Sports

Coming off a strong 2018 season in which it had its best season ever competing in the A division, Christopher High will once again be up against strong competition. Yet this year's team seemingly has the potential to make some serious noise in the...

The smallest school in the Central Coast Section—and it's not even close—is fielding a football team again, and this time everyone at Pacific Point School hopes it sticks. To that end, coach Kyle Venegas has made building a strong foundation as the No. 1...

In two short years, Gilroy High went from the penthouse to the outhouse. In 2017, the Mustangs won their first-ever Central Coast Section championship, a glorious moment for the proud program. However, Gilroy fell on hard times last season, finishing 1-9 overall and 0-7...

It's almost impossible to predict the future, but all things point in the direction that Jack Tomlinson's baseball skills will translate to the college level. The 2019 Christopher High graduate left for the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) two weeks ago, leaving...

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...

"When you dedicate yourself to something and open your mind to different possibilities and focus on what you can do instead of what you can't do, you really can go places in this world."

When ESPN aired Rob Mendez's life story in a Sports Center featured segment on Feb. 16, it forever changed his life. Mendez, a 31-year-old Gilroy resident who was born without arms and legs, was inundated with messages and requests to the point where his best...

Under former coach Dallas Jensen, the Gavilan College men's basketball program has been one of the best in Northern California the last two years. Jensen took a job with College of the Sequoias approximately six weeks ago, leaving the Rams in a tough position...

Dylan McPhillips' sophomore season at Sacramento State University started off slow and ended on a high. First, the low. The catcher/designated hitter was out of commission, having undergone right knee surgery in October 2018. Born and raised in Gilroy, McPhillips missed the first month...

It started off as one of the more uncomfortable conversations Monica Ruelas has ever had. Last November, the former Gilroy High and Hartnell College running standout received a call from Michael Freiss, the respected and venerable University of Alaska-Anchorage cross country and track and...