Coming off a spirited 2-1 win over North Salinas a few days earlier, head coach Tony Deras expected more of the same for the boys soccer team against league-rival Salinas on Thursday. Instead, though, Deras got a team not willing to try, he said.
The Gavilan College men's soccer season ended Nov. 11, but the signs left behind tell of a turnaround campaign that included the most wins in program history. Led by first-year head coach Justin Johnson, the Rams finished 2011 with an 11-8-1 record - 7-7 in the Coast Conference - and received four selections to the postseason all-conference list.