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‘Cats roundup: Elmore, Stefanopoulos win cross country league titles; field hockey and boys water polo teams advance to CCS playoff semifinals
When Shea Elmore won the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division Cross Country Finals as a freshman, she was running with then-teammate Sophie Tau to cross the finish line first.
The two were in a virtual dead-heat to the finish, and both had...
Los Gatos boys cross country runs to victory in the CCS Championships; Tau and Elmore also earn State berths
Few boys cross country teams have a storied history such as Los Gatos High.
From 1980 to 2014, the Wildcats won 10 Central Coast Section championships, had five runner-up finishes and five individual champions, including two—Matthew Petrillo and Chris Foster—who were repeat champions.
So, the Wildcats’...
Los Gatos girls volleyball setting the gold standard
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...
Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game benefits ALS Network, Coaches Against Cancer
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...
Hook ’em Horns! Leigh girls soccer team caps historic season with CIF NorCal championship
The Leigh High girls soccer team—with seven players on the roster who live in Los Gatos—recently completed a historic season by winning the school’s first-ever CIF NorCal Regional Playoff Championship in any sport.
The Longhorns did it with a 1-0 win over Granite Bay on...
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...
Los Gatos girls basketball dominating SCVAL De Anza
At the midway point in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season, it’s apparent the Los Gatos High girls basketball team’s toughest opponent will be themselves.
Six wins—all by double digits—has stamped the Wildcats as the prohibitive favorite not just to win...
Los Gatos football rules the roost again in the SCVAL/PAL De Anza
Halfway through the third quarter, the Los Gatos High football team was holding a steady seven-point lead over Wilcox High in their Santa Clara Valley/Peninsula Athletic League game on Oct. 21.
But over the next three minutes, Wildcats receiver Wil Brennan scored two touchdowns to...
Wildcats held on as Carmel stormed back
The last Los Gatos High School varsity boys baseball game of the regular season was definitely a thrilling show.
The team had an impressive start to the away game in Carmel on Saturday. They stormed out to an 8-0 lead through six innings.
Their pitching was...
Local athletes race against time thanks to new eligibility restrictions
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of college eligibility, especially due to the NCAA Division I five-year rule. It is one of the biggest obstacles student-athletes face, and, for some, more challenging than the sport they play itself.
However, change is unfolding...
