Sports

High school sports figures who make a lasting impact ultimately are remembered for how they coached up their players, treated everyone around them and conducted themselves.  Winning adds to a coach’s resume and legacy and such was the case with the beloved Benny Pierce, the...

Having graduated nine seniors off last year’s Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship team, Los Gatos High softball coach Randy Frey acknowledged this year’s squad will be more reliant than ever on senior Anna Bean.  It’s easy to see why. Though the...

On Monday night at the Tech CU Arena in San Jose, Los Gatos High School’s hockey team took down the Pioneer Mustangs 5-3. The Wildcats drew first blood, as Devin De La Rosa put one into the back of the net in the opening period. During...

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...

For the Los Gatos High boys basketball team, there’s no rest for the weary. With the season in full swing, the Wildcats will only take the Christmas weekend off before resuming game action at the Head-Royce Tournament in Oakland on Dec. 27.  “Forget the holidays,...

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...

Down 2-0 at halftime to one of the top field hockey programs in the Central Coast Section, Los Gatos High wasn’t exactly in the best position to pull out a victory.  But the Wildcats did just that, rallying for a 3-2 win in a Santa...

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...

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...

There’s no stopping the Los Gatos National Junior Basketball (NJB) boys program.  For the second consecutive year, two teams from the Los Gatos NJB chapter won the All Net National Tournament. In 2024, the fourth grade and eighth grade boys teams took home titles. In...