Sports

In most sports at the prep level, the top athletes and college prospects play for their high school.  Tennis happens to be one of those sports where it’s hit and miss, depending on the player. For Wildcats’ sophomore ace Kayla Mitchell, playing in high school...

After the 2024 season ended, Los Gatos High School girls tennis coach Justin Stenger predicted 2025 would be a special one for the program.  This proved prescient, as the Wildcats had one of their best seasons in recent memory, finishing as the runner-up in the...

It wasn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but the Los Gatos High football team will gladly learn and move on from its 35-0 win over host Santa Clara High on Oct. 1. The Wildcats, who improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0...

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...

With Covid-19 positivity rates surging nationwide due to the Omicron variant, it was only a matter of time before one or more of the Los Gatos High winter sports teams faced a situation in which they would lose games and practices due to Covid...

When the Los Gatos High football team beat Wilcox 24-21 on Oct. 27 in the penultimate game of the regular-season, the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division championship was on the line.  Now, another—perhaps even greater—prize is at stake when the two rivals match up again,...

Over the years, the Los Gatos and Almaden Little League All Star teams have been involved in several great games, featuring precocious play and back-and-forth action. On June 30, their 12-year-old All Star teams duked it out for the coveted District 12 tournament championship, and...

By earning a spot in the Central Coast Section Division I field, the Los Gatos High football team has proven itself to be one of the elite squads in the section this season.  Now the No. 6 seed Wildcats (10-0) will find out how they...

Even if the Los Gatos High softball team doesn’t repeat as Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division champions this season, there’s a nice silver lining that awaits: a more favorable path to a Central Coast Section playoff championship.  Placed in the vaunted Open...

A 2-0 non-league loss to Leigh High on Jan. 8 won’t put a dent on the Los Gatos High girls soccer team’s resume at any point in the season.  After all, the Longhorns entered the game ranked No. 3 in the state by Max Preps...