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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...

Advancing to its first-ever CIF State Championship Bowl Game last season is still fresh in the minds of the Los Gatos High football team.  After all, the Wildcats played that contest—a 45-42 loss to Central Valley Christian in the Division 2-A final—just seven months ago....

When Jake Ripp was attending a half-dozen football camps and doing solo workouts in front of college coaches this past summer, he didn’t have to look far for advice.  His mom, Katy, played college and professional volleyball and knew everything her son was going through....

Los Gatos High girls water polo coach Don Appleton said as long as the team focuses on improving, the Wildcats will once again reach lofty heights this season. They’re coming off a 2022 campaign that included a historic run through the Santa Clara Valley Athletic...

A little over a year ago, Aydon Stefanopoulos had a mental breakthrough. Competing in national cross country and track races but not coming up with top finishes in his age group, the Los Gatos resident and Mitty High freshman realized he had to go...

For the first time since 2014, Los Gatos High has an individual state track and field champion.  Wildcats junior Hannah Slover joined rarefied air when she won the girls high jump competition in the CIF State Championships May 27-28 at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan...

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...

Point guards at the high school level need to see the floor well, anticipate things before they happen and be strong with the ball.  If they can shoot the ball and get to the basket off dribble penetration, that’s a bonus. Junior Max Houghton has...

Since the 2019 season, the Los Gatos High School-Wilcox High School football game has decided the league championship.  The Wildcats entered their Nov. 1 showdown with the Chargers having won five straight in the series, including a resounding 49-14 victory in last year’s Central Coast...

Los Gatos High boys lacrosse coach Chris Nespor will be the first to tell you the Wildcats haven’t had the season they were hoping for.  However, with two matches left in the regular-season and a strong possibility of making the Central Coast Section playoffs, the...