Gilroy water polo building success
Gilroy High water polo coach Doug Pickford has visions of building a program where both teams are consistent and competitive. The Mustangs are seemingly well on their way there. The girls team is coming off an undefeated league season, while the boys team returns...
Cougars rally but fall in thriller
In 2017, the Live Oak and Christopher football teams needed double overtime to decide the outcome. Friday night, the teams’ latest game was no less thrilling. Jonathan Singleton connected with Elijah Fernandez on a 9-yard touchdown with 28.9 seconds remaining, and Caleb Ojeda sealed...
Late field goal lifts Cougars to first win
On Friday night Tyler Davis was what Christopher High coach Tim Pierleoni described as a “rolling razorblade.” The defense was deadly, as it piled up sacks. But it came down to a kick in the end. With 37 seconds to go, senior placekicker Trevor...
Seniors to drive Christopher offense
Football is a 'what have you done for me lately' kind of sport and Christopher High coach Tim Pierleoni knows it. One year after winning the Central Coast Section Division IV playoff championship, the Cougars won't only be asked to repeat their postseason performance...
Gilroy steps into high expectations
After going undefeated and winning its first-ever Central Coast Section championship, what can Gilroy High possibly do for an encore? What we do know is that the Mustangs have a new head coach, Jake Newman, a promotion into a tougher division, the Pacific Coast...
Seniors to drive Christopher High offense
Football is a 'what have you done for me lately' kind of sport and Christopher High coach Tim Pierleoni knows it. One year after winning the Central Coast Section Division IV playoff championship, the Cougars won't only be asked to repeat their postseason performance...
Ella Rodriguez is unbreakable
Ella Rodriguez vividly remembers walking into a gymnasium at age 9 and watching a wheelchair basketball game. The moment forever changed her life.
“I saw how happy everyone looked, and I wanted to be like that,” said Rodriguez, an incoming Christopher High freshman. “I had...
Brandon Johnson saves his best for last
Brandon Johnson walked off the 18th green in the Monterey Bay League Finals and knew he had posted a low number. A couple of minutes later, it was official: the recent Christopher High graduate had shot an excellent round—perhaps the round of his life—posting...
Flores leaves a pole vaulting legacy
With a seventh-place finish in the 2018 CIF State Championships, Logan Flores will go down as one of the greatest track and field athletes in Gilroy High history. Flores, who graduated Friday, cleared 15 feet, 4 inches, the third best mark of his burgeoning...
Romero earns scholarship to Fresno Pacific
When Haley Romero signed her letter of intent to compete for the Fresno Pacific University track and field team, a flood of emotions encompassed her.
“I knew I had made the right choice on where I would spend my next two years in college,” said...






















