Sports

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-1-episode-2-ccs-basketball-playoffs-preview In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will recap what happened with some of our local soccer teams in this past weekend’s CCS championships. Then they’ll talk about some of our favorite, and most interesting, sports moments that we’ve had since...

Defense was the name of the game when the Gilroy and Sobrato football teams squared off on Sept. 17. Though the host Mustangs came away with a 27-14 win, the result was closer than the score indicated. Gilroy’s defensive line was unstoppable, breaking through to...

Dear Reader, So, I thought, ‘Hey, why don’t I set up an online vote for Senior Athletes of the Year?’ It isn’t unheard of. However, I did not contemplate the energetic response the endeavor received.

The Christopher and San Benito boys volleyball teams split two matches this season, with the Cougars winning the first time in three games and the Haybalers returning the favor by the exact score in their latest contest on May 20. Game scores were 25-17,...

Lady Mustang hoopsters pick up victories over Andrew Hill,

If the Gavilan College men’s basketball team wins its season-finale against San Jose City College on Friday, it will clinch its first conference championship since 1969 and just the second in program history. The Rams (22-4 overall, 8-3 Coast Conference South) have an excellent...

Korynn Yslava knew she had one last chance to make a great impression. On a plane ride to Florida in mid January to play in a national showcase field hockey tournament, the Gilroy High senior knew if she didn’t put her best foot forward—literally...

Last year, the Gilroy High softball team got hot at the right time to surprise even themselves in winning the program’s fourth Central Coast Section championship. This season, the Mustangs will more than likely have a big target on their back as they are off...

As Ashton Pluckhan started his ascent up one of the hills on the Gavilan Cross Country Course, his mom, Piper, couldn't help but well up with tears. After all, what Ashton was doing was nothing short of monumental—and that could be considered a vast...

GILROY—Butterflies fluttered in Matt Corona’s stomach as he took the mat May 7. Eight long months of intense dieting, training and wrestling led to this moment, but after a 15-year layoff, Corona understandably was nervous.