Sports

Hunter Bigge was playing chess with a teammate in the locker room when he was summoned to Iowa Cubs Manager Marty Pevey’s office on July 6.   Uh-oh.  “The last time I was told to go to the manager’s office, I was being sent down to Double-A...

One day before its regular-season finale against Monta Vista High School on Oct. 28, the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball team met after practice to praise the seniors who have made an impact this season, on and off the court.  “We’re sitting in a...

The Los Gatos High School girls soccer team is looking to make another incredible run to State this season. Coach Jessica Ingram says they’re hoping to improve on last year’s performance, when the squad had just arrived back in Division A. “We made it into CCS,...

The Los Gatos High baseball team is scheduled to play 27 games during the 2022 regular season, but none will be more important than its home contests in the last week of April. And not for the usual obvious reason that Santa Clara Valley League...

For the Los Gatos High boys basketball team, there’s no rest for the weary. With the season in full swing, the Wildcats will only take the Christmas weekend off before resuming game action at the Head-Royce Tournament in Oakland on Dec. 27.  “Forget the holidays,...

Longtime Los Gatos resident Joe Kapp, who played quarterback at Cal and led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl, died May 8. He was 85.  Multiple media reports confirmed Kapp’s death came after a long battle with dementia. A private service will be held...

No one expected Los Gatos High senior Veloria Pannell to beat top seed Hailey Chapman—who entered their match ranked No. 8 in the nation—in the first round and opening day of the 131-pound division in the CIF State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 24. No one,...

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...

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...

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...