High School Sports

When Jubenal Rodriguez received a call in mid-November that he was being nominated by the San Francisco 49ers as their NFL High School Coach of the Year, he thought one of his friends was playing a joke on him. “I thought it was one of...

It was quite a senior year for Christopher’s Caitlynn Holt. In the fall of 2023, she scored 27 goals to help lead the Cougars field hockey team to a 17-2-2 mark, a league title and the playoffs. In the spring of 2024, she closed...

The Gilroy High field hockey program has been one of the gold standards in the Central Coast Section for the better part of a decade. Part of the sustained excellence has to do with the standard set by longtime Mustangs coach Adam Gemar, who...

Two Severance Bowl's in the books – two different winners.

Three different players registered at least three goals as the Gilroy High field hockey team routed visiting North Salinas 15-0 in an early season nonleague engagement Tuesday.

Let it rain. Early in the season, that could be one of the mottos for the Christopher High softball team. The Cougars have played through rain on three occasions this season, the last being in a 7-2 win over Oak Grove in San Jose...

Four years ago, Willie Fox stumbled across a story while browsing the Yahoo! News home page. The article's contents - a vivid depiction of an ocean rescue executed by the United States Navy SEALs. Fox's eyes lit up, his insides churned and his mind wandered. That's when he knew.

How's that for a sweet 16? Gilroy High School won its unprecedented 16th straight Central Coast Section Wrestling Championship last Saturday at Independence High School In San Jose, with a record-breaking 10 wrestlers earning first-place honors. That helped the team accumulate a record-breaking score of...

Christopher’s 34-7 win over Alisal Saturday meant a little more than just revenge. And perhaps it meant a little bit more than just a berth into the Central Coast Section Division IV championship game. Two years ago, the Cougars were a 2-8 team. Last year...

Andrew Kachel and Travis Romero grew up playing sports together, forming a strong bond and creating a wealth of memories in the process. They share plenty in common, but most notably this: They go into every game with a chip—check that, a boulder—on their...