Rams start anew
Last year was a season to forget for Gavilan College. Amid violations and an 0-10 record, stability is what the program needed. John Lango stepped in, back in charge of a team he led from 2000 to 2010. If Lango is going to bring...
Ella Rodriguez is unbreakable
Ella Rodriguez vividly remembers walking into a gymnasium at age 9 and watching a wheelchair basketball game. The moment forever changed her life.
“I saw how happy everyone looked, and I wanted to be like that,” said Rodriguez, an incoming Christopher High freshman. “I had...
Gilroy All Stars shine in Sectionals
It would’ve taken a herculean effort for the Gilroy 11- and 12-year-old Majors All Star teams to win their respective Section 5 Tournaments. Both squads had to go through the bottom bracket, and they advanced all the way to the championship round. The 11-and-under...
Gilroy softball all stars shine in district
Gilroy Majors Softball All Star team manager/head coach Augusto Correia had a problem in the District 59 championship game against the San Jose Spartans on June 28.
“It was hard to get everyone in,” Correia said, referring to the team’s 23-2, 3-inning mercy rule victory....
Gilroy Gators a model club program
With an impressive coaching resume that spans since 1972, Wayne Norris is no stranger to success. Norris, who has had coaching stints at the NCAA Division I level along with a nationally renowned club program, is in his second year with the Gilroy Gators....
Building a new future
After finishing the 2017 season 0-10, Gavilan football is brand-new. Well, mostly. John Lango, who coached the Rams from 2000 to 2010, is back for a second go-around, but for the coaching veteran, this is a new era for Gavilan football. And there’s no...
Brandon Johnson saves his best for last
Brandon Johnson walked off the 18th green in the Monterey Bay League Finals and knew he had posted a low number. A couple of minutes later, it was official: the recent Christopher High graduate had shot an excellent round—perhaps the round of his life—posting...
Flores leaves a pole vaulting legacy
With a seventh-place finish in the 2018 CIF State Championships, Logan Flores will go down as one of the greatest track and field athletes in Gilroy High history. Flores, who graduated Friday, cleared 15 feet, 4 inches, the third best mark of his burgeoning...
Romero earns scholarship to Fresno Pacific
When Haley Romero signed her letter of intent to compete for the Fresno Pacific University track and field team, a flood of emotions encompassed her.
“I knew I had made the right choice on where I would spend my next two years in college,” said...
Logan Flores wins CCS championship
In last year’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships, Logan Flores finished in a tie for third place in the pole vault, barely missing out on a berth to the CIF State Championships. Flores has come a long way since.
“Last year was a...