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San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Niko Tsakiris, from Saratoga, was recently recruited to the national team to compete at the Concacaf U-20 Championships in Mexico, joining teammate Cruz Medina on the squad. Meanwhile the South Bay pro team’s keeper, Emi Ochoa, was called up to play...

The Los Gatos High baseball team is one of the handful of public school squads in the Central Coast Section that is capable of beating the powerhouse West Catholic Athletic League programs that typically dominate the top playoff Open Division.  This season should be no...

The Los Gatos High School girls soccer team is looking to make another incredible run to State this season. Coach Jessica Ingram says they’re hoping to improve on last year’s performance, when the squad had just arrived back in Division A. “We made it into CCS,...

Agata Fin was the ripe old age of 8 when she set a lofty goal to one day play for Italy’s women’s lacrosse national team. The Cal Berkeley freshman and 2024 Los Gatos High graduate achieved her goal in the summer of 2023, playing for...

Similar to one of his bone-jarring hits on the gridiron and on the rugby pitch, Lyndon Bailey never saw it coming.  In early June, a couple of weeks after an impressive performance in the Boys Rugby High School Club National Championships, the 2024 Los Gatos...

Scotty Brennan corralled the rebound and ran down the left sideline to the half-court line when the buzzer sounded, and the celebration was on for the Los Gatos High boys basketball team.  Locked in a riveting, white-knuckle, back and forth contest with Christopher High in...

In terms of volume and quality, few schools in the Central Coast Section can match what Los Gatos High produces in terms of student-athletes moving on to play at four-year college programs.  The 2022 class has 15—count ’em, 15—student-athletes who have either signed letter of...

High school athletes put in countless hours of training, all while trying to balance relationships and a challenging academic course load. Early mornings, dealing with glorious wins and painful losses, and pushing yourself past your limit—it’s all part of the drill. Some lucky students manage...

Survive and advance. It’s one of the most timeless adages in sports, because it often rings true from the youth to the pro game. For the Los Gatos High boys and girls lacrosse teams, one was able to survive and advance and the other...

Town of Los Gatos officials got the ball spinning by arriving at Creekside Sports Park early on Thanksgiving Day to allow organizers to start preparing for the day’s big event—the annual Turkey Bowl. Matt Ober, the National Turkey Bowl League commissioner, entered the astroturf-covered grounds...