Sports

One of the most tradition-rich girls volleyball programs in the Central Coast Section are working their way into peak form, one pass and spike at a time.  Los Gatos High, five-time Central Coast Section champion and 10-time runner-up, stands at 4-2 through Aug. 30. The...

The Los Gatos High School girls soccer team is looking to make another incredible run to State this season. Coach Jessica Ingram says they’re hoping to improve on last year’s performance, when the squad had just arrived back in Division A. “We made it into CCS,...

Despite getting swept by Central Coast Section power Palo Alto High last week, the Los Gatos High baseball team still controls its destiny to make the playoffs.  The Wildcats enter the week with a 6-6 record in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division,...

In Greg Varela’s distinguished 22-year career coaching high school and club wrestling, he’s never had a team that’s made such dramatic improvement as this year’s Los Gatos High squad.  That’s why Varela beamed with pride about the Wildcats’ performance in the Central Coast Section Masters...

Outside of the football season, Mark Krail’s busiest time of the year comes in December and January—the two months leading up to the Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Football Game.  The veteran Los Gatos High School football coach—along with the rest of the staff that organizes the...

Three teams—Los Gatos, Los Altos and Palo Alto—entered the final day of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season with an opportunity to share or win an outright championship.  In the end, it was the Wildcats standing alone at the top after...

At 19 years old, Saratoga resident Niko Tsakiris is already entering his fourth season as a San Jose Earthquakes midfielder.  “It’s been amazing,” he said. “You learn a lot entering the locker room at 16. You grow up pretty fast, but it’s been fun.” Tsakiris says...

A 2-0 non-league loss to Leigh High on Jan. 8 won’t put a dent on the Los Gatos High girls soccer team’s resume at any point in the season.  After all, the Longhorns entered the game ranked No. 3 in the state by Max Preps...

When Davor Koret took over as head coach of the Los Gatos High boys water polo team six years ago, his biggest goal for the program was to rise in the ranks and win the Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division championship and...

When the Los Gatos High football team beat Wilcox 24-21 on Oct. 27 in the penultimate game of the regular-season, the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division championship was on the line.  Now, another—perhaps even greater—prize is at stake when the two rivals match up again,...