Sports

Entering the 2023 season, one of the biggest questions the Los Gatos High football team had was at running back.  Would there be anyone capable of replacing Emiliano Mejia, last year’s tailback extraordinaire? The answer has been a resounding yes in senior Boxer Kopcsak-Yeung, who...

Led by standouts Aydon Stefanopoulos and Sophie Tau, the Los Gatos High boys and girls cross country teams won Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 1.  The boys had a low score of 37 points...

Despite getting swept by Central Coast Section power Palo Alto High last week, the Los Gatos High baseball team still controls its destiny to make the playoffs.  The Wildcats enter the week with a 6-6 record in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division,...

The biggest move in the off-season concerning the Los Gatos High School athletics program is one that didn’t happen.  When Brent Brennan—Scotty Brennan’s father—left San Jose State University to take the University of Arizona football head coaching position last January, the question suddenly turned to...

Greg Varela is entering his third full season as the Los Gatos High wrestling coach, and he said this year’s squad could be his best one yet.  The Wildcats open the season on Dec. 3 in the Chukchansi Invitational at Madera South High, the first...

The Los Gatos High baseball team is one of the handful of public school squads in the Central Coast Section that is capable of beating the powerhouse West Catholic Athletic League programs that typically dominate the top playoff Open Division.  This season should be no...

The Los Gatos High School football team was looking to become just the second public school in Central Coast Section history to beat three West Catholic Athletic League teams and win a playoff championship.  It wasn’t meant to be.  After a pair of riveting wins over...

Los Gatos High senior Zoe Frangieh didn’t have the opportunity to compete in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships in her sophomore and junior years due to Covid.  Back at the Santa Clara International Swim Center—the annual site of the Championships—for the first time since...

It’s often said that locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of a city, and by extension, a nation. By that standard, one would be hard-pressed to find a more compelling story than BRracing. The B stands for Bruce, the father, and the...

Henry Reyes has coached the Los Gatos High field hockey program to 17 Central Coast Section championships and five runner-up finishes, over a 32-year run that started in the early 1990s.  The Wildcats are the winningest program and gold standard in the section, having built...