Sports

After making the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs last season—signifying it as one of the best eight teams in the CCS—the Los Gatos High boys water polo team knows taking the next step will be its greatest challenge yet.  That’s why the Wildcats enter...

The Los Gatos High girls tennis team rebounded from a tough 2021 season to win the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s El Camino Division championship last year.  Having been promoted to the upper De Anza Division this season, the Wildcats know their task for an...

Randy Frey has a problem-a good problem.  Frey, who is in his 12th season coaching the Los Gatos High girls softball team, has inherited a roster that is deeper than any other in his time running the program.  “I’ve never been in a position like this...

When it comes to describing athletes, the terms Swiss Army Knife, versatile and jack of all trades are thrown around way too often.  But if there is anyone who has earned to be called by those monikers, it’s Jaylen Thomas. The Los Gatos High senior...

Don Appleton isn’t one to spew hyperbole, so when the longtime Los Gatos High girls water polo coach said this year’s team is one of the fastest and most athletic groups he’s ever coached, that means a lot.  “We have the potential to be great...

When we look back at 2024, it will be remembered as one of the finest in Los Gatos sports history. Los Gatos High School tends to dominate the local sports chatter, but uber-talented athletes and teams from every age level and division—youth, college and...

The loud thump of the ball hitting the cage backstop was sweet music to the Los Gatos High field hockey team’s ears.  That’s because it was Clare Torres’ rocket for a shot that went in to send the top-seed Wildcats to a riveting 2-1 overtime...

A year ago, the Los Gatos Rowing Club placed eight boats in the US Rowing Youth National Championships A league finals, and came away with three silver medals.  This time, LGRC is sending a club-record 14 boats and 59 athletes to the National Championships Thursday...

The Los Gatos High School baseball team is playing in June, which means only one thing: it has secured a berth in the CIF Northern California Championships. The No. 3 seed Wildcats (25-4) host No. 6 seed Rio Americano of Sacramento (27-6) on June...

Classical music played throughout the home of former Los Gatos mayor Randy Attaway, last Thursday afternoon, as he prepared to sit down with the Los Gatan to recount one of the most thrilling moments in modern Los Gatos history. He spent two terms in...