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The Fremont Firebirds varsity basketball squad finished the early preseason “non-league” portion of the schedule with just a 2-8 record. However, the Firebirds’ young players impressed with their talent level against some strong competition. Fremont faced three teams in the tough West Catholic Athletic League. They also easily could have won against the De Anza … Read more
The Wilcox Chargers varsity basketball team hosted the Santa Clara Bruins on Wednesday night. Through two quarters it appeared to be an evenly matched affair between the two bitter rivals. Santa Clara owned the first quarter, finishing the opening frame with a 23-15 advantage. Sophomore forward Karan Kolappa paced the Bruins with six points, junior … Read more
The rivalry matchup between Santa Clara and Wilcox certainly lived up to the hype on Tuesday. The evenly matched squads went back and forth like a heavyweight bout. The Chargers opened up the game hot with a 7-2 advantage midway through the first quarter. But then the Bruins bounced back beautifully with a 12-5 run … Read more
It’s not often that high school basketball teams hit triple digits on the scoreboard. With four seconds remaining in their contest against Silver Creek on Tuesday, the Wilcox Chargers had one last chance with the ball. It was their only opportunity to potentially reach the rare century mark. Arlind Astafa’s bucket on their previous possession … Read more
Tuesday’s opening round game in the Del Mar John Araujo Memorial Tournament for the Wilcox Chargers went down the final buzzer against the Woodside Wildcats. After blowing a 21-11 halftime lead to fall behind 31-29 in the fourth quarter, Wilcox regrouped to score seven of the game’s final 10 points down the stretch. Three of … Read more
Eight games into the non-league portion of the basketball season and the Santa Clara Bruins look very much like a top contender in the El Camino League. The Bruins are off to a 5-3 start, which could easily have been 6-2. Santa Clara lost at Westmont on Nov. 28 by the slimmest of margins, 39-38. … Read more
The present results for the Fremont Firebirds varsity basketball squad are far from pretty. Through the first nine games of the season, Fremont has yet to win. However, in Tuesday’s game against Homestead, the Firebirds looked far more like a team that had won all eight of their previous games than lost them. Despite being … Read more
The Wilcox girls varsity basketball squad fell to 1-2 on the season after Tuesday’s home loss against Carlmont. A 45-23 final in the non-league preseason matchup was not the offensive showing that the Chargers were hoping for, but the team’s defensive building blocks seem very much in place. Wilcox impressed not only with their defensive … Read more
This season of Pop Warner football marks the first time that the 11-year-old teams will compete in Florida for the annual Pop Warner Super Bowl. One of eight teams that will be battling out on the gridiron is your local Santa Clara Lions. The Santa Clara Lions 11-year-old squad is called the Wildcats. The team … Read more
Despite being the No. 1 seed in their CCS Division II bracket, the Wilcox Chargers saw its season end Friday night at the hands of the No. 5 seed Bellarmine Bells. It was a back-and-forth battle with four lead changes (10-7, 14-10, 17-14, 21-17). Bellarmine would take the final lead on a touchdown pass with … Read more