CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 5, 1999 | ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Clara High School basketball coach Lou Cvijanovich is a local legend. For 41 years, he has led the Saints basketball teams to win after win. Parents, teachers and students know him simply as "Coach C." They even named a gymnasium in his honor. His reputation is so great that some people believe it has held the school together during a decade of declining enrollment and that Coach C. is the reason many parents send their students to Santa Clara.
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March 30, 1999 | MIKE BRESNAHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lou Cvijanovich, the legendary boys' basketball coach at Santa Clara High, has resigned after 41 seasons at the school. Cvijanovich, who holds the state record with 829 career victories and guided the Saints to 15 Southern Section championships, cited a multitude of reasons for his decision, including health concerns and a difference in philosophy with school administrators and players' parents.
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March 20, 1999 | ERIC SONDHEIMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The winningest boys' basketball coach in California history stood on the court with a lei of red carnations around his neck and tears of joy in his eyes as he locked his arms around every player he could touch. Lou Cvijanovich, the 72-year-old Santa Clara High coach, let everyone know that the 829th victory of his glorious 41-year career was more than special. "I was emotional because I love them so much," he said. "These kids have given me their lives."
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March 16, 1999 | MIKE BRESNAHAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Santa Clara High isn't the only team setting state boys' basketball tournament records. Modesto Calvary Temple, the Saints' opponent in the state Division V final, set a Northern Regional championship-game record for points by a team in a 98-81 victory over Hoopa Valley last Saturday. Santa Clara accomplished a similar feat in a 93-55 victory over El Cajon Christian, setting a Southern Regional championship-game record for points by a team.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 27, 1998
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the nice article by Massie Ritsch and photo by Anne Cusack about the Santa Clara High School Saints Football Team that appeared on Sept. 15. I was so pleased to see an article that helped to boost the spirit of the team and coaches. I have been a teacher at Santa Clara High School since 1979, and all of my children are graduates of the school, one of those being the officer in your picture. Through my years of teaching I have found such joy in working with teenagers, the vast majority of whom are wonderful people who go on to become actively involved in their communities in positive ways.
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September 12, 1998
You run a photograph of former football coach Larry Lawrence and a few "glory days" alumni from Santa Clara High School--all of whom are now or have been coaches at St. Bonaventure. I believe the photo was even taken at St. Bonaventure. You outdid yourself. If these alumni were to help Santa Clara athletes, the sports programs at their former school might improve. JOANNE KINCAID Oxnard Your story said Maria Sanchez was "brushed off" by Santa Clara administrators when she requested a meeting with them.