Sports

Jared Allen, who was raised on a ranch in Morgan Hill and graduated from Los Gatos High School, was announced as a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday. Allen was born in Dallas and attended Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill. He'd been...

Whenever the Los Gatos High and Mitty High field hockey teams play, it has a feel of a Central Coast Section championship match. That’s because the two teams along with St. Francis have combined to win the last 15—yes, 15—CCS championships.  So when the Wildcats...

In each of the last two years, the Los Gatos High football team has suffered a heartbreaking end to their season against a West Catholic Athletic League school in the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs.  Last year, it was a 29-28 overtime loss to...

Even though football players are used to injuries—from minor ones to those of the catastrophic variety—nothing could prepare Los Gatos High School senior Rowan Merrick for what he experienced in the days leading up to last year’s league game against Sacred Heart Prep.  During a...

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,...

Tommy Troy has been on the Arizona Diamondbacks’ radar since his playing days at Los Gatos High, where he graduated from in 2020. So it was no surprise then when the D-backs selected Troy 12th overall in the MLB Draft on July 9. Troy, who...

The Los Gatos High football team was ready to play its season-opener against Oak Grove High on Friday night.   They were warming up prior to their game when coach Mark Krail was notified about five minutes to 7pm that there was going to be a...

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...

After a standout freshman season, Los Gatos High center Nicole Steiner entered her sophomore year knowing she would need to take on a bigger leadership role on the team.  From scoring points, rebounding, playing defense and encouraging her teammates, Steiner’s role has taken on greater...

Head coach Mark Krail thought so highly of the players on this year’s Los Gatos High football team that he apologized to them moments after a heartbreaking 29-28 overtime loss to Mitty in the Central Coast Section Division I playoff quarterfinals on Nov. 11.  “I...