three years after the program's inception, two weeks after earning a share of its first league title and two days after defeating crosstown rival Gilroy High in the second annual Severance Bowl, the Christopher High football team notched the No.1-seed into the Division III bracket of the Central Coast Section playoffs.

Christopher High’s boys tennis team picked up two points at both singles and doubles on its way to a 4-3 win over Monte Vista Christian on Wednesday.

The inaugural Cougar-Q BBQ Tri-tip Dinner Fundraiser will be held Nov. 9 by the Christopher High Athletic Boosters.

It’s not a mystery to Gilroy High track and field coach Art Silva as to why Mustangs senior Enrique Villanueva has become one of the top distance runners in the Central Coast Section.

A tough ending couldn’t put too much of a damper on the Christopher High baseball team’s season.  Despite a gut-wrenching 2-1 loss to top-seed Colusa High in the CIF Northern California Regional Division IV playoff semifinals Thursday, the No. 4 seed Cougars (13-17) could hold...

A Tri-County Athletic League dual meet featuring two of the Central Coast Section's top-three teams ensued Wednesday night as the No.1-ranked Gilroy High wrestling squad visited No. 3 Palma. The Mustangs improved to 3-0 in League duals with a 45-27 win, two days before the start of the 32nd annual Mid-Cal Classic at GHS.

BAKERSFIELD — Nikko Villarreal and Paul Fox made a pact — they were both going to finish their high school careers as champions.

Lorenzo Vasquez’s header in the 69th minute propelled the Alisal Trojans to a 3-2 triumph over Gilroy High, spoiling the Mustangs’ Tri-County Athletic League debut Thursday night in Gilroy.