The Santa Clara Bruins softball squad showed significant resiliency in Thursday’s league opener against a tough Homestead Mustangs team. Last season’s De Anza league winners (20-7, 10-2) would squeak out the 7-5 victory, but Santa Clara gave the Mustangs all they could handle. Despite having just been moved up into the De Anza division, the … Read more
Friday afternoon’s tilt between the Wilcox Chargers and Homestead Mustangs was all about quickness. The Chargers ended up 4-3 walk-off winners in an eight-inning game that lasted less than two hours. Wilcox base stealers led the way, going six-for-seven on steals. The only Wilcox runner to get caught stealing was eventual walk-off hero Paul Rosa … Read more
Thanks in large part to 4 and 2/3 quality relief innings from senior pitcher Kelly Adame, the Wilcox Chargers nearly overcame a six-run deficit on Tuesday. Unfortunately for Chargers fans, their rally fell short, falling to Cupertino, 7-5. It was certainly an inauspicious start for the Chargers as the first three runs for the Pioneers … Read more
Credit the Chargers (3-5) for hanging in the game until the seventh inning, but 13 free passes by Wilcox pitchers was simply too much to overcome against Palo Alto (6-2). Starting pitcher Jairus Baddo left the mound after 3 and 1/3 innings with the score tied 3-3. Before the completion of the fourth inning though, … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins are CCS champions in girls soccer for the first time in school history, finishing their season with a drama filled final two games. In the semifinals Santa Clara beat the Pioneer Mustangs featuring Naomi Girma, a starter on the U-17 USWNT. Girma played most of the game against the Bruins (who … Read more
Thursday’s opening round CCS basketball game featuring the undefeated (24-0, 12-0) Santa Clara Bruins against the (15-10, 9-5) Branham Bruins played out as expected. Santa Clara won going away, 59-31, in a rather quiet affair. Quiet, that is, outside of the fireworks display put on by Santa Clara sophomore Kayleigh Watanabe. The 15-year old looked … Read more
Without the services of senior striker and leading scorer Ellie Mujushi, the Santa Clara Bruins soccer team managed to survive through the first two rounds of CCS. A first-round, 1-0 win over Christopher was followed up with a thrilling 2-1 win over Sequoia on Saturday. Playing without their star forward and still winning says a … Read more
If you are a fan of Wilcox Chargers basketball, Wednesday’s wild 70-61 victory over Everett Alvarez in the first round of CCS is not one you will soon forget. The Chargers saw a five-point third quarter lead evaporate into an eight-point deficit when the visiting Eagles soared to a 15-2 run. Wilcox would respond immediately … Read more
The game itself was never in doubt with Santa Clara in cruise control from nearly start to finish, but the Bruins’ 58-26 victory clinched a perfect 24-0 (12-0) league season. Celebrating senior night at their home gym, Bruins Head Coach Deedee Kiyota inserted senior Jazalyn Seguritan into the starting lineup. Seguritan joined her 2017 classmates … Read more
In last week’s edition we learned about the second-half turnaround for the Wilcox girls soccer squad. After starting out league season just 1-5-1, the girls finished 2-3 in their final five games. One of their highlights was a 2-0 win over Lynbrook after having lost to them 5-0 earlier in the season. As it turns … Read more