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Sports & Schools Wed, March 10, 2010

• Aragon Spoils Perfect Soccer Season for LG Girls

  Mar 08, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  For the 10th time this season, the Los Gatos girls fell behind in a soccer game. For just the first time, they were unable come back.

• St. Francis Ends Los Gatos Boys Basketball Season

  Mar 05, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The St. Francis Lancers are ranked No, 1 in the Central Coast Section for a reason. They are darn good.

• Girls Win, Boys Ousted in CCS Soccer

  Mar 02, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The Los Gatos girls’ soccer team advanced to the CCS Division 2 semifinals with a 4-2 win over Sobrato Saturday, but the Wildcat boys team ran into a much faster Yerba Buena squad and saw its season come to an end with a 3-1 overtime loss.

• Baseball, Softball Teams Hold Fundraising Events

  Mar 01, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & SchoolsCommunity

  Balls, bats, uniforms and other equipment don’t come cheap, and both the Los Gatos High School baseball and softball teams are looking for help.

• Boys Still Alive, Girls Out in CCS Basketball

  Feb 28, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The Los Gatos boys have a date with St. Francis Tuesday night.

• LG Boys Advance in CCS on Penalty Kicks

  Feb 26, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos goalkeeper Marshall Finch guessed right on the final penalty kick of the afternoon, and the Wildcats hopes of a CCS championship live for another day.

• All Los Gatos Teams Make Winter CCS Tournaments

  Feb 22, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  All five Los Gatos winter sports teams qualified for CCS action, with the girls’ soccer team receiving the top seed in the Division 2 soccer tournament.

• Girls Win Soccer Title, Dominate All-League Team

  Feb 19, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  With two wins over Gunn this week to close out the regular season, Los Gatos completed an unbeaten 15-0-5 season and captured the tough De Anza division championship in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

• Girls Finish Regular Season 21-2, Await CCS Seeding

  Feb 17, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Undersized and outmanned, Santa Clara could do nothing but foul Tuesday night, sending the Los Gatos girls to the free-throw line a whopping 49 times.

• Basketball Teams End Regular Season This Week

  Feb 15, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The regular season will end this week for both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams at Los Gatos High School, but both teams hope to keep playing for a couple more weeks. The girls have wrapped up the El Camino Division championship in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic league.

• Boys Soccer Team On a Tear, Tied for First

  Feb 14, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  After starting De Anza League play with an 0-2 record, no one figured that the Los Gatos High School boys soccer team would be in the title picture. They were wrong. Since those two season-opening losses, Los Gatos has gone nine games without tasting defeat. The Cats are currently 6-2-3 in league play and tied for the league lead with Mountain View (7-3-1). Los Gatos closes out its regular-season Tuesday at home against a tough Gunn team. With a win, Los Gatos could win its third league title in the last four years.

• Girls Soccer Team Stares Unbeaten Season in the Eye

  Feb 14, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Is it possible for a team to go unbeaten and not win its league title outright? The answer is yes, and it could happen to the Los Gatos High School girls’ soccer team, which currently sits at 6-0-4 in De Anza League play with two games remaining.

• Where Are They Now?  Naveed Bagheri

  Feb 11, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Picking right up where he left off when he left Los Gatos High School, Naveed Bagheri is now making a name for himself on the San Francisco State wrestling mat. The sophomore was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference wrestler of the week the first week of February after going 6-0 for the week, winning the most outstanding wrestler at San Francisco State’s home tournament, the California Collegiate Open.

• Girls Beat Homestead, but Can’t Beat Rain

  Feb 08, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  So far this season, only the rain can keep the Los Gatos girls’ soccer team from winning games. Rain washed out Saturday’s scheduled game with Gunn High school.

• Boys, Girls Basketball Teams Remain Hot

  Feb 06, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  For the second time this season, Los Gatos’ varsity basketball teams pulled off the sweep against Los Altos.

• Los Gatos, Saratoga Team Up On Youth Soccer Camp

  Feb 04, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  They may be archrivals, but the Los Gatos and Saratoga boys’ soccer teams are teaming up on a soccer skills camp on April 12.

• Where Are They Now?  Ryan Kiel

  Feb 04, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  College baseball teams across the country began official pre-season workouts Monday, and poised to lead the Marshall University pitching staff in 2010 is former Los Gatos High School left-hander Ryan Kiel. Kiel tied for the staff lead in wins last year also.

• Girls Remain Unbeaten, Play to Three Straight Draws

  Feb 03, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Ranked No. 1 in the Central Coast Section, the Los Gatos High School girls’ soccer team remained unbeaten, although it has been doing it by the luck of the draw.

• Late Penalty Kick Gives LG Boys Soccer Tie

  Jan 31, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It was wet. It was muddy. It was physical. And after 80 hard-fought minutes, it was tied.

• Los Gatos, Palo Alto Battle for Basketball Lead Friday

  Jan 28, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It’s showdown time Friday night in Palo Alto. Both Los Gatos and Palo Alto raced through the first half of the De Anza Division boys basketball season with 5-1 records, and the two teams will square off in a pivotal game Friday at 7:45 p.m. at Palo Alto High School. When the teams met earlier this year, it took a three-point basket at the end of the game in overtime for Los Gatos to win 62-61.

• Boys Beat Gunn in Soccer, Girls Rained Out Twice

  Jan 26, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Both the boys and girls soccer teams at Los Gatos High School spent last week chanting “rain, rain, go away, let us have some soccer to play.

• It Was a Record-Setting Year in Football

  Jan 24, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It is said that records are made to be broken, and the Los Gatos High School football team did just that this past season.

