Cougars aim to break through
The 2019 season could be a breakthrough for the Christopher High field hockey team. In the last couple of years, the Cougars have made the Central Coast Section playoffs only to get knocked off in their opening game. In that same period, they also...
Sharks are Gilroy Strong
Gena Gonzales was a student at Chico State University when the San Jose Sharks were playing their inaugural season at the Cow Palace in Daly City in 1991-1992.
"We were watching the first game on this fuzzy little TV, just sweating," said Gonzales, who with...
Robert The Ghost Guerrero continues comeback
The Ghost is back. Last November, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero released a statement that he was coming out of retirement to resume his boxing career. Out of action for 18 months, the lifelong Gilroy resident has gone 2-0 in his second act and fights...
Gavilan seeks huge turnaround
Gavilan College football coach John Lango affectionately refers to community college athletics as second chance U, a play off of the wildly popular Netflix series Last Chance U. At the community college level, student-athletes earn second and sometimes third or fourth chances in pursuit...
Cougars football on the move
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...
Pacific Point back in the 8-man game
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...
Gilroy seeks turnaround
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...
Tomlinson is college ready
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...
Rams: nowhere to go but up
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...
Mendez: ‘Who says I can’t go further?’
"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."