Sports

Despite not getting the desired result in the championship game of its own Lions Club Wildcat Shootout on Dec. 8, the Los Gatos High boys basketball team has plenty of valid reasons for optimism and an opportunity to have a truly special season.  The narrow...

When the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team dropped a four-set match to Salinas High a mere two weeks ago, the Wildcats had little idea they would get a golden opportunity to avenge the defeat on a bigger stage. That’s exactly the situation No. 2...

The Wildcats were down 1-0 to the Valley Christian Warriors after a period of play, in championship action Monday night. At the start of the second, Brody Marleau put one in the back of the net to tie the game. Valley Christian quickly responded, putting them...

Few prep sports teams in the Bay Area—if any—have to travel farther for away league games than the Los Gatos High boys lacrosse squad.  Due to a variety of factors, the Wildcats play in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s upper Gabilan Division, which includes Salinas...

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...

Outside of the football season, Mark Krail’s busiest time of the year comes in December and January—the two months leading up to the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game.  The veteran Los Gatos High School football coach—along with the rest of the staff that organizes the...

A last-place finish in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division last year sent the Los Gatos High boys soccer team to compete in the league’s lower El Camino Division this season.  However, the Wildcats intend for their stay in the El Camino...

Brett Heimlich’s road to winning the Stanley Cup began years ago in Los Gatos. He’d recently graduated from high school and was casting around for a policing or audio/visual job, when he went to a family barbecue at the home of a friend his mom...

A little over a year ago, Aydon Stefanopoulos had a mental breakthrough. Competing in national cross country and track races but not coming up with top finishes in his age group, the Los Gatos resident and Mitty High freshman realized he had to go...

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...