Sports

For the Christopher High girls’ basketball team, the holidays brought a big tournament championship and extension of a school-record win streak.  And the new year brought two more wins, with league play on the horizon. The Cougars won the title in the Gold Bracket of the...

A group of wrestlers from both Gilroy and Christopher high schools competed at the 55th Pat Lovell Wrestling Tournament at Aptos High School on Dec. 27-28. Jose Guerrero of Gilroy won the 215-pound weight class bracket and scored 32 team points to help the Mustangs...

The term “statistics can be misleading” is meant for players like former Gilroy High and Monte Vista Christian standout Brendan Doyle, who is second on the tight end depth chart on the University of Memphis football team.  On Friday, the Tigers (9-3) play Iowa State...

After a series of sub- .500 records, the Christopher High boys’ soccer team posted winning records the last two seasons but still came up a bit short of a postseason bid.  The Cougars continue to have their sights set on reaching the Central Coast Section...

Christopher coach Jim Falvey sometimes feels he is coaching the Golden State Warriors: winning first-place trophies, such as in last weekend’s six-team Watsonville tournament, and describing players on his team.  “It starts with our three seniors,” Falvey said. “Nat (Javier) is a natural scorer. She...

With the season just a few months away, longtime Christopher High football coach Tim Pierleoni departed in June 2021.  School officials had to convince a reluctant Darren Yafai to jump onboard.   The experienced skipper agreed to help out and the decision turned into a spectacular three-year...

The Christopher High football team was part of another miraculous come-from-behind playoff victory following a 21-17 win over No. 5 Menlo School in the Central Coast Section Division II semifinals on Nov. 18.   After trailing 17-0 in the third quarter, the No. 8 seed Cougars...

Christopher High earned the lowest seed in the Central Coast Section Division II playoff bracket and was going up against Mitty High—one of the most powerful and prestigious West Catholic Athletic League teams in the section.  That essentially meant there was little to no chance...

Gilroy High’s Joshua Guzman ran a spectacular race at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships on Nov. 11. The Mustangs’ junior placed third in the Division II finals, crossing the finish line in 15 minutes, 29.6 seconds at the 2.95-mile Crystal Springs course in...

A back-and-forth donnybrook between rivals Live Oak and Christopher came down to the last play with four seconds remaining on the clock.  And it was the Acorns’ defense that made its third straight stand to hold the Cougars out of the end zone and preserve...