Sports

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...

When Joe Fleming was in the eighth grade and preparing to play for the Gilroy Browns Pop Warner football team, he needed to drop 35 pounds in a two-month period to make the weight limit to play. Somehow, he got it done. With the...

In the middle of her freshman season running cross country at Hartnell College last year, Monica Ruelas felt like quitting.  “I wanted to give up on running because I felt like I was doing everything I needed to do and was not seeing results,” said...

Late in the second set of last Friday’s match, Kevin Kramer sat quietly on a chair and stared ahead. The Gavilan College women’s volleyball coach was rather comfortable, with the Rams in total control of the match. Gavilan’s three-game sweep of Ohlone of Fremont—game...

For Samantha Vogel, playing golf has been downright inspiring. The Christopher High senior started hitting balls on the range when she was 5 or 6, but it was simply for fun. However, once Vogel got to high school, she decided to take her game...

In a sport where it’s a race against the clock, Maddie Eastus performs a delicate balancing act. The Gilroy High sophomore has been the team’s second fastest runner on the girls cross country team this season; however, Eastus also has club soccer practices in...

Christian and Tyler Davis have competed against each other their entire lives. When the two Christopher High senior twins lived in Hawaii from age 5 to 8, their stepdad routinely took them out to a field to play 1-on-1 football. Often times, it wasn’t...

It wasn't quite the comeback of the year for Christopher High, nor was it a monumental collapse for San Benito High. In a wild Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division game last Friday in Gilroy, it was the Haybalers that prevailed 34-28 over the Cougars...

Allison Duross doesn’t get intimidated whenever she has to play the best teams in the Central Coast Section. After all, the Christopher High junior outside hitter/opposite plays her club ball with City Beach, which has many of their players on the rosters of high-profile...

Meghan Popma grew up with two older brothers who never took it easy on her. The Gilroy High senior credits her upbringing for helping her to develop into a bona-fide impact outside hitter at the high school level.  “My brothers taught me how to be...