High School Sports

Gilroy women’s mixed martial artist Brianna Van Buren lost her strawweight (115-pound) feature bout by unanimous decision against Stephanie Eggink as part of the Xtreme Fighting Championships card XFC 23: Louisville Slugfest on Friday night at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky.

After a series of sub- .500 records, the Christopher High boys’ soccer team posted winning records the last two seasons but still came up a bit short of a postseason bid.  The Cougars continue to have their sights set on reaching the Central Coast Section...

Christopher High’s boys soccer team was rewarded for its strong season when coaches recently voted a pair of Cougars to the All-Monterey Bay League Pacific Division First Team.

The geographical center of Central Coast Section girls field hockey expertise and success lies within the city of Gilroy as both local high schools are among the section’s elite. With September ending and the season at the halfway point, Gilroy High is on top with...

In the last three years, the only thing the Christopher High girls soccer team hasn’t accomplished is win a Central Coast Section championship. The Cougars have won three consecutive league titles and reached a CCS championship game two years ago before being bounced out...

Thanachai “Job” Kapinkan can’t wait for the Blossom Valley League Division Finals. The Gilroy High senior and foreign exchange student from Thailand entered the week with an 11-3 record, with two of those losses coming to Branham’s top player. “I would like to play him...

For the Christopher High girls’ basketball team, the holidays brought a big tournament championship and extension of a school-record win streak.  And the new year brought two more wins, with league play on the horizon. The Cougars won the title in the Gold Bracket of the...

GILROY — Like a closer in baseball, Manny Salcedo took the reigns to finish the job against Salinas.

GILROY - 3-0. 4-0. 5-0. 6-0. But who's counting?

The Gilroy High wrestling program is the gold standard in the Central Coast Section, having won 14 consecutive championships. The Mustangs are virtually unbeatable in section, with quality wrestlers in just about every weight class. Such is the dominance of Gilroy that it could beat a solid San Benito squad 54-12 on Dec. 14 in the Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division opener for both teams.