Sports

A 1-0 loss to Mitty High on Oct. 6 did little to dampen the spirits of the Los Gatos High field hockey team. After all, the Wildcats will see the Monarchs again at least one other time in the regular season and quite possibly...

After a 2021 season that saw the Los Gatos High softball team finish as the runner-up in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division and an out away from advancing to the Central Coast Section Division I championship game, the Wildcats have two...

One of sport’s great axioms is this: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.  But it’s sure nice to be sitting in a tie for first place with October just around the corner. That’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High girls volleyball...

Now in its sixth season as a program, the Los Gatos Wildcats ice hockey team remains one of the best and most consistent in the area even amid a pandemic.  The sport took a major hit worldwide in youth club participation levels at the onset...

The Bay Area Fencing Club in Los Gatos has two goals: to bring the sport to the masses and provide a platform for those wishing to advance to the highest level.  In Andy Peng, John Wang, Lisa Posthumus and Bogdan Gurinenko, the new fencing center—located...

When the San Jose Earthquakes played the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) on May 6 at Levi’s Stadium, the game drew over 40,000 people.  A crowd in excess of 40,000 is also expected when the Quakes play the LA Galaxy in the 97th edition of...

Boasting a No. 12 state and No. 38 national ranking, the powerhouse Los Gatos High girls lacrosse team looks to be on a collision course to play St. Ignatius or Sacred Heart Prep—two of the top 10 teams in the nation—in the semifinals of...

For Mark Kibort and Kent Kappen, iron sharpens iron.  The two friends spurred each other on in this summer’s USATF Masters National Track and Field Championships in Missouri. Kibort, a 62-year-old Saratoga resident, won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 60-64 age division.  Kappen,...

The Leigh High girls soccer team—with seven players on the roster who live in Los Gatos—recently completed a historic season by winning the school’s first-ever CIF NorCal Regional Playoff Championship in any sport.  The Longhorns did it with a 1-0 win over Granite Bay on...

Classical music played throughout the home of former Los Gatos mayor Randy Attaway, last Thursday afternoon, as he prepared to sit down with the Los Gatan to recount one of the most thrilling moments in modern Los Gatos history. He spent two terms in...