Gilroy High wrestling extends record with 22nd CCS championship; six boys and four girls win titles
Gilroy High’s Coby Merrill sat expressionless as he got back in clean clothes during the Central Coast Section Masters Finals tournament Feb. 18 at Watsonville High.
Judging by his posture, one would’ve never guessed the freshman had just won the 195-pound weight class title in...
Christopher High’s Katie Garrison signs with New Hampshire
Christopher field hockey star Katie Garrison scored 32 goals to lead the Cougars in a 17-2-2 season this past fall. The Cougars finished in first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Mt. Hamilton Division, with an 8-0-2 record, and advanced to the Central...
Gilroy’s Cody Merrill and Jennifer Soto capture CIF State titles
Cody Merrill and Jennifer Soto treated the CIF State Wrestling Championships like a business trip. Get in, accomplish the tasks, and if they met their goals, do a little celebrating afterward.
That’s exactly what the two Gilroy High standouts did as they took home state...
Christopher focuses on the process
The Christopher High girls basketball team has a goal to be its own version of a D.R.E.A.M. team. It's their acronym for discipline, respect, effort, attitude and mentality. The Cougars want to grade high in all of those categories. If they do, they'll look...
Recent GHS grad Jackie Torres gets it done on and off the course
For Jackie Torres, starting golf at age 10 represented something more than just playing a sport—it was an opportunity to bond further with her dad John—the Gilroy High golf coach—every time they took the course together. After all, there is no other sport in...
Christopher High a rising soccer power
Jenna Urrabazo spent last year being mentored by Aurea Martin, who is now playing at Northwestern University. Urrabazo, a Christopher High sophomore striker, was like a sponge, taking in everything that Martin said and did, whether it was in practice or in a match....
Gilroy High football team kicks off new era
Gilroy High football coach Tim Pierleoni liked what he saw after his team scrimmaged Seaside on Aug. 20.
“I’m very happy with the way the kids played,” said Pierleoni, who returned to his alma mater in the off-season after spending 11 seasons on the sideline...
Joshua Adams ready to make his mark as new Gilroy High AD
For Joshua Adams, the transition to becoming the new athletic director at Gilroy High has been years in the making.
The 45-year-old has a total of 20 years of high school coaching experience—15 as a head coach—and spent the previous six years as the assistant...
Gilroy softball community pays tribute to former GHS standout Sarah Villar
The first-ever Sarah Villar Memorial Game paid tribute to a life gone too soon.
On March 22, the Gilroy High softball team hosted Christopher High in what will be the annual Sarah Villar Memorial Game going forward. Villar is the former Gilroy High graduate who...
Mustang tough: Gilroy baseball team makes history with CCS victory
Jacob Godwin knew he and the Gilroy High baseball team had just accomplished something historic against Pacific Grove on Saturday. Godwin had a home run, triple and three RBIs to help lead the Mustangs to a 5-4 win in 10 innings to earn the...
