Sports

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...

In Greg Varela’s distinguished 22-year career coaching high school and club wrestling, he’s never had a team that’s made such dramatic improvement as this year’s Los Gatos High squad.  That’s why Varela beamed with pride about the Wildcats’ performance in the Central Coast Section Masters...

The Los Gatos-Cupertino-Saratoga (LGCS) Girls Softball Association is celebrating a milestone this season in its 30th year of existence.  To mark the occasion, the program’s premier fundraising event of 2023, Decades of Magic, will be held at the La Rinconada Country Club from 6-10pm on...

Make no mistake: the Los Gatos High School girls basketball team took its lumps in the non-league portion of its schedule, losing seven of 10 games.  But if the Wildcats’ performance in their Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division opener is any indication—a...

Last season, the Los Gatos High boys volleyball team got off to a strong start only to fade to the finish. This year, the Wildcats are looking to stay healthy and peak as the season progresses.  “One of the big things we’re paying attention to...

For the Los Gatos High girls basketball team, the future is now. The Wildcats have height, athleticism and youth on their side, which should make for an exciting season.  Coach Sara Quilici Giles is in her fourth season with the team, but she said this...

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...

Two weeks after breaking the points record in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Finals, the Los Gatos High wrestling team continued its historic season with a second-place finish in the Central Coast Section Masters Finals Feb. 18 at Watsonville High.  The Wildcats established a...

Expectations were high for the Los Gatos High football team’s non-league matchup against Peninsula powerhouse Sacred Heart Prep on Sept. 23.  However, a game meant to be defined by exemplary playmaking turned out to be an uncharacteristic showing for both sides, with Los Gatos taking...

Antonio Rodriguez’s Los Gatos High wrestling teammates refer to him as Ant-Man. Wildcats coach Greg Varela calls the freshman standout Mantonio.  Rodriguez lived up to those nicknames in the recently completed season, which culminated with a strong second-place finish in the 113-pound CIF State Championship...