High School Sports

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...

The Christopher High girls swim team entered the week with a couple of remarkable streaks on the line. The Cougars have won 64 consecutive dual meets and seven straight league championships, making for a dynasty. Jeff Ross has been the coach to oversee both...

The road to the Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division championship goes through Carmel High, which has won the division title since the 2016 season. Christopher High knows this, which explains why the Cougars were elated after knocking off the Padres in a white-knuckle affair,...

Korynn Yslava knew she had one last chance to make a great impression. On a plane ride to Florida in mid January to play in a national showcase field hockey tournament, the Gilroy High senior knew if she didn’t put her best foot forward—literally...

Christopher High softball coach Amanda Tellez believes ace Gabriella Howard has pitched every single game for the Cougars for the last three-plus seasons, which is a remarkable feat and displays Howard’s durability and consistency.  “She’s pitched every game since her freshman year, and we plan...

If the Christopher High baseball team intends on contending for a Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division championship, it will need to pitch like it did in the first four games of the season—all victories. When the Cougars opened up league play against Monterey on...

Even though the Gilroy High softball team won last year’s Central Coast Section Division I playoff championship, it is acting as if it didn’t. In other words, the Mustangs are bringing the same intensity and work ethic to practice everyday, knowing they won’t be...

It was early October, and there was a distinct possibility Gilroy High would have to do the unthinkable: cancel the varsity girls basketball season. Without a coach, some of the returning seniors on the Mustangs program had thoughts of transferring so they could play...

In the midst of a 5-0 loss to San Benito High in a Jan. 10 Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division match, Gilroy High sophomore Sarah Fox kept on competing for 50-50 balls, playing as feisty as ever. It’s going to take that type of...

Alex Vega’s college football career was like a roller coaster, marked by euphoria one moment and frustrating lows the next. Vega, a recent Cal Poly graduate and former Gilroy High standout, persevered and ended his collegiate career on a high note as he earned...