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Los Gatos to duke it out with Paly for title
Every time Los Gatos High boys basketball coach Nick Ward drives home after a game—especially the tough, gut-wrenching losses—he pulls down the sunvisor in his car to read a three-word note.
“Turn it off,” Ward said moments after the Wildcats’ 71-41 win over Gunn High...
Los Gatos Track Club’s Aydon Stefanopoulos on a good run
A little over a year ago, Aydon Stefanopoulos had a mental breakthrough. Competing in national cross country and track races but not coming up with top finishes in his age group, the Los Gatos resident and Mitty High freshman realized he had to go...
Los Gatos High’s Antonio Rodriguez caps off tremendous freshman season
Antonio Rodriguez’s Los Gatos High wrestling teammates refer to him as Ant-Man. Wildcats coach Greg Varela calls the freshman standout Mantonio.
Rodriguez lived up to those nicknames in the recently completed season, which culminated with a strong second-place finish in the 113-pound CIF State Championship...
Wildcats juniors Edson, Kaefer part of history with MVLA’s ECNL national championship
Few teams get an opportunity to play in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) National Finals Tournament championship.
After all, the showcase event features the best club soccer teams in the nation duking it out for supremacy. Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) has long established...
Higher, highest: Hannah Slover wins the high jump in CIF State Championships
For the first time since 2014, Los Gatos High has an individual state track and field champion.
Wildcats junior Hannah Slover joined rarefied air when she won the girls high jump competition in the CIF State Championships May 27-28 at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan...
Tsakiris makes waves at Concacaf U-20 Championships
San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Niko Tsakiris, from Saratoga, was recently recruited to the national team to compete at the Concacaf U-20 Championships in Mexico, joining teammate Cruz Medina on the squad.
Meanwhile the South Bay pro team’s keeper, Emi Ochoa, was called up to play...
Alumni report: Tommy Splaine’s heroics clinches Arizona’s Pac-12 Tournament Championship victory
Tommy Splaine was on the receiving end of not one but two Gatorade showers in the aftermath of the University of Arizona baseball team’s riveting 4-3 win over USC in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game on May 25 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Splaine’s one-out single in...
Los Gatos boys golf team a hit on the links
Although the Los Gatos High boys golf team doesn’t have a player who will likely contend for a Central Coast Section individual championship, it has a lineup that goes eight deep with every player at those positions being of quality.
That type of depth is...
Cal Strength alumni to go head-to-head at the Super Bowl
Owner of California Strength Dave Spitz has the unique honor of having coached a player from both teams playing in Super Bowl LX. The biggest sporting event of the year takes place here in Santa Clara County where the Seattle Seahawks and New England...
For LGCS softball, Magic is in the air
The Los Gatos-Cupertino-Saratoga (LGCS) Girls Softball Association is celebrating a milestone this season in its 30th year of existence.
To mark the occasion, the program’s premier fundraising event of 2023, Decades of Magic, will be held at the La Rinconada Country Club from 6-10pm on...
