Sports

Though the Christopher High girls volleyball team fell two victories short of qualifying for the Central Coast Section playoffs, the 2011 season can still be considered a banner year. The Cougars posted a program best 18 wins, including seven in Monterey Bay League play en route to a fourth-place finish in the seven-team league under first-year head coach Tom Schatz.

Just a few days removed from its first victory of the season, the Gavilan College men's basketball team had a bit of momentum as it headed north for an appearance at the Skyline Tournament in San Bruno on Friday and Saturday.

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.

The Gilroy High boys varsity soccer team played Bellarmine to a 1-1 tie at the half, however the Bells collected the deciding goal in the second half for a 2-1 victory in Gilroy on Thursday night.

From start to finish. Or, in this case, is it vice versa?

Looking to stop a two-game, scoreless losing streak, the Gilroy High girls varsity soccer team continued a challenging slate of nonleague tilts against Monta Vista-Cupertino. 

After losing three starters in a tragic car accident just six days before the season opener and being forced to game plan from scratch, Gavilan coach Tito Addison may have finally found a winning combination. 

Senior Merrett Brown hadn't made a shot all night until she hit nothing-but-net when it counted most - with nine seconds left and the Christopher High girls varsity basketball team down one point.