Sports

Boasting a No. 12 state and No. 38 national ranking, the powerhouse Los Gatos High girls lacrosse team looks to be on a collision course to play St. Ignatius or Sacred Heart Prep—two of the top 10 teams in the nation—in the semifinals of...

Ben Kinczel had every reason to be encouraged after finishing in second place in the USA Powerlifting California High School Open’s 75 kilogram (165 pound) division on Nov. 17 in Hayward.  After all, the 14-year-old Kinczel, a Los Gatos High School freshman, was competing in...

Nick Kalpin couldn’t believe his former football coach, Butch Cattolico, was on the other line. The two are all-time greats in the storied Los Gatos High School football program—Cattolico as a coach and Kalpin as a running back. When Cattolico called Kalpin last December to...

The Los Gatos High boys and girls basketball teams completed 2022 with wins in their respective tournaments. Now it’s on to league play.  The boys team earned an impressive 66-54 win over Mountain View in the third-place game of the Aptos/Santa Cruz Warriors Invitational on...

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...

After a 2021 season that saw the Los Gatos High softball team finish as the runner-up in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division and an out away from advancing to the Central Coast Section Division I championship game, the Wildcats have two...

A last-place finish in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division last year sent the Los Gatos High boys soccer team to compete in the league’s lower El Camino Division this season.  However, the Wildcats intend for their stay in the El Camino...

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...

(Photos by Jonathan Natividad) In addition to the stunning digital shots sports photographer Jonathan Natividad has collected throughout the year, he’s also taken time here and there to snap some key moments on old school film. “I’ve been using a disposable film camera, mainly Fujifilm and...

By any metric, the inaugural season for the Los Gatos High School girls flag football team was a rousing success. The Wildcats went 24-2 overall and 8-1 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, sharing the championship with Milpitas and Santa Clara. Los Gatos...