Sports

Monte Sereno resident Vaishnavi Vijay recently won bronze at the Pan American Youth & Veteran Championships for Team USA in the Pre-Cadet Women’s Épée event. This talented athlete started fencing because she used to watch a TV show as a kid called “Miraculous: Tales...

Before the start of every practice, the Los Gatos High track and field program—that’s 167 boys and girls for those wondering—gather together for a minute of silence.  It’s one of the ways the coaching staff prepare their athletes for peak performance.  “The message is there’s 1,440...

The Los Gatos High football team won its 16th Central Coast Section playoff football championship on Nov. 24, but few—if any—has ever turned out like this.  In a contest expected to be dead-even, the Wildcats came out on fire and demolished Wilcox 49-14 to win...

As the calendar turns, it’s impossible to reflect on the past year without celebrating the remarkable memories created by the Los Gatos High School sports teams and the student-athletes. From Friday Night Lights to packed gyms and early-morning practices, individuals and teams delivered performances that...

By any metric, the inaugural season for the Los Gatos High School girls flag football team was a rousing success. The Wildcats went 24-2 overall and 8-1 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, sharing the championship with Milpitas and Santa Clara. Los Gatos...

The last month and a half can only be described as a whirlwind for Los Gatos High senior Sophie Takeuchi.  In early April, she was considering three great options for college: Clemson, Penn State and a university in Paris, France. That’s when an opportunity of...

The Los Gatos High School Hall of Fame Committee has announced its 2026 inductee class. They include Dan Dolen (Class of 1970), Bill Berk (1990), Ben Winkelman (2000), Brian Brogan (2005), Danny Sullivan (2006), Sarah Safir Smith 2008), Cady Chessin (2013) and Greta Wagner...

On a cold winter night in a packed gym, the scoreboard told only part of the story.  Even though the Los Gatos High School boys basketball team couldn’t deliver a victory in front of an electric home crowd in the Lions Club Wildcat Shootout championship...

With one left week in the regular season, the Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team has put itself in prime position to make another deep playoff run.  The Wildcats are the defending Central Coast Section Division II champions and will likely be slotted in...

Aydon Stefanopoulos might’ve not gotten the time he wanted in the Woodbridge Classic—one of the largest and most prestigious high school cross country invitationals in the country—but it doesn’t mean the Los Gatos High junior had a terribly disappointing race.  Far from it. Stefanopoulos entered...