Sports

Karly Frangieh’s final time competing in the Central Coast Section Swimming and Diving Championships was one for the record books.  The Los Gatos High senior finished second in the girls 50-yard and 100 freestyle races—setting school records in both events—on May 4 at Independence High....

It’s truly a special time for Los Gatos Little League baseball, especially for the 12U All Star team.  It beat Aptos 4-3 to win the Section 5 Tournament on July 18 at Pajaro Valley Little League Field in Watsonville. Los Gatos advances to the NorCal/State...

This year‘s national Turkey Bowl flag football competition—33 years in the making—was deemed a major success by organizers. Participants assembled at Creekside Sports Park in Los Gatos on Thanksgiving morning. Three hard-fought games were held. Last year‘s winner, Blackhawks captain Joey Cope, failed to retain the coveted...

Los Gatos High girls water polo coach Don Appleton acknowledged there was a bit of a hangover with the team after it suffered a crushing 15-2 loss to a powerful Soquel High squad in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoff semifinals on Nov....

Classical music played throughout the home of former Los Gatos mayor Randy Attaway, last Thursday afternoon, as he prepared to sit down with the Los Gatan to recount one of the most thrilling moments in modern Los Gatos history. He spent two terms in...

When Joel Fumia became the Los Gatos High School boys soccer coach in the summer before the start of the 2022-2023 season, his goal was to get the Wildcats back into the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division.  Mission accomplished.  The Wildcats got promoted...

When it comes to describing athletes, the terms Swiss Army Knife, versatile and jack of all trades are thrown around way too often.  But if there is anyone who has earned to be called by those monikers, it’s Jaylen Thomas. The Los Gatos High senior...

For Mark Kibort and Kent Kappen, iron sharpens iron.  The two friends spurred each other on in this summer’s USATF Masters National Track and Field Championships in Missouri. Kibort, a 62-year-old Saratoga resident, won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 60-64 age division.  Kappen,...

The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team knew it would still have at least one more match to play after an opening round loss to St. Ignatius in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs on Nov. 2.   That’s because any team that made the...

Even if the Los Gatos High softball team doesn’t repeat as Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division champions this season, there’s a nice silver lining that awaits: a more favorable path to a Central Coast Section playoff championship.  Placed in the vaunted Open...