Sports

In the 2024-25 school year, one of the best teams at Christopher High School was the Cougars girls tennis team. The team fashioned an undefeated league season a year ago and moved up a division. And went undefeated again.  This past fall, in the Blossom...

Gavilan College on May 13 announced it has named Gilroy native and college alumnus Joffre Longoria as its new football coach. Longoria is also Gavilan’s new manager of the Rams Athletic Academic Mentorship Program.  Longoria played for the Rams in 1995-96 and was on the...

Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero didn’t come out of retirement three years ago simply to be competitive. The 38-year-old southpaw returned to the fight game to compete for a championship belt.  A win against Victor Ortiz in a 10-round welterweight boxing match on Saturday at T-Mobile...

Christopher HS baseball (9-5 overall, 3-1 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)  Recent results: Won 4-1 vs. Pioneer; lost 3-2 (13 innings) at Pioneer; won 18-2 at Gilroy Upcoming games: 4pm April 16 vs. Branham; 4pm April 16 at Branham NOTES: In the victory over Pioneer, Jacob Vasquez went 2-for-3...

A strong and deep Christopher boys volleyball team is having a superb season, with an eye on a league title and the playoffs.  With the regular season coming to a close this week, the Cougars are at 21-9 and in a three-way tie for first...

Christopher HS baseball (9-7 overall, 3-3 BVAL Mt. Hamilton) Recent results: Lost 3-1 vs. Branham; lost 3-2 at Branham Upcoming games: 4pm April 25 vs. Westmont; 11am April 26 at Gilroy NOTES: Freshman Liam Aragon had two hits in the 3-2 defeat to the Bruins. Christopher HS softball...

The Gilroy softball program rose to new heights last year and is continuing to excel again this season.  After solid campaigns in 2022 and 2023, the Mustangs really took off. In 2024, they went 21-7 and competed in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs,...

Perhaps no sporting event, team or individual performance of the entire year illustrates the multi-dimensional value of sports for student-athletes as does the Unified Track and Para-Ambulatory and Wheelchair competitions in high school track and field. Christopher High fields those teams.  And two of the...

Just call him The Comeback Kid. After winning the 170-pound title in the Central Coast Section Championships last Saturday at Independence High, Chad Sakamoto was greeted by a flood of teammates, coaches, family members and friends as he came off the mat. The comeback...

Hollister High School welcomed hundreds of local students to Andy Hardin Stadium on May 9 for the 20th annual Unified Gifted Games, an Olympic-style event that allows students with disabilities to participate in friendly competition.  The event featured nearly 600 athletes—from preschoolers to adults—from Gilroy...