Sports

Combining a blend of athleticism, experience and talent, the Los Gatos High School boys volleyball team made program history this season.  The Wildcats won a Central Coast Section Open Division match and a CIF NorCal State contest, both program firsts. Their season ended in the...

In the 2021 season, the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team had what has become the norm for the program: a league championship and deep playoff run.  Expect more of the same this season, Wildcats coach Brynja Thompson said, but with an added bonus.  “People can...

Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici tells her players she doesn’t care what the scoreboard says as long as they work hard and give a max effort. Take care of effort and work rate, Quilici said, and she can live with the...

It took all of one game for the Los Gatos High girls soccer team to realize the 2022-2023 campaign would be far different than last season.  That’s because the Wildcats beat Mountain View 4-2 in the season-opener on Nov. 29, a monumental result given the...

In the first couple months of each year, Los Gatans watch as tall young men march past the library in athletic attire, towards Cal Strength. That’s because the facility, owned by David Spitz, has been a training ground for college football players on the...

Antonio Rodriguez’s Los Gatos High wrestling teammates refer to him as Ant-Man. Wildcats coach Greg Varela calls the freshman standout Mantonio.  Rodriguez lived up to those nicknames in the recently completed season, which culminated with a strong second-place finish in the 113-pound CIF State Championship...

Back in the day, if you wanted to get exposure as a student athlete, you had to focus on attending camps and reaching to play in higher leagues. But now, with the advent of social media—and the ability to craft your own platform at your...

Once the Los Gatos-Cupertino-Saratoga (LGCS) Magic 12U(A) softball team was assembled in the fall of 2024, it proceeded to play 15 tournaments spanning the next 40 weeks.  However, nothing could top the Magic’s dazzling run through the USA Softball Northern California Championship Tournament, culminating with...

The last handful of seasons for the Los Gatos High girls water polo team have been some of the best in program history.  The Wildcats’ recently completed 2023 campaign was another one to put in the record books, as they finished 23-3, including going a...

The year before Joel Fumia took over the reins of the Los Gatos High School boys soccer program, the Wildcats finished 2-8-1 in the SCVAL De Anza Division, a last-place finish that earned them a demotion to the SCVAL’s lower El Camino Division.  In three...