During the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February, the Washington Open Elementary School Drama Program is working with two children’s casts and one adult cast to perform “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” at Santa Clara High School’s theater. In this “tale as old as time,” a cruel Prince transforms into a … 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
The rainy weather wreaked havoc across Santa Clara County this past week. The brunt of the storm hit in the early morning on Jan. 10 with strong winds and thunder and lightning. According to the National Weather Service, winds peaked in Santa Clara at 30 MPH around 2:25 a.m. Tuesday morning. The winds knocked out … 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
The jingle of bells caused heads to turn at the annual Independence Network holiday party on Dec. 16. Santa and The Golden Tones arrived at the cafeteria at Wilson High School for a surprise visit and an impromptu concert. It was the icing on the cake for the program’s director Daya Sanchez. “It’s really nice. … 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
Sometimes it’s the small gestures that make all the difference in the world. On Dec. 14, a group of Santa Clara Police officers gathered at Scott Lane Elementary School in Santa Clara to spend a few hours with the students. “It started last year. There’s an area near here that kind of experiences some difficulties … Read more
“Fill the truck! Fill the truck!” chanted students at Laurelwood Elementary School on Dec. 14 as student council officers filled Principal Paul Fuller’s Ford F-150 with cleaning supplies, bed sheets, towels, snacks, soups, ramen, mac and cheese and other items. Collected from school families, these items were to be donated to the JW House. The … 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