Sports

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.

The Gavilan College men's soccer team moved to 3-2 in the Coast Conference with a 1-0 nod against Skyline College in San Bruno on Tuesday.

The Christopher High girls varsity tennis team was without its top-two singles players as it took on Pajaro Valley on Tuesday in Watsonville. No problem.

Three of the four singles matches between the Christopher and North Salinas tennis team's went to third-set tiebreakers. The Cougars came out on the other end with team point in two of those.

The Gilroy and San Benito girls cross country teams entered Monday's Tri-County Athletic League dual meet undefeated – the Balers left that way, too.