Sports

In a matchup of the Cowboys' vaunted ground attack and the Mustangs' aerial assault, a back-and-fourth scoring event ensued between Gilroy High and Salinas on Friday night at The Pit.

The Gavilan College women's volleyball team survived some inconsistencies on the road at Monterey Peninsula College, prevailing 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 12-25, 26-24) on Wednesday 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.

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.

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.