Sports

When a softball team spots an opponent three runs in the first inning—as was the case when Los Gatos High School fell behind 3-0 against Wilcox in a SCVAL De Anza Division game April 3—it’s usually a cause for concern.  Not so for the Wildcats,...

Down 2-0 at halftime to one of the top field hockey programs in the Central Coast Section, Los Gatos High wasn’t exactly in the best position to pull out a victory.  But the Wildcats did just that, rallying for a 3-2 win in a Santa...

Two weeks after breaking the points record in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Finals, the Los Gatos High wrestling team continued its historic season with a second-place finish in the Central Coast Section Masters Finals Feb. 18 at Watsonville High.  The Wildcats established a...

Manager Brian Chiala couldn’t have asked for a better group of players or assistant coaches to work with on this year’s Los Gatos Little League 9U All Star team.  The affable Chiala has coached all age divisions from Little League to Pony to the high...

Started in 1991, The National Turkeybowl League is a town institution. The Thanksgiving morning football tradition sees players as old as eight years young and as young as 60 years old show their best moves in this flag football event. Each player hopes to be part...

The Los Gatos High boys basketball team hangs its hat on defense. Nowhere was that more apparent than late in the third quarter of its Central Coast Section Division I playoff home opener against San Benito High on Friday. The Haybalers needed a score to...

As the president and co-owner of three youth lacrosse organizations—Extreme, Verve and Timberline—Amy Yu’s only downtime tends to be in her car when she’s driving home after an event.  Such is the busyness of life for Yu, who recently spent a couple of days in...

Eight days after a virtuoso performance in blasting Wilcox High to win the Central Coast Section Division I playoff championship, the Los Gatos High football team wasn’t exactly hitting on all cylinders in its CIF NorCal 2-A Championship Bowl Game against El Cerrito High...

Los Gatos High School hosted the annual Charlie Wedemeyer All Star Game on Feb. 3, with the South team defeating the North squad, 28-6. The game features top graduating players from Santa Clara County and proceeds benefit ALS and Coaches Against Cancer. IN THE TRENCHES -...

Tommy Splaine was on the receiving end of not one but two Gatorade showers in the aftermath of the University of Arizona baseball team’s riveting 4-3 win over USC in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game on May 25 in Scottsdale, Ariz.  Splaine’s one-out single in...