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After vaulting out to a 2-0 lead, the Gilroy High varsity volleyball team withstood an Alisal comeback to eventually topple the Trojans 3-2 (25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 31-33, 15-13) in Salinas on Tuesday night.

Through 52 minutes of the Gilroy High field hockey team's Mount Hamilton Division showdown with first-place Archbishop Mitty on Wednesday, overtime appeared to be the likely destination.

Anthony Velazquez registered his sixth goal of the season, breaking a 0-0 tie midway through the second half and ultimately lifting the Gavilan College men's soccer team to a 1-0 triumph over visiting West Valley on Tuesday in Gilroy.

Overtime has been no stranger to the Gilroy High field hockey team this season.

A record of 0-6 was the result of Gavilan College's foray to San Jose City College to face the Jaguars in the Coast Conference football opener for both squads.

It's sometimes not about how a team starts, but it's how it finishes.

Two undefeated teams, a combined 19 penalties, three failed 2-point conversion tries, more than 700 yards of offense and a four-minute, 21-second, 61-yard game-winning drive, all jumbled together to produce the two most important figures in a gritty, physical, hard-nosed contest that was destined to go down to the wire.

The Gilroy high boys and girls water polo teams encountered league powers in the pool Thursday.

A 20-7 run to start its match against host Hartnell College, the Gavilan College women's volleyball team closed the first half of Coast Conference South play with a 25-12, 25-22, 25-22 triumph Wednesday night in Salinas.

The Christopher High girls field hockey team had players hovering around the cage all afternoon and managed to sling four goals in a 4-0 victory over York in a Mission Trail Athletic League encounter Wednesday in Gilroy.