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Agata Fin was the ripe old age of 8 when she set a lofty goal to one day play for Italy’s women’s lacrosse national team. The Cal Berkeley freshman and 2024 Los Gatos High graduate achieved her goal in the summer of 2023, playing for...

Survive and advance. It’s one of the most timeless adages in sports, because it often rings true from the youth to the pro game. For the Los Gatos High boys and girls lacrosse teams, one was able to survive and advance and the other...

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...

Halfway through the third quarter, the Los Gatos High football team was holding a steady seven-point lead over Wilcox High in their Santa Clara Valley/Peninsula Athletic League game on Oct. 21.  But over the next three minutes, Wildcats receiver Wil Brennan scored two touchdowns to...

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...

The only noticeable change in the tone of Callum Schweitzer’s voice came midway through an extended telephone interview with the Los Gatan. “Splitting time is something I’ve never done before,” Schweitzer said, when asked about his 2024 junior year, in which he started the season...

At 19 years old, Saratoga resident Niko Tsakiris is already entering his fourth season as a San Jose Earthquakes midfielder.  “It’s been amazing,” he said. “You learn a lot entering the locker room at 16. You grow up pretty fast, but it’s been fun.” Tsakiris says...

Henry Reyes has coached the Los Gatos High field hockey program to 17 Central Coast Section championships and five runner-up finishes, over a 32-year run that started in the early 1990s.  The Wildcats are the winningest program and gold standard in the section, having built...

Jake Boyd isn’t exactly feeling the love quite yet from four-year college programs, but that’s OK.  The Los Gatos High senior will be playing for some team next year, and anyone around the Wildcats’ baseball and football programs will agree that college will be grateful...

The Los Gatos High wrestling team is well on its way to a third consecutive undefeated Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division regular-season championship.  After the Wildcats’ final dual meet against Lynbrook High on Feb. 8, they’ll turn their focus to the league tournament...