Many in attendance at the Silicon Valley Roller Girls (SVRG) season opener on Saturday needed a crash course in a sport built on women crashing into each other on the course. Thankfully, the SVRG club featuring two teams, the “KillaBytes” and the “Dot.Kamikazes” gave the fans demonstrations beforehand to give attendees an idea of what … Read more
Oftentimes in sports we hear about teams winning ugly. Tuesday night at Washington Park was not one of those times. The Santa Clara Bruins (6-4) beat the Cupertino Pioneers (6-4) 3-0 on the strength of a complete-game, 1-hitter performance by starting pitcher Tyler Kennedy. It doesn’t get much prettier than that. Not only did Kennedy … Read more
In a non-league game with zero playoff implications, the Wilcox Chargers baseball team learned an important lesson against Piedmont on Tuesday: no lead is safe. With a four-run lead, Wilcox Head Coach David Currie handed the ball to his usual shortstop–freshman Paul Rosa–to try and pitch the last three outs. Currie used eight pitchers in … Read more
For decades Wilcox High School has been king when it comes to baseball in Santa Clara. But in 2017, the Santa Clara High Bruins are looking to change that reputation. The Bruins frosh-soph squad is currently tied for first in their league with a 7-1 record. First year Head Coach Pedro Martinez, a 30-year-old Santa … Read more
The Archbishop Mitty Monarchs freshman baseball squad looked far more advanced in their high school transformation than the Wilcox Chargers on Tuesday. Wilcox starting pitcher Jayden Greco couldn’t get out of the first inning before being relieved in favor of southpaw Evan Horozco. Mitty batted around in the top of the first inning as 10 … Read more
Wilcox starting pitcher Jarrett Chapman dazzled on the mound in Monday’s 3-0 victory over the Fremont Firebirds. The junior threw six-shutout innings allowing just one hit before giving way to senior Nathan Aggarwal for a three-up, three-down save. The Chargers, (11-11, 5-5) would score all three of their runs during a two-out rally in the … Read more
Archbishop Mitty sophomore pitcher Savanna Smith was just one out away from a perfect game. With two outs and nobody on in the top of the seventh, Santa Clara first baseman Alyson Teixeira worked a walk to break up the perfecto. However, Teixeira would be the only Bruin to reach base as Smith completed the … Read more
The Mountain View Spartans (11-4-1, 4-3) busted the game open with a six-run fourth inning, but their two-run first inning rally was all they needed to knock off Wilcox (8-9, 3-5) on Friday. Mountain View shutout the Chargers 8-0, returning the favor after Wilcox shut them out 5-0 on Wednesday. On Friday’s rematch, Spartans senior … Read more
On an absolutely beautiful Tuesday afternoon, the Santa Clara Bruins (7-4, 2-2) dominated rival Wilcox (7-5, 1-2) both at the plate and on the mound. Starting pitcher Kathryn Caravalho pulled the plugs on the Chargers all game long, allowing no runs on just two hits and no walks through five innings of her eventual 9-2 … Read more
After just half an inning of play, the Santa Clara Bruins baseball team (2-2 in league) looked far prettier than the gloomy overcast weather on Thursday afternoon at Lynbrook High School. The Bruins batted through their lineup in the top half of the first, scoring four times against Vikings starting pitcher Johnnie Teng. Santa Clara … Read more