Sports

For the last couple of years, the Los Gatos High girls water polo team had an embarrassment of riches at the goalie position with Jackie King and Lucy Holland. The duo have since moved on to play at the Division I level, King to Stanford...

A year ago, Aydon Stefanopoulos went all out only to finish in second place in the Division II boys race in the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships.  On Nov. 16, the Los Gatos High School senior standout left plenty in the tank–by design–and still...

After the best season in program history, what can the Los Gatos High wrestling team possibly do for an encore in the 2023-2024 campaign? Keep on improving.  “We have to keep evolving and keep growing,” coach Greg Varela said. “We’ve got to start looking bigger than...

Inclusivity. Diversity. Welcome for all.  That’s the message head coach and Athletic Director Amanda Rothier wants others to know about the Los Gatos-Campbell Pop Warner Cheerleading program. The Los Gatos resident is in her first full season running the show and has placed a heavy...

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....

It wasn’t but a New York minute when Los Gatos High field hockey coach Henry Reyes started looking at the video to dissect his team’s play in their 2-0 loss to visiting St. Francis on Oct. 18.  “It was a tough one, it hurts, like...

At the midway point in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season, it’s apparent the Los Gatos High girls basketball team’s toughest opponent will be themselves.  Six wins—all by double digits—has stamped the Wildcats as the prohibitive favorite not just to win...

When it comes to the premier public high school baseball teams in the Central Coast Section, it doesn’t get much better than Hollister and Los Gatos.  The two perennial powers faced off April 10 with the host Wildcats prevailing, 7-4. The result improved Los Gatos’...

The Los Gatos High football team won its 16th Central Coast Section playoff football championship on Nov. 24, but few—if any—has ever turned out like this.  In a contest expected to be dead-even, the Wildcats came out on fire and demolished Wilcox 49-14 to win...

Even though Nicole Dzurko didn’t get to compete in this year’s Paris Olympic Games, she could take satisfaction in knowing that she played a part in the U.S. artistics swimming team’s journey to winning a silver medal. The 24-year-old Monte Sereno native—who still lists the...