Sports

Christopher volleyball is on the rise.  Last year’s team qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time since 2019 and lost the post-season opener. This year’s squad moved up a division in the league hierarchy, competed fiercely during the regular season and...

For the second straight year, Tiffany Verbica won the Henry W. Coe 10K Fun Run and was the No. 1 overall female runner. Verbica is the wife of the great grandson of Henry W. Coe, Peter Coe Verbica, who said his wife’s victory was “especially meaningful for the family”. The course, which begins at the Hunting Hollow trail head, is an out-and-back near the Gilroy Hot Springs. The win is the latest in a long list of victories for Tiffany. She finished as the No. 1 women in her age group of 30 to 39 and No. 2 overall for the women at the 2015 Nisene Marks Half Marathon in Soquel on June 6 in a time of 1:46:30.

The 11-year-old Gilroy Little League All Star team defeated Milpitas 11-1 to win the District 59 All Star Championship.

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.

The Gavilan men’s basketball team will go for win No. 7 tonight as the Rams continue to climb the state rankings thanks to their perfect 6-0 start. The Rams are ranked No. 6 in California and No. 3 in Northern CA, sitting just behind Sequoias...

Christopher High’s football team lost about half of its starters from last season’s group that won a share of the league title and went on a postseason run.   The good news is that head coach Darren Yafai has the other half returning but in order...

Andrew Blankley had never ran in a race quite as big as the Boston Marathon before he participated in the world-renowned event on April 17. “Hearing the crowds and high-fiving kids throughout the race was all new,” he said. “That all hits differently, and I'm...

The 50th Avis Kelley Track and Field Invitational at Gilroy High on March 25 went off like usual, with hundreds of athletes from the South Valley and beyond competing in the annual event.  But this year’s meet had a hint of both celebration and poignancy...