Sports

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...

The college sports landscape has changed so much in the last several years, it’s hard to keep track of all the rule-swiching and court decisions. These have sent ripples throughout the NCAA.  In last week’s Los Gatan, Camryn Whitfield detailed the Division I five-year regulation,...

The only noticeable change in the tone of Callum Schweitzer’s voice came midway through an extended telephone interview with the Los Gatan. “Splitting time is something I’ve never done before,” Schweitzer said, when asked about his 2024 junior year, in which he started the season...

Although the Los Gatos High boys golf team doesn’t have a player who will likely contend for a Central Coast Section individual championship, it has a lineup that goes eight deep with every player at those positions being of quality.  That type of depth is...

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...

Greg Varela is entering his third full season as the Los Gatos High wrestling coach, and he said this year’s squad could be his best one yet.  The Wildcats open the season on Dec. 3 in the Chukchansi Invitational at Madera South High, the first...

Whenever the Los Gatos High and Mitty High field hockey teams play, it has a feel of a Central Coast Section championship match. That’s because the two teams along with St. Francis have combined to win the last 15—yes, 15—CCS championships.  So when the Wildcats...

In terms of volume and quality, few schools in the Central Coast Section can match what Los Gatos High produces in terms of student-athletes moving on to play at four-year college programs.  The 2022 class has 15—count ’em, 15—student-athletes who have either signed letter of...

For the third time in the last four years, the Los Gatos High School softball team is reigning supreme as the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division champions.  The Wildcats punctuated the regular season with a 11-1, mercy-rule victory over Mountain View on...

Tommy Troy has been on the Arizona Diamondbacks’ radar since his playing days at Los Gatos High, where he graduated from in 2020. So it was no surprise then when the D-backs selected Troy 12th overall in the MLB Draft on July 9. Troy, who...