Sports

In the summer of 1984, the Los Gatos Majors 12-and-under All Star team was the feel-good youth sports story of the Bay Area, advancing to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. For the first time since its historic run, the team is having...

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...

Jared Allen, who graduated from Los Gatos High School, has been named a finalist for induction into the NFL Hall of Fame. Allen, who was born in Dallas, was raised on a ranch in Morgan Hill, where he attended Live Oak High School. Allen played...

In almost any other year, Los Gatos High School sophomore Madison Kohli would be the odds-on favorite to win the 400 meter race in the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships.  This isn’t any other year.  Two of the top 10 sprinters in the state—North...

It wasn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but the Los Gatos High football team will gladly learn and move on from its 35-0 win over host Santa Clara High on Oct. 1. The Wildcats, who improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0...

Over the years, the Los Gatos and Almaden Little League All Star teams have been involved in several great games, featuring precocious play and back-and-forth action. On June 30, their 12-year-old All Star teams duked it out for the coveted District 12 tournament championship, and...

The only noticeable change in the tone of Callum Schweitzer’s voice came midway through an extended telephone interview with the Los Gatan. “Splitting time is something I’ve never done before,” Schweitzer said, when asked about his 2024 junior year, in which he started the season...

For the first time this season, the Los Gatos High football team found itself in uncharted territory—with an opponent that kept things close several minutes into the fourth quarter.  However, the Wildcats passed the test with flying colors, literally running away from Wilcox for a...

Even when the other team is making a huge run or winning a game, the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team doesn’t panic. That demeanor starts at the top with coach Brynja Thompson and goes down to the players.  That’s why when Palo Alto High...

With one loud thump, the Los Gatos High field hockey team was on its way to another Central Coast Section playoff championship match.  Natasha Evenden’s thunderous goal a minute into the third quarter stood up in a 1-0 win over Christopher High on Wednesday in...