Sports

The Gilroy Clasico Trophy is staying with the Gilroy High boys soccer team. The Mustangs made it happen with a lively 1-1 draw against Christopher High on Feb. 9 in a Pacific Coast League Mission Division contest.  Gilroy entered the season as the holders of...

With a full off-season of passing league and strength and conditioning workouts, the Gilroy High football team enters the 2022 season with optimism and confidence.  Coach Tim Pierleoni said the majority of the returning players packed on some serious muscle in the off-season, and improved...

SANTA CLARA—Twenty Christopher High School cheerleaders were selected to perform at the 41st annual Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football Game Aug. 1 at Levi’s Stadium.

Christopher High softball coach Amanda Tellez believes ace Gabriella Howard has pitched every single game for the Cougars for the last three-plus seasons, which is a remarkable feat and displays Howard’s durability and consistency.  “She’s pitched every game since her freshman year, and we plan...

In last year’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships, Logan Flores finished in a tie for third place in the pole vault, barely missing out on a berth to the CIF State Championships. Flores has come a long way since. “Last year was a...

Dallas and Derek Jensen vividly remember the individual 1-on-1 times they had with their dad, Kort, from the time they were adolescents into their college years. Most of those moments—they number in the thousands—took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

Christopher’s playoff win drought will continue until at least next season. The Cougars fell 24-26, 25-20, 25-19, 27-25 to San Mateo to bow out of the first round of the Central Coast Section volleyball playoffs for the fifth straight time. CHS finishes the season 14-18 overall...

The Gilroy High football team entered its Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Foothill Division game against Piedmont Hills knowing it was a winnable one.  That’s what made the Mustangs’ 20-7 loss in San Jose on Oct. 20 all the more disappointing.  “I know what we’re...

Gavilan College men’s basketball coach Derek Jensen likes a lot of things about this year’s team, but foremost among them is its unselfishness.  “Our guys don’t care about numbers and they’ve all bought in to do whatever it takes to win,” said Jensen, whose team...

The Gilroy High field hockey program has been one of the Central Coast Section’s most consistent for the better part of two decades.  Year in, year out, the Mustangs reach the playoffs and contend or win league championships. After a CCS quarterfinal appearance last year,...