Sports

When high school wrestlers hit a growth spurt during the season, it usually takes them a while to adjust to competing in heavier weight classes. For Timmy Murabito, who has gained 10 pounds in the last two months, the sudden weight gain has done little...

After winning an ongoing record 17th Central Coast Section championship last year–capping a 17-0-2 season–the Los Gatos High School field hockey team remains firmly entrenched as the gold standard in the area.  Regardless of sport, few programs have had the sustained success as the Wildcats,...

A little over a year ago, Aydon Stefanopoulos had a mental breakthrough. Competing in national cross country and track races but not coming up with top finishes in his age group, the Los Gatos resident and Mitty High freshman realized he had to go...

Frank Marotti Jr. had beads of sweat draped on his forehead on a frigid 45-degree night—and he wasn’t even playing.  To say the Los Gatos High boys soccer coach gets into the Wildcats’ games would be an understatement. The players seem to take after his...

Like all of his peers in the previous 2020-2021 school year, Darrius Leto spent his junior year at Los Gatos High relegated to remote learning.  Knowing nothing was going to change, Leto decided to look into attending a soccer academy overseas which would allow him...

It’s been over a month since Nico Wagner had the moment that every kid who grows up playing baseball wants to experience—his name being called in the Major League Baseball Draft.  On July 14, the Atlanta Braves selected Wagner in the 16th round (no. 487...

Andre Torres won’t be forgetting the marvelous season the Los Gatos Little League Junior All Star team's had this year any time soon. The squad advanced to the NorCal State Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. They also did it as under-11 All Stars, U12 Majors...

A tradition that started more than 40 years ago is back up and running. After being put on pause during the pandemic, the 42nd Annual Kiwanis Special Games featured more than 600 children of varying ability levels at West Valley College as they competed in...

The Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders entering the Central Coast Section playoffs.  The Wildcats lost two of their final three regular season contests, including one to Carmel High School for the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s second automatic...

If championships and consistency are the hallmarks for greatness, the Los Gatos High field hockey team can lay claim as being the best sports team—fall, winter or spring—in the entire Central Coast Section.  The Wildcats won their 17th—count ’em, 17th—CCS title after a 1-0 win...