Sports

“We are the underdogs because we are the smallest middle school in the school district,” says Vicki Martin, coach and department head of P.E. for the middle school at Don Callejon School. “In sports, we have the least number of kids to pick from. Until recently, we’ve never won a championship.” On March 24, the … Read more

The Santa Clara Aquamaids are cheering that their long time veteran, Bill May is returning to the international synchronizing swimming stage after retiring from the sport 10 years ago. May and Christina Jones will compete at the Mixed Pairs trials on Feb. 10 in Moraga, California. This is a new event in the World Synchronized … Read more

NFL Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Dan Marino and the 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick are among those who have competed in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick program. Launched in 1961, the program is the nation’s largest grassroots sports skills competition. Santa Clara’s Townsend Field at Buchser Middle School hosted a regional 49ers team competition … Read more

On Oct. 12, cheerleaders at United Spirit Association’s USA Regional Competition, held at California’s Great America, showed audiences that the sport of cheerleading is much more than just shouting cheers and waving pom-poms. The competing girls, ages 5 to 17, demonstrated physical strength and agility in their choreographed show numbers, which came with spirited dance … Read more

The visiting Lynbrook Vikings (2-2, 1-1) defeated Santa Clara (2-1, 1-1) 8-7 on Sept. 25 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) El Camino division clash in Santa Clara. The Bruins played at Fremont after press time on Sept. 30 and host cross-town rival Wilcox (4-0, 1-0) on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The national teams of Mexico and Chile battled to a 0-0 draw in the first of what will likely be many international friendly matches at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium. Neither team was able to find their rhythm during the first half of the sold out – 67,145 in attendance – Sept. 6 bout; with the … Read more

With recognition from the City of Santa Clara and USA Synchro for half a century of outstanding performance and excellence, the Santa Clara Aquamaids celebrated its current and former swimmers with a ceremony commemorating the synchronized swimming club’s achievements at the Louis B. Mayer theatre on the campus of Santa Clara University on Aug. 30. … Read more

Santa Clara PAL’s athletic programs have previously been the starting point for many great athletes’ careers. Kayla Henson, a PAL softball alumna, is one of those athletes. Now she’s using that skill to give back to the community. She began her softball career when she was four at Santa Clara PAL. After graduating from Wilcox … Read more

American and Association football met in Santa Clara, as the San Jose Earthquakes took on Seattle Sounders FC in an opening event match up at the new home of the San Francisco 49ers, Levi’s Stadium, on Aug. 2. Although not without first day glitches (some concession stands running out of food, parking troubles, long lines, … Read more

The uniforms, caps, gloves, chatter between players and coaches and rooting from the dugouts was the same, even if the language spoken and on the uniforms was different. But, the love of the game was on display as International Little League Baseball came to Santa Clara over the weekend of July 12. Briarwood El Camino … Read more