Sports

For many high school sports teams at this time, having fun and enjoying the experience of playing a season supersedes wins and losses—especially given what’s happened in the last year dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.  Christopher and San Benito’s girls basketball teams—while still wanting to...

If focus was a sound, it would probably be similar to the “whoosh” an arrow makes as it flies through the air. That was all that could be heard during the July 30-31 weekend at Kirigin Cellars in Gilroy, when the Traditional Target Archery Championships...

Eleven scouts—the majority of them from MLB teams—were on hand to watch Gilroy High senior Quinn Larson’s start against Silver Creek High on April 7.  That’s a large turnout even for a top level talent such as Quinn, who has signed with Cal. The 6-foot-4,...

The geographical center of Central Coast Section girls field hockey expertise and success lies within the city of Gilroy as both local high schools are among the section’s elite. With September ending and the season at the halfway point, Gilroy High is on top with...

Travis Romero and Ryan Dequin likened the Christopher High baseball team's emotions and season to a never-ending thrill ride.  "The season has been a roller coaster you can say," said Dequin, who has been the coach of the Cougars for a total of eight years...

The Gavilan College football program is in a much different place than it was a year ago. The Rams, who finished 0-10 last season and had just 31 players available in their final game of the season, enter padded practices next week with a...

In the practices leading up to the Christopher-Gilroy boys water polo match on Oct. 5, the Cougars’ Charlie Wheat and Emiliano Grieco worked on their give-and-go sequences and specific set plays.  The work paid off as Wheat scored three goals and Grieco two in a...

Evenly matched the last couple of years, the Christopher High and Gilroy High baseball teams typically have nail-biting, white-knuckle contests.  Their latest game on March 18 was no exception. The Mustangs defeated the Cougars, 7-6, on Carter Martinez’s one-out, walk-off single. The victory allowed Gilroy...

The Christopher boys basketball team has reached uncharted heights this year. The Cougars closed the regular season at 22-2, the best mark ever at CHS, and won the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Mt. Hamilton Division title with a perfect 12-0 mark. Christopher features a wealth...

High school basketball teams don’t often lose to a pair of opponents by double digits only to turn the tables on them just a few weeks later.  But that’s exactly what the Christopher High girls basketball team has pulled off, and it couldn’t have come...