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After opening up the De Anza League season win an 8-3 home win over Homestead on Wednesday, March 22, the Wilcox Chargers looked poised to win both games of the series on Friday. Unfortunately for Chargers fans, Wilcox would be unable to hold a late two-run lead, eventually losing on a walk-off wild pitch in … Read more
Friday afternoon’s softball matchup between the Santa Clara Bruins and Monta Vista Matadors was fitting of a competition on St. Patrick’s Day—it was wild and a little bit lucky. The Bruins ended up 18-14 victors in a game where they went up 6-0 in the top of the first inning. Santa Clara took advantage of … Read more
With the coldest, longest and wettest winter seen in years in the Bay Area, the start of the high school softball and baseball seasons have seen numerous cancellations and postponements. Based on a couple of different factors, some teams have been affected more than others. Local coaches offered their comments on how the wet weather … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins baseball squad showed off their scrappy style of play on Tuesday in a non-league matchup against the Willow Glen Rams. Strong pitching through the first four innings from Sebastian McMahon, and perfectly executed small ball saw the Bruins erase a mere 1-0 deficit with a three-run fourth. The visitors’ rally was … Read more
The high school baseball season is already underway—well sort of. With the inclement weather in the region, the start of the season has been mostly rained out. When the weather starts to cooperate, our local teams all have high expectations, despite two of the three having new head coaches. Both the Santa Clara Bruins and … Read more
Friday, Feb. 17 marked the opening round of the Division I CCS Girls Basketball Tournament. The Santa Clara Bruins hosted the team’s opening round game as the No. 10 seed against the unseeded Piedmont Hills. A 16-team field features the top-four seeds each earning two byes, while the five-through-nine seeds each earned one bye. As … Read more
Valentine’s Day on Tuesday was the Fremont Firebirds’ Super Bowl. A tough season dealing with key injuries and a handful of one-possession losses lent Fremont a disappointing 4-7 record heading into the league finale. With no playoffs on the horizon and facing the 8-3 Wilcox Chargers—whom Fremont had lost to earlier in the season—the Firebirds … Read more
From the opening tip on Tuesday, the Wilcox Chargers and Milpitas Trojans looked like they would be locked in a tight defensive battle. Both squads demonstrated defensive prowess in the first quarter, as Milpitas carried just a slim 8-6 lead into the second quarter. Wilcox would take the lead back to start the second with … Read more
Terra Linda sophomore Ellie Gilbert could not contain her excitement on Friday, Feb. 3. Just a few hours earlier, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) voted to add Girls Flag Football to its list of fall high school sports and she was already starting to envision the impact that would have across the state. “I think … Read more
The Santa Clara Bruins varsity basketball squad started Tuesday’s rivalry rematch with Wilcox clearly on a mission. After dropping the first tilt with Wilcox exactly three weeks prior by a 39-30 final, the Bruins came out with their hair on fire in this one. Whatever the opposite of hibernation is, that’s exactly what the Bruins … Read more