Starting pitchers Nathan Aggarwal (Wilcox) and Jonathan Newman (Christopher) held dueling no-hitters through five innings in Saturday’s matinee quarterfinal at Washington Park. Thanks to three double plays turned behind him, Aggarwal actually faced the minimum 15 batters through five innings. The Chargers’ offense would finally break through with a run in the sixth and that … Read more
Thursday’s softball season finale for the Santa Clara Bruins wasn’t a must-win, but it was nonetheless a highly competitive contest against the Homestead Mustangs. Each side entered the game with identical 7-4 records, tied for third place in the De Anza League standings. The top-3 finishers in the league receive automatic bids to the CCS … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins are on their way to the Central Coast Section playoffs, clinching a postseason spot without any help, except well, maybe a little from Harry Houdini himself. At the start of the day Friday the Bruins sat in second place in the El Camino league standings, needing to hold onto that spot … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins varsity baseball squad entered Friday night’s game against the Fremont Firebirds in first place in the El Camino Division (8-4). Conversely, Fremont began the game in the league bottom with (4-8). Despite being last in the standings, the Firebirds were leading the league in runs scored (75) going into the game, … Read more
At the start of the high school baseball season, Wilcox and Santa Clara were not scheduled to play each other. With Wilcox in a higher division than Santa Clara, the rival schools don’t usually face each other in baseball. However, with both the Santa Clara varsity and frosh/soph teams having strong league seasons, Wilcox and … Read more
When it comes to public school baseball programs in the Silicon Valley, most schools feature a varsity squad and a junior varsity or frosh/soph squad. However, Wilcox is one of the few public schools that utilizes both a traditional frosh/soph and tertiary freshmen team. This extra team allows the Chargers to develop players who otherwise … Read more
It may sound contradictory, but Thursday’s softball rivalry game between the Santa Clara Bruins and Wilcox Chargers was an incredibly intriguing blowout. The outcome of the game was pretty much decided after two innings as the Bruins led 9-0 en route to a 20-1 blowout victory. For a lopsided game however, it was actually pretty … Read more
After a one-year hiatus, the Black & Blue Olympics between Wilcox and Santa Clara High schools returned to the Youth Activity Center. Fortunately, the event was a friendly enough rivalry that nobody ended up black and blue other than the artificial black and blue face paint on the respective sides of the gym. The night … Read more
If you were cruising around the Santa Clara neighborhoods on Saturday you may have noticed a number of garage sales. That is because this year the City is organizing two city-wide garage sales. The second one in August is during the time of year neighbors are more familiar with, as this past Saturday’s April date … Read more
On a beautiful Thursday afternoon, the Santa Clara Bruins’ frosh-soph (junior varsity) baseball squad (8-1) didn’t exactly paint a Picasso. But despite only one hard hit ball through the first five innings (a rocket double by sophomore Noah Dembowski) and some free passes given up by starting pitcher Elias Verdusco, the Bruins still managed to … Read more