It was Breast Cancer Awareness Night at Santa Clara High School on Friday, and in fitting fashion the Bruins overcame first-half struggles to earn a 42-31 victory. Santa Clara’s varsity girls basketball team took the court with pink warm-up uniforms and played with pink armbands and pink shoe laces in support of breast cancer research. … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers girls varsity team came out of the gate strong on Wednesday night as they hosted the Gunn Titans in their league opener. Despite having just nine active players, two returners and no seniors, the young Chargers squad took a 34-19 lead into halftime led by star sophomore guard Anna Neeley. Unfortunately for … Read more
Taking on Monta Vista in Cupertino, it looked like the Wilcox Chargers varsity girls soccer team would snap a three-game losing streak with an impressive victory. The Chargers carried possession for the majority of the afternoon and led 2-0 with under 10 minutes remaining on goals by junior Sammie Discher in the first half and … Read more
There were absolutely no signs of a Christmas hangover for the Santa Clara Bruins girls varsity squad on Tuesday, Dec. 27. The Bruins improved their perfect record to 11-0, cruising to a 53-25 win over Live Oak. Santa Clara particularly dominated on the defensive-end of the floor with tremendous performances by both senior Devyn Snyder … Read more
Friday’s matinee matchup against Branham wasn’t the prettiest of performances by Santa Clara, but it was enough to hold onto a 3-2 victory. Before the game even began, this writer noticed it was a Bruins-Bruins matchup. Matching mascots made for avoiding redundancies rather difficult, so this recap might not be the prettiest of performances either. … Read more
Despite starting the season 0-3, the Wilcox varsity boys soccer team showed promise of better days ahead against Harker (San Jose) on Friday night. The Chargers would lose by a 3-1 final, but easily could have scored another goal or two. Not to mention, junior goaltender Jaxson Hillsinger Roby made a number of impressive saves, … Read more
While it may not have been the ultimate fairytale ending down in Disney World for the Santa Clara Lions, Head Coach Craig Connelly and his players certainly enjoyed the ride at the 2016 Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Florida After an undefeated Peninsula Pop Warner season, the Santa Clara Lions varsity Pop Warner squad … Read more
Buoyed by the tremendous work ethic of Katherine Knowles on the offensive boards, the Santa Clara Bruins girls basketball team improved to 6-0 with a 49-31 win over Leland on Monday. Santa Clara got out to an early 14-4 first-quarter lead led by the tenacity of their senior forward. “Her work ethic is always there” … Read more
“I’ve been here seven years and this is by far our hardest schedule,” commented Santa Clara Bruins Head Coach Brad Comstock after Wednesday’s 0-0 tie against Presentation. “We play [Presentation], Valley Christian and Branham, who was in the finals last year. I think every team we play, except one, was in CCS last year.” Santa … Read more
In what was a hotly contested first half, the Santa Clara Bruins junior varsity basketball team dropped the opening-round game of their annual JV tournament to Cupertino, 40-19 on Wednesday. The Bruins trailed just 13-11 late in the second quarter and an impressive buzzer beating layup by Ralvin Pascua cut a 17-11 deficit to just … Read more