Sports

As the laps ticked off in the girls 3200 meter race in the star-studded Dublin Distance Fiesta on March 21, Shea Elmore knew she was on pace for a fast time. She just didn’t know how fast.  The Los Gatos High School senior finished fourth in...

Few boys cross country teams have a storied history such as Los Gatos High.  From 1980 to 2014, the Wildcats won 10 Central Coast Section championships, had five runner-up finishes and five individual champions, including two—Matthew Petrillo and Chris Foster—who were repeat champions. So, the Wildcats’...

At the midway point in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season, it’s apparent the Los Gatos High girls basketball team’s toughest opponent will be themselves.  Six wins—all by double digits—has stamped the Wildcats as the prohibitive favorite not just to win...

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...

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...

After the 2024 season ended, Los Gatos High School girls tennis coach Justin Stenger predicted 2025 would be a special one for the program.  This proved prescient, as the Wildcats had one of their best seasons in recent memory, finishing as the runner-up in the...

Jared Allen, who graduated from Los Gatos High School, has been named a finalist for induction into the NFL Hall of Fame. Allen, who was born in Dallas, was raised on a ranch in Morgan Hill, where he attended Live Oak High School. Allen played...

The Los Gatos High football team was on the cusp of bringing home the program’s first-ever CIF State Championship Bowl Game title. However, the Wildcats came up just short following a 45-42 loss to Central Valley Christian of Visalia in the Division 2-A championship game...

Surrounded by family and friends to celebrate the announcing of his contract signing with the San Jose Earthquakes on Jan. 13 at PayPal Park, Niko Tsakiris couldn’t help but get emotional.  After all, a dream had been realized. But in typical Tsakiris fashion, the precocious...

In running out to an 8-0 start, the Los Gatos High School girls field hockey team has outscored its opponents, 76-1.  No, that’s not a typo. Truth be told, the Wildcats aren’t surprised by their sheer dominance.  “Obviously, 76-1 is very impressive,” senior attacker Kendall Sutherland...