Sports

GILROY—The Gilroy Junior All Stars team won the Northern California Junior Softball Tournament on July 12 and secured their spot in the Western Regionals Tournament in Tucson, Ariz. 

GILROY—Mario Bonfante Jr. is in the business of proving people wrong.

I don’t normally chime in on politics. In fact, I avoid that subject like the plague. All too often politics is a topic that just causes people to get fired up and argue.

GILROY—The members of the Gilroy Tennis Club team felt like underdogs as they walked on courts at Silverado Country Club in Napa. They were facing the best of the best from Northern California’s elite, private clubs—and they beat them all.

GILROY—The sound of helmets clashing and plays being called echoed through the stadiums and Gilroy and Christopher high schools this week. And that means it’s time for football.

Pacific Point Academy will host three weekly sports camps—all of which will be run by Gavilan coaches.

The Gavilan College football program hosted a skills camp for high school athletes July 11 at the school. Players from Christopher, Sobrato, Monte Vista Christian, Santa Teresa and Salinas high schools all took part in the camp, which Rams head coach Mike Dovenberg called a huge success. 

As Ryan Weberg stares down the barrel of his over-under double-barrel shotgun, his mind is blank. He’s honed in on a familiar sound, the “click” of clay targets being released. Weberg lines up his shot in anticipation, waits for the sound and fires. The orange targets, which were flying through the air just milliseconds before, shatter and fall to the ground like neon snowflakes. And a satisfied smile stretches across his face.

GILROY—When Joe Mooney went out for his high school football team his sophomore year, he didn’t think he’d make the cut. He was wrong.

GILROY—Two major ballfields will be the center of attention this weekend as the 30th annual Men’s ‘E’ Garlic Festival Tournament plays a double-elimination event in Gilroy with 18 teams.