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“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

The score may look lopsided, with the Wilcox Chargers defeating the Gunderson Grizzlies by a 6-0 final on Monday night, but it was a much more competitive contest than last week’s 8-2 win over James Lick. The Chargers didn’t score until about the 20th minute and went into halftime holding just a modest 2-0 lead. … Read more

There are two things that stand out most about Santa Clara Lions Head Coach Craig Connelly. First is that he played on the inaugural Lions team back in 1960 and has been coaching since the late 60s. Secondly, and as a rather fitting example of the community feel and camaraderie of his team, he hates … Read more

Luis Lujan has been coaching Wilcox soccer in various roles since 2006. After years of coaching junior varsity, he now takes over as Head Coach of the girl’s varsity team. His players are definitely excited to see the team take another step forward with their new leader. “He’s definitely stepped up the intensity [at practices],” … Read more

On election night in the United States, the Mission College women’s basketball team embodied many of the same elements of its country. They have a lot of talent, but self-inflicted mistakes ensured more growing pains for the young squad. Despite coming off a strong showing over the weekend by winning two of three tournament games, … Read more

Taking on the No. 1 seeded Menlo-Atherton Bears (8-2, 5-0) was a tough matchup for the last seeded Wilcox Chargers (5-5, 4-2). In this opening-round CCS playoff game, Menlo-Atherton came away with a comfortable 42-14 victory. The Bears got off to a hot start by taking the first play from scrimmage all the way to … Read more

It was a back-and-fourth season opener for the women’s basketball program at Mission College. Hosting the Chabot College Gladiators, the Mission College Saints held leads of 28-25 and 38-34 until a 11-0 second quarter Gladiator run turned things around for the visitors. Saints Head Coach Corey Cafferata noted that his squad played well despite playing … Read more

It was both senior day and alumni day at Stevens Stadium, more well known as Buckshaw Field, in Santa Clara on Sunday Oct. 30th. The Santa Clara women’s soccer team celebrated their graduating class during a pregame ceremony. Fittingly enough, a star senior midfielder Jordan Jesolva figured in on the late game-winning goal with an … Read more