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Despite a 10-game winning streak inside the Tri-County Athletic League and an overall record of 18-3, the San Benito boys volleyball team looked at its early-season 3-0 loss to Gilroy as the season’s glaring weakness.

The Gilroy Police Department is facing as much as $1.25 million in damages after a federal civil jury Tuesday found a Gilroy police officer was negligent for fatally shooting a 33-year-old man in 2008 on Pacheco Pass, according to a press release from the GPD.

Gilroy City Councilman and mayoral candidate Dion Bracco has a criminal record that includes a 1990 felony conviction for possession of methamphetamine for sale, according to court records obtained by the Dispatch.

Both the Gilroy High and San Benito boys soccer teams entered Wednesday's must-win match with the feeling that there was more to be done after a 1-1 draw in the teams' first encounter.

San Benito girls soccer head coach Ben Alvarez didn't want to put pressure on his young team before Tuesday's match against Gilroy, but he knew the team was well aware the Balers needed a win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

Thirty-eight former Gilroy High wrestlers and coaches were honored prior to Wednesday night's Tri-County Athletic League dual meet against San Benito, and the Mustangs proceeded to treat the alumni to a glimpse of the now with a dominating 64-12 victory under the spotlight at GHS.

The 32nd annual Mid Cals is in full swing at Gilrly High school this morning. The two-day tournament is in its preliminary stages, building toward the always entertaining finals under the spotlight on center mat.

Rivalries usually consist of teams trading wins game in and game out. But in boys soccer, the Gilroy and San Benito rivalry has been mostly one sided - tilting toward the Mustangs.