Happy swings: Gilroy girls volleyball team finds joy in playing again
The past year of uncertainty with high school sports has left the Gilroy High girls volleyball team excited about the upcoming season.
“Our No. 1 goal is to enjoy the sport,” Mustangs coach Brian Calimpong said. “After the last 18 months, I am just thankful...
Football coach’s profile rises after receiving prestigious award
Rob Mendez and Brian Lammi first met in March 2019 at Donald Driver's Driven to Achieve Awards event in Milwaukee. A week or two later, the Gilroy-born Mendez reached out to Lammi for advice after a movie producer asked to meet with Mendez, whose...
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...
Gavilan is ready to spring athletes back into action
Once Gavilan College receives the go-ahead from the state of California and Santa Clara County to resume in-person classes and athletics competition, athletic trainers Rebecca Northon and Erik Hilliker will be ready to spring student-athletes back into action in the safest way possible.
The two...
Christopher girls soccer team still unbeaten
After winning a second straight league championship and advancing to a Central Coast Section playoff title match last year, what could the Christopher High girls soccer team possibly do for an encore this season? How about winning a third consecutive league title and doing...
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....
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero set for another fight in Las Vegas
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero didn’t come out of retirement three years ago simply to be competitive. The 38-year-old southpaw returned to the fight game to compete for a championship belt.
A win against Victor Ortiz in a 10-round welterweight boxing match on Saturday at T-Mobile...
Sometimes the games don’t go on
For the local high school spring sports teams, the season has been put on hold—for now. The Gilroy Unified School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District and San Benito High School District last week made the decision to suspend all athletic events until at...
Gilroy grad to play for Division 1 team
For the longest time, Ellie Pickford thought she would be competing in gymnastics in college. It was Pickford's sport of choice growing up, and she did it for 15 years.
"But in the ninth grade, I had to give myself a reality check," the recent...
Local goaltender has eyes set on National Hockey League
If Dustin Wolf continues on his upward trajectory, he would become the first South Valley-born player to make the National Hockey League.
Talk about heady stuff. Born in Gilroy, Wolf moved to Southern California when he was 9 or 10 to pursue his dream of...