Sports

It was a strong day for the locals as 39 teams converged on Gilroy High School for the annual Avis Kelley Invitational on Saturday.

After a league championship and a playoff appearance, the Gilroy High boys’ basketball team moved up a division.  With eight seniors graduating, the strength of that performance put on caps and gowns and left.  The new Mustangs are starting to jell in the challenging Blossom Valley...

There have been times this season when Dean Tognetti felt like he couldn’t miss. The Christopher High senior combo guard has already amassed three 30-point games for a Cougars squad that entered the week with a 7-5 record, with one of its highlights being...

GILROY—The boys water polo teams at Gilroy and Christopher High schools have spent the summer practicing. Now, the Garlic City boys are ready for action and they’ll kick off the competitive season with a game against one another.

Gilroy High cross country coach Matthew Castillo has the program running well ahead of the pack in 2023.  Leading the boys team is junior Josh Guzman, who qualified for the CIF State meet last year and has turned in several sensational performances this season.   He had...

Gilroy High doesn't have a storied girls golf tradition, but coach John Torres said it's never too late to begin one. The Mustangs took a step in that direction by clinching the Pacific Coast League Mission Division championship last Thursday with a dual-meet win...

Football is a 'what have you done for me lately' kind of sport and Christopher High coach Tim Pierleoni knows it. One year after winning the Central Coast Section Division IV playoff championship, the Cougars won't only be asked to repeat their postseason performance...

Christopher HS Football (4-1 overall, 1-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division) Recent results: Won 47-0 at Gilroy; Won 45-28 at Branham Upcoming games: 7:15pm Oct. 4 at Santa Teresa NOTES:  Cougars broke away from a 28-28 halftime tie with the Bruins by shutting them out in the second...

Brothers Drew and Mason Gumin agree on many things, but there’s one thing they disagree on—who wins when they play NBA 2K. “We’ve played hundreds of times, and I think Drew has beaten me two times the entire time,” Mason said. “That’s not true—I kill him...

GILROY—In life, things can happen quickly—and Gavilan’s Albert Medrano, knows this all too well.