High School Sports

LOS ALTOS—Sierra Ceballos literally came running to the Christopher girls water polo playoff game at Los Altos on Saturday. Ceballos came straight from her SATs to play in the game, arriving just minutes before warmups concluded. She responded with a hat trick for the Cougars, scoring...

History could be in the making for Gilroy Thursday night in Watsonville as a perfect regular season is on the line against the Wildcatz. The Mustangs are 9-0 for the first time going back to at least 2000. With a 42-6 win over North Monterey...

Christopher’s playoff win drought will continue until at least next season. The Cougars fell 24-26, 25-20, 25-19, 27-25 to San Mateo to bow out of the first round of the Central Coast Section volleyball playoffs for the fifth straight time. CHS finishes the season 14-18 overall...

Christopher High (7-2, 3-2) avenged a two-game losing streak at home Friday night when the Cougars blew out the Watsonville 42-14 in a crucial Monterey Bay League-Pacific Division game that kept their playoff hopes alive. “They played a little upset tonight,” said Christopher coach Tim...

Christopher will attempt to break its playoff curse Wednesday at home when the Cougars volleyball team hosts San Mateo to open the Division II playoffs. No. 8 Christopher has yet to win a playoff game in its short history as a program, going 0-4 dating...

Wednesday’s match featured Team Co-Captain Sam Vogel leading her squad to another victory to finish off Christopher’s perfect league run with a 100-stroke win over Watsonville. “I feel this season I got a lot of experience. I was able to learn how to become...

Freshman Emma Horn helped to save Christopher’s chances at undefeated season Monday by narrowly besting Gilroy in a nail bitter. The match was initially slated for Wednesday, but had to be postponed because of smoky conditions. And Mother Nature made sure despite the smoke in the...

Gilroy’s fans will be able to see the Mustangs for the final time at home before the playoffs when they host Pajaro Valley Friday night. The Mustangs remain in firm control of the Pacific Division sitting at 6-0 overall and 2-0 in league play. Gilroy will...

Fires in the North Bay caused havoc in the South Bay and beyond last week as smoky conditions led to game cancellations across Santa Clara County as well as some headaches for Gilroy teams.

If you needed any indication what the Severance Bowl meant to Gilroy, you had to look no further than Spencer Soares.