Luis Magana cleared a personal-best 13-feet, 9-inches in the pole vault during Gilroy High’s Tri-County Athletic League dual meet at Salinas High on Thursday.
Magana’s previous best this season was 13-6 and head coach Cathy Silva said that Magana has his sights set on 14 feet. He could hit that this weekend at either the Top 8 Invitational at San Jose City College today or the Bill Kearney Invite in Salinas on Saturday.
The clearance is the fourth-best in the Central Coast Section this season.
Despite Magana’s victory in the pole vault and other first-place finishes from Jourdan Soares (100-meter dash, high jump), Alfredo Mireles (shot put), Austin Boyd (discus), the Mustangs dropped the dual.
On the girls’ side, Chelsey Kalata (200), Samantha Una Dia (100, 300 hurdles) and Sarina Sandoval (shot put), completed top finishes in a loss to the Cowboys.
BASEBALL
The Gilroy High baseball team collected 16 hits against Alvarez on Thursday. Perhaps the more important factor in the Mustangs 9-0 victory in Salinas: “No errors, thank god,” GHS manager Jared Gamble said.
“By far this was the best game they played all season.
Jordan Dexter and Ryan Alba led the hit parade with three hits apiece. Marcus Medina had two hits, Bubba Lara went 2 for 3 with a RBI double and Jalynd Gallardo had a 2-for-2 day, giving him five hits in his last five official at-bats. Also, Josh Boykin had two RBIs and Bubu Garcia delivered an RBI double.
On the bump, Brenden Holler all owed four hits and struck out four in five innings to get the win. Matt Kinoshita and Dexter each pitched one inning and both struck out a pair of hitters.
The Mustangs (5-10 overall, 4-8 TCAL), who have won two straight, are at San Benito at 4 p.m. today.
• Led by a home run by Gilroy High grad Jordan Holler, Hartnell defeated Gavilan 2-1 on Thursday.
SOFTBALL
The Christopher High softball team made the turn to the second half of the Monterey Bay league season and defeated Monte Vista Christian School 4-0 on Thursday in Watsonville.
Mariah Martinez had two hits and two RBIs, and Johnna Blank, Kristen Dennis and Brittney Souza connected for two hits each. Kayla Medrano and Kaslin Ettema contributed a RBI apiece.
Angelica Carrillo went seven innings in the circle, allowing just four hits in the shutout.
The Cougars (13-5 overall, 7-0 MBL) remain in first place.
VOLLEYBALL
The Gilroy High volleyball team swept Salinas on Thursday night in Gilroy.
The Mustangs (18-12 overall, 11-3 TCAL) will be in Gilroy for their final two matches of the season. They host Alisal on Tuesday and make a short trip across town Thursday to face Christopher.
