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When Gilroy needed its defense the most, it came through against Santa Cruz. The Cardinals turned the ball over three times to start the game and the Mustang defense held them twice in a row on fourth down to help bolster an offense that got...

The lifeblood for any college sports program starts with recruiting strong talent—preferably talented individuals who happen to be high character players as well. First-year Gavilan College men’s basketball coach Dallas Jensen seemingly has the pieces in place to turn around a Gavilan program that...

APTOS—Gilroy saw its stellar season come to an unfortunate end as the Mustangs bowed out of the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs with a 14-5 loss to Sobrato. Gilroy finishes the season 18-5 overall after sweeping the Pacific Division. Coach Doug Pickford said it wasn’t...

LOS ALTOS—Sierra Ceballos literally came running to the Christopher girls water polo playoff game at Los Altos on Saturday. Ceballos came straight from her SATs to play in the game, arriving just minutes before warmups concluded. She responded with a hat trick for the Cougars, scoring...

History could be in the making for Gilroy Thursday night in Watsonville as a perfect regular season is on the line against the Wildcatz. The Mustangs are 9-0 for the first time going back to at least 2000. With a 42-6 win over North Monterey...

Christopher’s playoff win drought will continue until at least next season. The Cougars fell 24-26, 25-20, 25-19, 27-25 to San Mateo to bow out of the first round of the Central Coast Section volleyball playoffs for the fifth straight time. CHS finishes the season 14-18 overall...

Christopher High (7-2, 3-2) avenged a two-game losing streak at home Friday night when the Cougars blew out the Watsonville 42-14 in a crucial Monterey Bay League-Pacific Division game that kept their playoff hopes alive. “They played a little upset tonight,” said Christopher coach Tim...

The Gilroy girls water polo team rolled through the Monterey Bay League-Pacific Division tournament, taking the championship with a 13-4 win over Santa Catalina Saturday. The Mustangs used swarming defense to keep SC at bay and that turned into an explosive offense on the other...

Christopher will attempt to break its playoff curse Wednesday at home when the Cougars volleyball team hosts San Mateo to open the Division II playoffs. No. 8 Christopher has yet to win a playoff game in its short history as a program, going 0-4 dating...

Wednesday’s match featured Team Co-Captain Sam Vogel leading her squad to another victory to finish off Christopher’s perfect league run with a 100-stroke win over Watsonville. “I feel this season I got a lot of experience. I was able to learn how to become...