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Nick Kalpin couldn’t believe his former football coach, Butch Cattolico, was on the other line. The two are all-time greats in the storied Los Gatos High School football program—Cattolico as a coach and Kalpin as a running back. When Cattolico called Kalpin last December to...

After winning its season-opener on Dec. 3, the Los Gatos High boys soccer team lost its next three matches, the last of which came in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division opener to Saratoga High, 2-0, on Dec. 15.  The Wildcats haven’t...

It’s hard to believe that for the first several years of his career, San Jose Sharks legend Patrick Marleau seemed uncomfortable in front of the media or having any attention heaped his way.  If the Feb. 23-25 festivities surrounding Marleau proved one thing, it was...

Despite the rainy weather in the week leading up to the big event, it was a perfect Saturday morning for the Los Gatos Little League opening day ceremony. Hundreds of little leaguers and their families were excited to head down to Baggerly Field for the...

In this week’s episode of the Cover 3 Sports podcast, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will get you caught up with updates in the Central Coast Section with a new edition of News and Notes. Then, they’ll jump into some CCS softball with...

Jeff Alzina has come full circle.  After 25 years living in Southern California, the all-time winningest coach in AVP history returned home to Santa Cruz in February 2019 to become the head coach of the Santa Clara University beach volleyball program.  Then, just three months ago,...

Los Gatos High junior Aydon Stefanopoulos didn’t come in as the favorite entering the CIF State Cross Country Boys Division II Championship race on Nov. 25 at Woodward Park in Fresno.  That distinction went to Ventura High senior Anthony Fast Horse, who boasted a state-leading...

The loud thump of the ball hitting the cage backstop was sweet music to the Los Gatos High field hockey team’s ears.  That’s because it was Clare Torres’ rocket for a shot that went in to send the top-seed Wildcats to a riveting 2-1 overtime...

It’s not often when Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici’s game plan for her team is simply about effort.  Then again, these were no ordinary circumstances. Playing for the first time in 15 days after 10 of the 12 players on the roster...

Los Gatos High School hosted the annual Charlie Wedemeyer All Star Game on Feb. 3, with the South team defeating the North squad, 28-6. The game features top graduating players from Santa Clara County and proceeds benefit ALS and Coaches Against Cancer. IN THE TRENCHES -...