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Woodside’s sharp shooters were not quite the match for Christopher High’s X-factor and some clutch buckets all around as the hometown Cougars advanced to the next round of the Central Coast Section Boys Basketball Division II playoffs with Thursday night’s resilient 69-66 victory.

Gavin Melendez had twice been a runner up at the Central Coast Section wrestling finals and was clinging for dear life to not have it be three in a row.

SAN JOSE – San Jose was able to come back from a three-goal deficit Thursday night before falling 6-5 to visiting Calgary in the shootout.

For the first time since 2011, the Gilroy boys basketball team got the better of Christopher, 52-41 Tuesday afternoon.

Three times Gilroy got out to big leads against Anzar, but the Hawks just wouldn’t go away.

Fresh off an outstanding performance at a tough Mid Cal Tournament, the Gilroy wrestling team kept the good times rolling with a dominate win at the Overfelt Classic over the weekend.

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.”