Sports

After back-to-back record-breaking performances in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and Central Coast Section Northern Regional Finals, respectively, the Los Gatos High School wrestling team delivered an encore in the CCS Masters Finals Feb. 22 at Independence High. In finishing as the runner-up to...

(Photos by Jonathan Natividad) In addition to the stunning digital shots sports photographer Jonathan Natividad has collected throughout the year, he’s also taken time here and there to snap some key moments on old school film. “I’ve been using a disposable film camera, mainly Fujifilm and...

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...

A late start to the spring sports season hasn’t stopped Nicole Steiner from doing some amazing things in track and field.  The Los Gatos High freshman sensation enters the week with the Central Coast Section’s second best throw in the shot put at 37 feet,...

Scotty Brennan probably got knocked down more times driving to the basket in one half of Thursday night’s Central Coast Section Division I basketball playoff semifinal game than he did all of football season.  But like clockwork, every time Brennan hit the floor, he got...

Jaime D. Velez, the head of the Los Gatos Rowing Club, a non-profit organization that exists to promote amateur rowing in the Santa Clara Valley, had good news to share with the Los Gatan about the group’s recent performance at the Head of the...

Los Gatos High boys lacrosse coach Chris Nespor will be the first to tell you the Wildcats haven’t had the season they were hoping for.  However, with two matches left in the regular-season and a strong possibility of making the Central Coast Section playoffs, the...

With just over a week left in the regular season, the Los Gatos High softball team is in the pole position to win another outright Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship.  The Wildcats, who have clinched at least a share of the...

Greg Varela is entering his third full season as the Los Gatos High wrestling coach, and he said this year’s squad could be his best one yet.  The Wildcats open the season on Dec. 3 in the Chukchansi Invitational at Madera South High, the first...

When we look back at 2024, it will be remembered as one of the finest in Los Gatos sports history. Los Gatos High School tends to dominate the local sports chatter, but uber-talented athletes and teams from every age level and division—youth, college and...