Sports

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.

HOLLISTER—The Christopher and San Benito boys basketball teams came into Wednesday’s game with one objective—to earn their first Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division victory. It was the Cougars who left Mattson Gym happy, coming away with a 67-60 win.

Gilroy welterweight Robert Guerrero admitted Wednesday that there has been a large defect in his past couple of training camps. He said he wasn’t sparring enough and that his sparring partners were inadequate. Perhaps that explains why he wasn’t sharp in his all-too-narrow victory over Aron Martinez last June.

Vanessa Koontz had a night to remember, even if she is used to having big games.

Gilroy won its game against Pajaro Valley Friday, but the Mustangs were left reeling after it was over.

As if it isn’t bad enough that Robert Guerrero is an underdog in his Jan. 23 welterweight bout in Los Angeles, unbeaten Danny Garcia predicted Thursday that he’ll stop “The Ghost” from Gilroy in five rounds.

Tuesday’s game between CHS and GHS was definitely one for the books. In the six years that the two teams have played each other, Christopher earned its very first victory against Gilroy in soccer.

The Gilroy boys basketball team dropped its Pacific Division opener at Seaside, 54-47.