Sports

“With great power comes great responsibility.” This iconic line, popularized by Spider-Man is widely known, and rings even more true for members of the Los Gatos Heroes Martial Arts Studio, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu school that equips students with their very own “superpowers.”   And with every...

For Nicole Ciari and the rest of the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball coaching staff, the 2025 season was filled with difficulties but also opportunities for growth. Never before had Ciari entered a season with such few returners, a big reason why the...

Ask most coaches and parents, and they’ll gladly scrap their annual summer destination travel plans if it meant their team would advance far in the postseason.  So it is for the Los Gatos Little League 12U All Star baseball team, whose riveting run finally came...

A day after the Los Gatos Little League Intermediate (13-and-under) team saw its season come to an end in the NorCal Tournament championship game on July 16 in Marysville, manager Damon Williams was already thinking about running things back again in summer 2027.  “I think...

The group of players that comprise this year’s Los Gatos Little League 11-and-under All Star team had never won a District 12 championship. Not last year as 10-year-olds. Or two years ago as 9-year-olds. If things were going to turn around this summer, the...

There is a girl on the ice whose halo hair follows her as she glides around the rink. Her sparkling gold dress highlights every jump as she flies into the air. Just like her iconic dress, Alysa Liu holds up her gold medal. Liu, now...

The Los Gatos Rowing Club (LGRC) delivered one of the strongest performances in club history at the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Florida, capturing four national titles, winning multiple additional medals and placing more crews in championship finals than any other club...

It wasn’t an artistic masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but at this point in the season, style points don’t count for much.  That’s why the Los Gatos Little League 12-and-under All Star team felt satisfaction after pulling away for a 10-4 win over...

On the first day of summer, in perfect weather, the annual Farmers Market Zucchini Car Races were held. This year, the race day also fell on Father’s Day. The “fastest zucchini track in the world” was assembled on top of the children's fountain that...

When it comes to the sheer number of student-athletes moving on to play in college, Los Gatos High School has few rivals.  The recent 2026 graduating class had 26 individuals either earn a scholarship to play at a four-year university or receive preferred walk-on status—meaning...