Sports

With a stable of talented runners, Los Gatos High cross country coach Paul Lawryk knows the formula for the boys and girls teams to have another successful season.  “It’s not too complicated this year. Keep them healthy and they’ll do well,” Lawryk said. “It’s just...

As the president and co-owner of three youth lacrosse organizations—Extreme, Verve and Timberline—Amy Yu’s only downtime tends to be in her car when she’s driving home after an event.  Such is the busyness of life for Yu, who recently spent a couple of days in...

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...

Andre Torres won’t be forgetting the marvelous season the Los Gatos Little League Junior All Star team's had this year any time soon. The squad advanced to the NorCal State Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. They also did it as under-11 All Stars, U12 Majors...

Led by standouts Aydon Stefanopoulos and Sophie Tau, the Los Gatos High boys and girls cross country teams won Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 1.  The boys had a low score of 37 points...

Three days after winning the program’s first Central Coast Section championship in 40 years, the Los Gatos High girls basketball team delivered an encore performance worthy of a standing ovation.  Which, incidentally, is what they received being they were on their home court Tuesday. As...

A year ago, the Los Gatos High girls cross country team exceeded all expectations by winning the Central Coast Section Division I championship.  This season, the Wildcats’ challenge to repeat as section champions will be tougher as they’ve been placed in Division II, meaning they...

Two more Los Gatos High sports teams have clinched league championships in the current winter sports season. With the school having already won titles in girls basketball and wrestling, the boys basketball team pulled off a remarkable repeat title season. A year after earning...

If looks could kill then Los Gatos High senior Lily Van Putten would’ve burned a hole through one of the players on the Castilleja girls water polo team in their Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division match on Sept. 27.  Van Putten had...

Hunter Bigge was playing chess with a teammate in the locker room when he was summoned to Iowa Cubs Manager Marty Pevey’s office on July 6.   Uh-oh.  “The last time I was told to go to the manager’s office, I was being sent down to Double-A...