Sports

Gavilan picked a good time to play its best soccer of the year. The No. 10 Rams defeated No. 7 Modesto Saturday in the opening round of the North Regional playoffs.

The Gavilan College women's basketball team played its first game Tuesday under new head coach Erik Nelson, who is rebuilding the program from scratch. It was the first game the team has played since the 2004-05 season.

A depleted Gavilan College Rams football squad completed a 3-7 season Saturday afternoon at Garcia-Elder Sports Complex by dropping a 52-7 Coast Conference game to the visiting Cabrillo Seahawks.

The Gavilan College women’s volleyball team made it six straight Coast Conference South victories Wednesday night, cruising past West Valley 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 in Gilroy.

It seems like an eternity ago when the Gavilan College men's soccer team was humbled 4-1 by the state's top-ranked squad in City College of San Francisco.

SALINAS - In a matchup with first place on the line, Hartnell came away with a 28-3 Coast Conference victory over the Gavilan College Rams at The Pit on the campus of Salinas High School on Saturday night.

The Gavilan men’s soccer team takes a three-game win streak into today’s home finale against Skyline, looking to keep itself in the postseason hunt.

Staring defeat in the face, the Gavilan College women’s volleyball team fought back from a two-sets-to-none hole and a daunting 22-15 deficit in the third set to steal a victory – 17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-13 – from visiting Foothill College in thrilling fashion Friday night.