Sports

After a five-year stretch which resulted in multiple league championships and berths in the CIF State Meet, the Los Gatos High School boys and girls cross country teams are in a rebuilding phase this season.  Both squads were hit hard by graduation, especially on the...

During their undefeated District 12 tournament run, the Los Gatos Little League 12U All Stars proved they could win by sheer dominance or by a razor-close margin.  In the championship game, Los Gatos had to dig deep to pull out a 2-1 win over host...

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...

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...

When the San Jose Earthquakes played the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) on May 6 at Levi’s Stadium, the game drew over 40,000 people.  A crowd in excess of 40,000 is also expected when the Quakes play the LA Galaxy in the 97th edition of...

When Janneke Dirven wants to improve a certain technique or skill, all she has to do is look across her own pool.  The Ohio State University freshman artistic swimmer has three teammates–Ruby Remati, Scarlett Finn and Keana Hunter–who competed in this year’s Paris Olympic Games.  “It’s...

Table tennis was just part of family life for Rachel Sung, who made her Olympic debut yesterday in the team competition in Paris—and became part of a viral storyline with US basketball greats. Her parents met playing for their colleges in Taiwan, and she grew...

Los Gatos High cross country standouts Shea Elmore and Sophie Tau can be in the middle of a hard workout when they suddenly start busting out in laughter. In a sport as difficult as running—where one has to continually push their physical limits—keeping things...

In high school swimming and diving, success is ultimately measured in improvement. By that metric, the Los Gatos High swimming team—though it lost both of its Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division meets this season—has already accomplished something worthwhile.  In the season-opening league dual...

When the Los Gatos and Hollister field hockey teams played their season-opener on Aug. 31, it represented a matchup between an up-and-coming program in Hollister against the Central Coast Section’s gold standard in Los Gatos.  The host Wildcats, winners of an astounding 17 CCS championships,...