Sports

A last-place finish in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division last year sent the Los Gatos High boys soccer team to compete in the league’s lower El Camino Division this season.  However, the Wildcats intend for their stay in the El Camino...

Advancing to its first-ever CIF State Championship Bowl Game last season is still fresh in the minds of the Los Gatos High football team.  After all, the Wildcats played that contest—a 45-42 loss to Central Valley Christian in the Division 2-A final—just seven months ago....

For Mark Kibort and Kent Kappen, iron sharpens iron.  The two friends spurred each other on in this summer’s USATF Masters National Track and Field Championships in Missouri. Kibort, a 62-year-old Saratoga resident, won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 60-64 age division.  Kappen,...

At the start of the season, the Los Gatos High girls basketball team was still finding its way and searching for its identity. But the Wildcats know who they are now, and that’s as the reigning queens of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De...

Three hits in an eight-inning game isn’t normally a recipe for success, but it was for the Los Gatos High baseball team on March 30 against Los Altos High.  The Wildcats’ 3-2 win was exactly what they needed as it snapped a three-game league skid...

After going through a grueling Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division schedule and playing some top-notch non-league competition, the Los Gatos High baseball team was well prepared to make a deep run in the Central Coast Section playoffs, no matter what division it...

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...

Holding back tears, Los Gatos High football coach Mark Krail delivered a brief yet emotionally charged speech in the aftermath of a riveting 24-21 win over Wilcox High on Oct. 27.  He didn’t have to say much to let his players know how proud he...

In most sports at the prep level, the top athletes and college prospects play for their high school.  Tennis happens to be one of those sports where it’s hit and miss, depending on the player. For Wildcats’ sophomore ace Kayla Mitchell, playing in high school...

Few boys cross country teams have a storied history such as Los Gatos High.  From 1980 to 2014, the Wildcats won 10 Central Coast Section championships, had five runner-up finishes and five individual champions, including two—Matthew Petrillo and Chris Foster—who were repeat champions. So, the Wildcats’...