Sports

A Hall of Fame induction ceremony tends to be a significant event for various reasons, but this year’s version of the Los Gatos High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony has the added layer that it will be the first one since 2019.  The rescheduled...

Los Gatos High junior Aydon Stefanopoulos didn’t come in as the favorite entering the CIF State Cross Country Boys Division II Championship race on Nov. 25 at Woodward Park in Fresno.  That distinction went to Ventura High senior Anthony Fast Horse, who boasted a state-leading...

Nick Kalpin couldn’t believe his former football coach, Butch Cattolico, was on the other line. The two are all-time greats in the storied Los Gatos High School football program—Cattolico as a coach and Kalpin as a running back. When Cattolico called Kalpin last December to...

With one left week in the regular season, the Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team has put itself in prime position to make another deep playoff run.  The Wildcats are the defending Central Coast Section Division II champions and will likely be slotted in...

The Los Gatos High football team was ready to play its season-opener against Oak Grove High on Friday night.   They were warming up prior to their game when coach Mark Krail was notified about five minutes to 7pm that there was going to be a...

Playing in front of a raucous Monte Vista crowd in Danville affected the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team—for the better. The Wildcats fed off the home fans’ energy en route to a thrilling five-set win in a CIF NorCal Division I quarterfinal on...

With Covid-19 positivity rates surging nationwide due to the Omicron variant, it was only a matter of time before one or more of the Los Gatos High winter sports teams faced a situation in which they would lose games and practices due to Covid...

The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team knows exactly what it needs to improve on going forward.  The Wildcats enter the week at 3-2 with their two losses coming to perennial NorCal powers Mitty and Lowell of San Francisco. They have additional non-league matches against...

Even though football players are used to injuries—from minor ones to those of the catastrophic variety—nothing could prepare Los Gatos High School senior Rowan Merrick for what he experienced in the days leading up to last year’s league game against Sacred Heart Prep.  During a...

At 19 years old, Saratoga resident Niko Tsakiris is already entering his fourth season as a San Jose Earthquakes midfielder.  “It’s been amazing,” he said. “You learn a lot entering the locker room at 16. You grow up pretty fast, but it’s been fun.” Tsakiris says...