Sports

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...

Last week, locals celebrated as 25-year-old mountain biker Haley Batten clinched the silver at the Olympics for the United States. Now, her brother has been sharing with the Los Gatan about how this impressive achievement was made possible, in part, due to the training she...

Started in 1991, The National Turkeybowl League is a town institution. The Thanksgiving morning football tradition sees players as old as eight years young and as young as 60 years old show their best moves in this flag football event. Each player hopes to be part...

The Bay Area Fencing Club in Los Gatos has two goals: to bring the sport to the masses and provide a platform for those wishing to advance to the highest level.  In Andy Peng, John Wang, Lisa Posthumus and Bogdan Gurinenko, the new fencing center—located...

For Los Gatos High senior Kylie Chang, golf runs in her family.  The Wildcats’ No. 1 player grew up around the game because her parents and her older brother all play the sport. But it’s Kylie who may have bragging rights when it comes to...

When high school wrestlers hit a growth spurt during the season, it usually takes them a while to adjust to competing in heavier weight classes. For Timmy Murabito, who has gained 10 pounds in the last two months, the sudden weight gain has done little...

Despite a fantastic start to the season, Los Gatos High School girls soccer coach Lisa Mitchell eagerly awaited her team’s Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division opener against Los Altos on Jan. 4.  “I think tomorrow will be a true test of where...

Boasting a No. 12 state and No. 38 national ranking, the powerhouse Los Gatos High girls lacrosse team looks to be on a collision course to play St. Ignatius or Sacred Heart Prep—two of the top 10 teams in the nation—in the semifinals of...

From its opening possession in the Central Coast Section Division I championship game on Nov. 28 at San Jose City College, it became clear: the Serra High School football team wasn’t going to put the ball in the air.  On their first possession, the Padres...

Expectations were high for the Los Gatos High football team’s non-league matchup against Peninsula powerhouse Sacred Heart Prep on Sept. 23.  However, a game meant to be defined by exemplary playmaking turned out to be an uncharacteristic showing for both sides, with Los Gatos taking...