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The names we give our man-made structures often come from the surrounding landscape. But we have so urbanized our environment that those names have often lost their meaning. I confess that when someone says 'Stevens Creek,' I think of a boulevard and not a creek. It makes perfect sense, but I remain a bit skeptical that there is such a thing as a creek with that name. I decided to investigate.

“I heard a pop,” Gianna Brown said as she hobbled off the field during Christopher’s Nov. 14 Central Coast Section field hockey playoff game at Monta Vista.

Runs in the eighth and ninth innings weren't enough to lift Gavilan past Ohlone in the Coast Conference opener. 

GILROY — Gilroy coach Armando Padilla gave his team just one job heading into overtime: Make a statement.

The Christopher softball team took an early lead, but wasn't able to hold on. 

The Gilroy boys basketball team knew beating No. 9 El Camino would be no easy feat, but it was still hoping for the first round upset.

Christopher used a strong defensive first quarter to sprint past Sobrato in the first round of the DII Girls CCS Playoffs, 48-37.

GILROY — Some nights you're on and some nights you're not. Unfortunately for the Gilroy girls basketball team, this just wasn't its night.

GILROY — The season may not have started the way Gilroy wanted it to, but Friday the team was able to end it on a high note.