Sports

Longtime Los Gatos High softball coach Randy Frey has told his players that they’re the team to beat in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division this season.  “Now we need to go out and do it, so we’ll see what happens,” he said.  The...

Given the number of heart-stopping five-set matches that the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team has already played in this season, Wildcats coach Brynja Thompson and a reporter joked that going through all of the riveting and suspenseful moments have taken years off of...

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 1-0 loss to Mitty High on Oct. 6 did little to dampen the spirits of the Los Gatos High field hockey team. After all, the Wildcats will see the Monarchs again at least one other time in the regular season and quite possibly...

A 6-0 loss to a powerhouse St. Francis side on Dec. 4 showed the Los Gatos High girls soccer team is still learning to mesh with each other on the field and figuring things out. However, the Wildcats are confident the talent on the...

Point guards at the high school level need to see the floor well, anticipate things before they happen and be strong with the ball.  If they can shoot the ball and get to the basket off dribble penetration, that’s a bonus. Junior Max Houghton has...

Ben Kinczel had every reason to be encouraged after finishing in second place in the USA Powerlifting California High School Open’s 75 kilogram (165 pound) division on Nov. 17 in Hayward.  After all, the 14-year-old Kinczel, a Los Gatos High School freshman, was competing in...

Last year’s Los Gatos High wrestling team set multiple program records en route to its best finish in the CIF State Championships.  But not even that squad had the depth of this year’s team. The Wildcats are deep and able to put in a quality...

When Shea Elmore won the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division Cross Country Finals as a freshman, she was running with then-teammate Sophie Tau to cross the finish line first.  The two were in a virtual dead-heat to the finish, and both had...

One of sport’s great axioms is this: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.  But it’s sure nice to be sitting in a tie for first place with October just around the corner. That’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High girls volleyball...