Sports

With a stable of talented runners, Los Gatos High cross country coach Paul Lawryk knows the formula for the boys and girls teams to have another successful season.  “It’s not too complicated this year. Keep them healthy and they’ll do well,” Lawryk said. “It’s just...

In Greg Varela’s distinguished 22-year career coaching high school and club wrestling, he’s never had a team that’s made such dramatic improvement as this year’s Los Gatos High squad.  That’s why Varela beamed with pride about the Wildcats’ performance in the Central Coast Section Masters...

Through the first seven games of the season, the Los Gatos High girls soccer team showed it just might be one of the elite squads in the Central Coast Section.  Currently on break, the Wildcats are 4-1-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the Santa Clara Valley...

Brenson Kanongataa, 17, a varsity football player from Oak Grove, was frustrated he didn’t have the chance to try his luck at taming the Wildcats. That’s because the first big home game in Los Gatos was called off due to wildfire smoke. “It sucks,” the...

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...

Off to strong starts, the Los Gatos High boys and girls water polo teams will have an opportunity to make a statement in the final week of September. The boys team entered the week at 10-0 overall, 4-0 in league and a No. 10 national...

Scotty Brennan corralled the rebound and ran down the left sideline to the half-court line when the buzzer sounded, and the celebration was on for the Los Gatos High boys basketball team.  Locked in a riveting, white-knuckle, back and forth contest with Christopher High in...

It’s no secret the Los Gatos High girls basketball team has fielded some tall teams in the past, especially in recent years.  However, Wildcats coach Sara Quilici Giles said what makes her most excited about this year’s squad is they’re not relying on their height...

When the Los Gatos and Hollister field hockey teams played their season-opener on Aug. 31, it represented a matchup between an up-and-coming program in Hollister against the Central Coast Section’s gold standard in Los Gatos.  The host Wildcats, winners of an astounding 17 CCS championships,...

Local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games in Tucson, Arizona with medals, memories and a renewed sense of pride with Jewish teens from around the country. The JCC Maccabi Games are an Olympic-style sporting event, and the world’s largest annual...