Sports

Moments before every softball game, Sarah Starks feels at peace. The Christopher High senior has a very good reason for feeling this way.  “My mindset going into every game is I know it’s not necessarily what you do on the field, but at that moment it’s...

After another successful season and a Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division championship, it’s time for the departing seniors on the Gilroy High field hockey team to decide on their future. One of them—Mustangs star Cami Rogers—signed a letter of intent last Friday to play...

Last year, the Gavilan College men’s basketball team won its first conference championship since 1969, including a victory in the California Community College NorCal playoffs. This season, the expectations are even higher. Loaded with a deep and talented roster, the Rams are primed to...

It was déjà vu for the Gilroy High field hockey team in its opening match of the Central Coast Section playoffs. Matched up against Willow Glen—the Mustangs defeated the Rams in the very first match of the season—Gilroy once again found itself down a...

For the second straight season, the Gilroy High and Santa Catalina girls water polo teams faced off for a third time, this time in the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division championship on Oct. 27. Talk about a true rivalry. Just nine days earlier,...

After winning the Central Coast Section Division IV championship last year, the Christopher High football team was promoted to the upper Gabilan Division this season. For the most part, the Cougars comported themselves well, finishing 3-4 against A-league competition. Now Christopher faces the unenviable...

On the east side of the railroad tracks in old Gilroy, in an old square brick building that used to be a PG&E substation, kids spend the night punching each other in the face. Usually, that means trouble. But at Stick and Move Boxing, the...

Cecil Murphy IV has learned to be content in his circumstances. The Gavilan College sophomore was raised in Tampa, Fla., under difficult circumstances. Money was hard to come by, and at times the Murphy family didn’t have enough funds to provide light in the...

After coming on strong in the regular-season league meets, the Gilroy High girls cross country team stamped itself as the favorite to win last Saturday’s Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division Championships at Toro Park in Salinas. The Mustangs didn’t disappoint, as they totaled 66...

After a tumultuous junior year, Cisco Locsin’s comeback came full circle at two points this season: In the season-opener against Liberty Union of Brentwood and in last week’s game against Salinas. The Gilroy High senior linebacker missed the 2017 season after being ruled academically...