Sports

At the midway point in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season, it’s apparent the Los Gatos High girls basketball team’s toughest opponent will be themselves.  Six wins—all by double digits—has stamped the Wildcats as the prohibitive favorite not just to win...

Macie Yannoni picked a great time to score on a header for the first time in her career.  The junior standout headed a ball in from the goal area off a corner kick from Caitlyn Simons in the 94th minute that gave the Los Gatos...

It’s a luxury for high school baseball coaches to have a deep roster where guys are pushing each other at nearly every position, and that’s exactly what Los Gatos manager Mike Minkel has with this year’s team.  The Wildcats have a talented 29-man roster and...

Eight days after a virtuoso performance in blasting Wilcox High to win the Central Coast Section Division I playoff championship, the Los Gatos High football team wasn’t exactly hitting on all cylinders in its CIF NorCal 2-A Championship Bowl Game against El Cerrito High...

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...

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of college eligibility, especially due to the NCAA Division I five-year rule. It is one of the biggest obstacles student-athletes face, and, for some, more challenging than the sport they play itself.  However, change is unfolding...

This year‘s national Turkey Bowl flag football competition—33 years in the making—was deemed a major success by organizers. Participants assembled at Creekside Sports Park in Los Gatos on Thanksgiving morning. Three hard-fought games were held. Last year‘s winner, Blackhawks captain Joey Cope, failed to retain the coveted...

For San Jose Sharks’ newest netminder, Los Gatos’ own Devin Cooley, dipping into the philosophical well of existential nihilism is how he’s able to stare-down—and halt—rubber pucks being launched at him like missiles. “As a goalie, the game is so mental, so everyone has to...

The Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders entering the Central Coast Section playoffs.  The Wildcats lost two of their final three regular season contests, including one to Carmel High School for the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s second automatic...

When a high school baseball team graduates eight senior starters—all of whom are either playing at four-year or two-year programs—the cupboard is usually bare the following season.  At tradition-rich Los Gatos High, however, there’s really no such thing as a rebuilding process—it’s more like a...