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GILROY—Over the summer, Kevin Kramer received an early Christmas gift—two of them actually. In a span of two months, the Gavilan College women’s volleyball coach learned one of his top players from last year—outside hitter Samantha Nydam—would be returning for her sophomore year at Gavilan.

GILROY—Whether he was grappling on the Jiu-Jitsu mat or battling cancer, Jeremy Montes had the heart of a warrior.

Checks handed out for funds raised at second annual Jeff Garcia

The Gilroy High field hockey team received nine All-League

Christopher will take the field tonight for the final time in 2015. Senior night, normally bittersweet, will just be bitter as the team must take the field less than a week after the passing of Jennifer Pierleoni.

Morejon nets hat trick in record-setting 7-0 victory

One day after the Christopher High girls varsity basketball team went four overtime periods in an eventual 69-64 loss to San Benito on Friday, the Cougars again entered an extra session against host Watsonville on the final day of the Wildcatz Invitational on Saturday.

Brennan Wilson led off Friday's Monterey Bay League  tilt against visiting Seaside with a bouncing hit up the middle into centerfield. The unassuming base knock was the spark to what evolved into an explosion of offense in a Cougars' 19-0 romp of the Spartans in five innings.

It wasn't easy, but the Gavilan volleyball team was able to uphold its perfect conference record.