Sports

Los Gatos High swim coach Jim Deming felt great about all of the boys and girls junior varsity and varsity teams after the Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division Finals were contested on April 29 at Gunn High.  The JV girls won the league...

The Los Gatos High football team has recently enjoyed some of its best seasons in program history, including an appearance in the CIF State Championship Division 2-A Bowl Game last year. With a top-notch coaching staff, talent at every position and a storied tradition, it’s...

The beat goes on for the Los Gatos High field hockey team, the all-time winningest program in Central Coast Section history.  The Wildcats put themselves in the pole position to win another outright Santa Clara Valley Athletic League championship after earning a 1-1 draw with...

High school sports figures who make a lasting impact ultimately are remembered for how they coached up their players, treated everyone around them and conducted themselves.  Winning adds to a coach’s resume and legacy and such was the case with the beloved Benny Pierce, the...

Two more Los Gatos High sports teams have clinched league championships in the current winter sports season. With the school having already won titles in girls basketball and wrestling, the boys basketball team pulled off a remarkable repeat title season. A year after earning...

It’s often said that locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of a city, and by extension, a nation. By that standard, one would be hard-pressed to find a more compelling story than BRracing. The B stands for Bruce, the father, and the...

The last time the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball team won a league championship, Portia Zeidler was in the eighth grade.  Now in her senior year, Zeidler would love nothing more than to lead the Wildcats to a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De...

Even though Nicole Dzurko didn’t get to compete in this year’s Paris Olympic Games, she could take satisfaction in knowing that she played a part in the U.S. artistics swimming team’s journey to winning a silver medal. The 24-year-old Monte Sereno native—who still lists the...

When it comes to the premier public high school baseball teams in the Central Coast Section, it doesn’t get much better than Hollister and Los Gatos.  The two perennial powers faced off April 10 with the host Wildcats prevailing, 7-4. The result improved Los Gatos’...

After more than a decade of coaching youth soccer and a lifetime spent immersed in sports, Lisa Nunes Mitchell is stepping into a new chapter as the head coach of the Los Gatos High School girls soccer team. A Los Gatos alumna herself, Mitchell brings...