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Point guards at the high school level need to see the floor well, anticipate things before they happen and be strong with the ball.  If they can shoot the ball and get to the basket off dribble penetration, that’s a bonus. Junior Max Houghton has...

After winning its season-opener on Dec. 3, the Los Gatos High boys soccer team lost its next three matches, the last of which came in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division opener to Saratoga High, 2-0, on Dec. 15.  The Wildcats haven’t...

After more than a decade of coaching youth soccer and a lifetime spent immersed in sports, Lisa Nunes Mitchell is stepping into a new chapter as the head coach of the Los Gatos High School girls soccer team. A Los Gatos alumna herself, Mitchell brings...

After the 2024 season ended, Los Gatos High School girls tennis coach Justin Stenger predicted 2025 would be a special one for the program.  This proved prescient, as the Wildcats had one of their best seasons in recent memory, finishing as the runner-up in the...

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...

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...

The football games that are won in the fall are often decided by the work that was done in the spring and summer.  That’s why Mark Krail feels refreshed and confident entering his 10th season as the Los Gatos High coach. As the idiom goes,...

Henry Reyes has coached the Los Gatos High field hockey program to 17 Central Coast Section championships and five runner-up finishes, over a 32-year run that started in the early 1990s.  The Wildcats are the winningest program and gold standard in the section, having built...

In the 2021 season, the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team had what has become the norm for the program: a league championship and deep playoff run.  Expect more of the same this season, Wildcats coach Brynja Thompson said, but with an added bonus.  “People can...

Amid a dominant season highlighted by a second straight SCVAL De Anza Division championship, the Los Gatos High School girls soccer team is expected to receive one of the top three seeds in the upcoming Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs.  The Wildcats entered this...