Sports

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....

Before the start of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division tournament, Los Gatos High girls water polo coach Don Appleton said the biggest joy of the season was seeing the multiple talents that developed which has made the team balanced and...

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 Los Gatos High School boys basketball team enters this week’s play at 14-4 overall and 5-1 in the SCVAL De Anza Division, a game back of first-place Milpitas—which beat the Wildcats in their first league meeting, 58-52.  The rematch is set for Jan. 30,...

After going through a grueling Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division schedule and playing some top-notch non-league competition, the Los Gatos High baseball team was well prepared to make a deep run in the Central Coast Section playoffs, no matter what division it...

If championships and consistency are the hallmarks for greatness, the Los Gatos High field hockey team can lay claim as being the best sports team—fall, winter or spring—in the entire Central Coast Section.  The Wildcats won their 17th—count ’em, 17th—CCS title after a 1-0 win...

Over the course of her 17-year professional soccer playing career, Jen Beattie has been on her fair share of championship-winning teams.  While the 33-year-old Bay FC defender is still going strong on the pitch, she’s championing another cause: breast cancer awareness. Beattie, who was 29 when...

For the first time in a long time, Helm Gym was rocking.  Playing in front of a raucous home crowd for the first time in recent memory, the Los Gatos High boys and girls basketball teams won’t soon forget their Jan. 28 doubleheader. The boys...

The Los Gatos High School boys basketball team’s season hasn’t unfolded the way the team expected, but there’s still plenty of time for the squad to accomplish at least some of its goals.  The Wildcats entered the week at 12-5 overall and 3-3 in Santa...

Last week marked the official end for the Los Gatos High School winter sports teams. The Wildcats boys and girls basketball teams—along with the girls soccer team—all suffered season-ending losses in the CIF State playoffs.  The three squads had terrific seasons, highlighted by stellar performances,...