Senior night for the Wilcox girls soccer team didn’t end with a victory, but their progress this season from start to finish has been evident. A resurgent squad, the Chargers’ three wins thus far on the season have come in rematches against two teams who previously beat them and a third team who stole a … Read more
For roughly four weeks, from the start of their league season–Jan. 3 through Feb. 4–the Santa Clara Bruins girls soccer team allowed just three goals in nine games (4-0-4). That streak was rudely interrupted by a shocking 6-0 defeat in Palo Alto on Tuesday, but Santa Clara found a way to bounce back Friday with … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins girls basketball team plays host to the Monta Vista Matadors on Friday night in the league season finale. A victory would complete a perfect 24-0 season heading into CCS. While the Bruins finished last season with the best record in Head Coach Deedee Kiyota’s 18 years as coach, (21-5, 10-2), both … Read more
Nicole Nunes’ high arcing shot from 22-yards away in the 70th minute floated just underneath the crossbar and into the back of the net. The sophomore’s strike pulled the Santa Clara Bruins (4-0-4) even at 1-1 with the Mountain View Spartans (6-1-2), capping off a thrilling second half. For most of the afternoon Santa Clara … Read more
Santa Clara High’s girls basketball team is just three games away from potentially finishing an historic regular season. On Friday night the Bruins extended their perfect record to 21-0 with a 45-17 thrashing of the Lynbrook Vikings. Even with one of their starters coming off the bench due to being out sick earlier in the … Read more
A quality Wildcat strike from 20-yards out had Santa Clara goalkeeper Samantha Coelho beat clean just seconds before the final whistle. Fortunately for Bruins fans, the shot failed to beat the near post as it clanked high off the post before being cleared away. Roughly five seconds later, the referee blew the final whistle on … Read more
Despite a late flurry in the final three minutes to pull from down 10 to within three, the Santa Clara Bruins boys basketball team fell to the Fremont Firebirds, 31-25 on Friday night. The Bruins came into the contest winners of five of their previous seven games (4-2 in league), including a 46-41 home victory … Read more
Successive yellow cards given to Santa Clara senior captain Maxwell Howland put the Bruins behind the soccer ball early against the Mountain View Spartans on Tuesday. The Bruins were forced to play the majority of the game with just 10 men due to the early double yellows. Howland’s absence was a big loss as the … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers basketball team came into Friday’s home tilt against the Los Gatos Wildcats on quite a roll, having won six of their last eight games (3-1 in league). Wilcox was certainly flying high heading into Friday, but, as it turns out, perhaps a little too high. Each of the three league opponents Wilcox … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers varsity boys soccer team lost to the Saratoga Falcons by a count of 4-1 on Thursday night, but the final score doesn’t even begin to tell the story. Just looking at the boxscore and seeing Saratoga scored twice in each half, one might assume the Falcons were the better team. In actuality, … Read more