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Thursday’s game between the two crosstown rivalry teams, Christopher and Gilroy High, ended in yet another victory for Christopher.

The San Benito High wrestling team took all of the drama out of Wednesday night’s Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division match against visiting Christopher. The Haybalers won nine of the first 14 individual weight classes en route to a 51-18 victory.

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As she looked out at the 6,762 yards of CordeValle’s San Martin golf course, Cristie Kerr, the 11th ranked women’s pro in the world, said it was “tough, but fair.”

Adam Mena was winning big in his championship 170-pound match, but was doing all he could to hang on.

Three years ago at this time, Gilroy’s Robert Guerrero was ranked among The Ring magazine’s top 10 boxers in the world, pound-for-pound. He held a World Boxing Council title s and was on the verge of his crack at beating the pound-for-pound No. 1,

The Christopher boys soccer team completely dominated Monte Vista Christian, winning 7-0 Tuesday night.

Friday’s girls soccer game between Christopher and Everett Alvarez was a long winded battle that ended in a victory for Alvarez, 2-0. 

Christopher got out to a choppy start against San Benito, but the defense hung in there and quickly turned into a game that the Cougars controlled.

High intensity and full-court pressure by the North Salinas defense limited Gilroy to 25 points on its 75-25 loss Thursday night.