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On an absolutely beautiful Tuesday afternoon, the Santa Clara Bruins (7-4, 2-2) dominated rival Wilcox (7-5, 1-2) both at the plate and on the mound. Starting pitcher Kathryn Caravalho pulled the plugs on the Chargers all game long, allowing no runs on just two hits and no walks through five innings of her eventual 9-2 … Read more

After just half an inning of play, the Santa Clara Bruins baseball team (2-2 in league) looked far prettier than the gloomy overcast weather on Thursday afternoon at Lynbrook High School. The Bruins batted through their lineup in the top half of the first, scoring four times against Vikings starting pitcher Johnnie Teng. Santa Clara … 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

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