Sports

Christopher and Westmont opened the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs with an all-out battle. 

GILROY—There’s a new coach at the helm of the Christopher girl’s basketball program, but the philosophy of the team and its goals remain the same.

The Gavilan men's basketball team dropped its third straight game Tuesday night. 

The Christopher girls water polo season came to end Saturday against Robert Louis Stevenson. 

Samantha Nydam led Gavilan with 11 kills, helping it to a 3-0 sweep of Ohlone Friday at home. 

GILROY—The Golden Coast League portion of Gavilan’s 2014 football experience ended on a high note Saturday night as the Rams raced past the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos 45-41 at the Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.

WATSONVILLE—Gilroy had a couple goals in mind heading into Friday’s game with Pajaro Valley. The Mustangs obviously wanted to record a win, but they also wanted to ensure they established momentum for next week’s Severance Bowl.

GILROY—The Christopher football team went home Friday night and checked another item off their list: win the league title.

GILROY—Thursday’s game against Presentation was bittersweet for Gilroy’s four seniors. While the 9-1 win over the Panthers was exactly the ending they hoped for, the graduating Mustangs were still in disbelief that they had played their final game at the Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.

Christopher went up against a tough Harbor, but displayed championship-style defense to come away with the win.