Sports

Every time Aydon Stefanopoulos runs, he questions whether the workout he’s doing is going to get him faster.   Judging by Stefanopoulos’ results this season, the answer is a resounding yes. The Los Gatos High sophomore has been remarkably consistent in 2022, with a first, second,...

It’s hard to fathom that Daniil Gorshkov only started wrestling in his sophomore year. Despite getting a very late start into the sport, the Los Gatos High senior is a contender to win league and section titles and contend for a top-10 finish in...

The Los Gatos High baseball team is scheduled to play 27 games during the 2022 regular season, but none will be more important than its home contests in the last week of April. And not for the usual obvious reason that Santa Clara Valley League...

After a five-year stretch which resulted in multiple league championships and berths in the CIF State Meet, the Los Gatos High School boys and girls cross country teams are in a rebuilding phase this season.  Both squads were hit hard by graduation, especially on the...

The bodies of elite gymnasts take a beating, and Reese Drotar has the battle scars to prove it.  The recent Los Gatos High graduate and Level 10 gymnast has had four major surgeries in the last four years, three on her knee and the most...

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...

As the laps ticked off in the girls 3200 meter race in the star-studded Dublin Distance Fiesta on March 21, Shea Elmore knew she was on pace for a fast time. She just didn’t know how fast.  The Los Gatos High School senior finished fourth in...

It’s been a storybook season for the Los Gatos High wrestling team, which set program and league records in winning the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Finals on Feb. 4 at Mountain View High.  The Wildcats had champions in 11 of the 14 weight classes...

When Jake Ripp was attending a half-dozen football camps and doing solo workouts in front of college coaches this past summer, he didn’t have to look far for advice.  His mom, Katy, played college and professional volleyball and knew everything her son was going through....

The college sports landscape has changed so much in the last several years, it’s hard to keep track of all the rule-swiching and court decisions. These have sent ripples throughout the NCAA.  In last week’s Los Gatan, Camryn Whitfield detailed the Division I five-year regulation,...