Sports

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...

After a solid 2021 season, the Los Gatos High girls tennis team has upped its game this year with the goal to win a league championship.  The Wildcats are in contention to capture at least a share of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El...

The football games that are won in the fall are often decided by the work that was done in the spring and summer.  That’s why Mark Krail feels refreshed and confident entering his 10th season as the Los Gatos High coach. As the idiom goes,...

The Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders entering the Central Coast Section playoffs.  The Wildcats lost two of their final three regular season contests, including one to Carmel High School for the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s second automatic...

Miles Fisher saw a prime opportunity to score and knew what to do with it. Soon after, he was buried amid an avalanche of teammates in celebration.  Fisher’s goal with 3 minutes, 35 seconds left in sudden-death, double overtime lifted the Wildcats to a 8-7...

Over three decades, Los Gatos’ own Thanksgiving Day amateur football tournament has established quite the legendary reputation. And on Nov. 24, the National Turkey Bowl League will celebrate their 31st year. “We started in Los Gatos with seven guys, and it just grew,” said Matt Ober,...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently approved a one-time grant for the Town of Los Gatos to help upgrade senior-serving facilities. The funds, part of the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget, will be used for ADA-related improvements to the Los Gatos Adult Recreation...

After the best season in program history, what can the Los Gatos High wrestling team possibly do for an encore in the 2023-2024 campaign? Keep on improving.  “We have to keep evolving and keep growing,” coach Greg Varela said. “We’ve got to start looking bigger than...

When Nicole Steiner received an email from the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame two weeks ago notifying her that she had been named the Female High School Athlete of the Year for Santa Clara County, she didn’t know what to make of it.  After...

The Doc Buchanan Invitational is widely considered one of the top-5 high school wrestling tournaments in the nation.  Athletes from across the country make their way to the Central Valley every January to compete in elite fields and see where they currently stack among the...