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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...

The beat goes on for the Los Gatos High field hockey team, the all-time winningest program in Central Coast Section history.  The Wildcats put themselves in the pole position to win another outright Santa Clara Valley Athletic League championship after earning a 1-1 draw with...

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...

Last year’s Los Gatos High wrestling team set multiple program records en route to its best finish in the CIF State Championships.  But not even that squad had the depth of this year’s team. The Wildcats are deep and able to put in a quality...

The Los Gatos High football team was ready to play its season-opener against Oak Grove High on Friday night.   They were warming up prior to their game when coach Mark Krail was notified about five minutes to 7pm that there was going to be a...

With Covid-19 positivity rates surging nationwide due to the Omicron variant, it was only a matter of time before one or more of the Los Gatos High winter sports teams faced a situation in which they would lose games and practices due to Covid...

After a five-year run as an assistant baseball coach at Saratoga High from 2011-2015, Mike Minkel knew he wanted to run his own team as an on-campus teacher.  The 39-year-old achieved his goal when he was recently named the new Los Gatos High baseball coach....

When Nicole Steiner unleashed a throw of 41 feet, 6 ½ inches—the top mark in the Central Coast Section this season—in the St. Francis Invitational on March 18, she admitted it wasn’t her most technically sound effort.  “There wasn’t a whole lot of technique. It...

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...

The Los Gatos High School boys basketball team enters this week’s play at 14-4 overall and 5-1 in the SCVAL De Anza Division, a game back of first-place Milpitas—which beat the Wildcats in their first league meeting, 58-52.  The rematch is set for Jan. 30,...