Sports

Mike Vick is making his first and only season of high school soccer well worth it.  The Los Gatos High senior is averaging a goal a game, including the lone tally in the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over Milpitas High on Jan. 26. The victory strengthened...

One of sport’s great axioms is this: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.  But it’s sure nice to be sitting in a tie for first place with October just around the corner. That’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High girls volleyball...

Few things excite Greg Varela more than the Central Coast Section’s wrestling ascension.  The Los Gatos High School wrestling coach is absolutely stoked that the CCS will now be sending the top four placers in each weight class from its Masters Finals to the CIF...

Now in its sixth season as a program, the Los Gatos Wildcats ice hockey team remains one of the best and most consistent in the area even amid a pandemic.  The sport took a major hit worldwide in youth club participation levels at the onset...

The Los Gatos High wrestling team is returning to full strength just in time for some key tournaments and the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League season.  Virtually the entire Wildcats’ roster was wiped out by the flu for the last couple of weeks of 2022,...

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...

Through the first six Santa Clara Valley Athletic League matches, Los Gatos High boys volleyball coach Brynja Thompson had never used the same lineup twice.  With a 16-player roster and a couple of injuries early in the season, Thompson has mixed and matched as she...

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,...

The Little League Baseball All Star tournament season has arrived and Los Gatos is poised to have another strong showing results-wise while emphasizing its mission to develop fundamental baseball skills while positively reinforcing lessons in teamwork, respect and sportsmanship.  Last year’s 11U team took third...

It’s truly a special time for Los Gatos Little League baseball, especially for the 12U All Star team.  It beat Aptos 4-3 to win the Section 5 Tournament on July 18 at Pajaro Valley Little League Field in Watsonville. Los Gatos advances to the NorCal/State...