Sports

Frank Marotti Jr. had beads of sweat draped on his forehead on a frigid 45-degree night—and he wasn’t even playing.  To say the Los Gatos High boys soccer coach gets into the Wildcats’ games would be an understatement. The players seem to take after his...

In a stroke of genius, Los Gatos High School boys tennis coach Justin Stenger decided to schedule Robert Louis Stevenson School of Pebble Beach as an add-on for the final regular-season match of the 2025 season.  Unbeknownst to Stenger, the decision ignited a series of...

In the grand scheme of things, preseason rankings don’t amount to much.  However, there is a certain respect factor that comes along with being listed as one of the top-ranked teams, especially in the case of the Los Gatos High School football team. The No....

Shootouts can be a nerve-wrecking deal for everyone involved, especially when it decides the Central Coast Section championship.  That’s the predicament the Los Gatos High and St. Francis field hockey teams found themselves in after they played a scoreless 60 minutes of regulation and 20...

If many of the names on the Los Gatos Little League Intermediate All Star team sound familiar, it’s because the vast majority of them played on the 12U team that advanced to the Northern California Divisional Tournament last year.  Well, the boys aged up a...

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...

Don Appleton isn’t one to spew hyperbole, so when the longtime Los Gatos High girls water polo coach said this year’s team is one of the fastest and most athletic groups he’s ever coached, that means a lot.  “We have the potential to be great...

As Wil Brennan crossed the finish line in the boys 4x400-meter relay race in the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High on May 21, he reached out and gave a little tap to Los Altos’ fast-charging anchor leg runner.  The two...

The college sports landscape has changed so much in the last several years, it’s hard to keep track of all the rule-swiching and court decisions. These have sent ripples throughout the NCAA.  In last week’s Los Gatan, Camryn Whitfield detailed the Division I five-year regulation,...

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...