• Hirschman DAL Player of the Year

  Jan 18, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  After having wrapped up its 12th CCS football championship trophy, it was only fitting that Los Gatos was well-represented on the recently announced All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and All-CCS football teams.

• Girls Continue Unbeaten Soccer Season

  Jan 17, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  The streak is now at 12 games without a loss for the Los Gatos girls soccer team after two more wins last week. But it wasn’t easy.

• Boys, Girls Both Remain Unbeaten in Basketball

  Jan 16, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It was the battle of basketball unbeatens Friday night in Helm Gym, and when it was all over, both the boys and girls teams at Los Gatos High School sat alone atop their divisions in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

• Goals Missing For Boys Soccer Team

  Jan 14, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  The Los Gatos boys soccer team opened league play with high hopes, but two games and one goal later, the Wildcats were now facing an uphill battle after an 0-2 start.

• Where Are They Now?  Sean Wasserman

  Jan 12, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Three sports comes to mind for those with tremendous wing spans — basketball, water polo and volleyball. Sean Wasserman played two of those sports in high school, and he is still playing one in college.

• Hodgman Beats Palo Alto in OT; Girls Win Big

  Jan 10, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  It was a big night of basketball Friday in Helm Gym as both the Los Gatos boys and girls opened league play with wins, albeit it in much different fashion.The boys beat Palo Alto 62-61 in overtime, while the girls cruised past Cupertino 55-24.

• Girls Get Big Soccer Win

  Jan 09, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Sure Los Gatos entered the game with an impressive 8-0-1 record, but the Wildcats were now facing perennial power Mountain View, a team that took the field having allowed just one goal in its first eight games.

• Boys Soccer Team Warms Up For League With Alumni

  Jan 05, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  With no official games the week after Christmas, coach Rusty Millard had two choices — put the team through a series of not-too-exciting practices, or schedule a couple of fun “nongames.”

  He opted for the latter.

• Saratoga Girls Too Much for Wildcats

  Jan 03, 2010, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos ended its preseason with an impressive 9-2 record and a tournament championship.

• Boys Basketball Team Finally Loses

  Dec 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  They say all good things must come to an end, and the end of Los Gatos’ impressive eight-game winning streak to start the 2009-2010 season ended Monday in the opening round of the Pioneer Classic.

• Boys Soccer Team Closes Out Preseason With Win

  Dec 23, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Coach Rusty Millard’s boys soccer team won two of three games played in the last four days.

• Three More Wins for Girls Soccer Team

  Dec 22, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  After battling Mitty to a scoreless tie, the Los Gatos girls soccer team improved its record to 6-0-1 with three impressive victories.

• Painter Named Field Hockey Player of the Year

  Dec 21, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  When your team finishes the season 20-0-1, there is typically more than one star on the team. Los Gatos was a field hockey team filled with stars, and Noel Painter’s shined the brightest in 2009. Painter was not only one of four Wildcats named to the 2009 All-Mercury News Field Hockey team, she was named the Player of the Year.

• Boys Soccer Team Back on Track With a Win

  Dec 17, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  After opening the season with two straight wins, the Los Gatos High School boys soccer team ran into two tough buzz saws.

• Where Are They Now?    Marc Tonkel

  Dec 14, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Marc Tonkel wasted little time establishing himself on the University of Portland soccer team.

• LG Girls Beat Saratoga, Play Mitty Next

  Dec 13, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Off to a 3-0 start and outscoring its opponents 10-1, the Los Gatos girls’ soccer team will get its first real test Monday with it hosts perennial powerhouse Mitty.

• Cats Win Wildcat Shootout

  Dec 13, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  After watching Los Gatos win its first two games in the annual Wildcat shootout by running up and down the floor from the opening tip to the final buzzer, Leland coach Steve Seandel figured he would try a different approach — slow the game down.

• Fast Start Propels LG Boys in Wildcat Shootout

  Dec 09, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  How big of a first-half lead constitutes a safe lead? Shouldn’t a 46-17 lead in the third quarter be more than safe? It almost wasn’t Tuesday night in Helm Gym.

• Girls’ Soccer Team Opens With Two Wins

  Dec 08, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  With five freshman and five sophomores on the roster, one would think that it might be a long season for the Los Gatos varsity girls soccer team. But don’t tell that to coach Jan Nordmo.

• Wild Overtime Win Lifts Cats to CCS Title

  Dec 06, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos added a 12th CCS football championship trophy to its collection Saturday night, but it was anything but easy.

• Boys Soccer Team Beats Saratoga in Opener

  Dec 04, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Senior captain Alec Smoley pumped in two goals as the Los Gatos boys soccer team opened its 2009-2010 season with a 2-1 win over Saratoga Tuesday.

• Where Are They Now?  Jeremy Cleveland

  Dec 02, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It had to be a bittersweet day November 4 when Jeremy Cleveland took the field for the final time at home in front of the Cal Poly faithful.

• Cats Rout Aragon, Face Wilcox in Finals Saturday

  Nov 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos has outscored its opponents 93-6 in its first two CCS football games, but coach Butch Cattolico knows that it will likely not be more of the same lopsided football this Saturday in the Division II championship game against league rival Wilcox.

• Los Gatos Wins CCS Field Hockey Championship

  Nov 23, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Does eight CCS championships in the last 17 years constitute a dynasty? How about 12 appearances in the championship game in the last 17 years? How about 18 consecutive appearances in the CCS playoffs?

• Westmont No Match for Cats; Aragon Next

  Nov 22, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The field was muddy, the air damp and the footballs wet. Coach Butch Cattolico was hoping it wasn’t one of those nights where the weather becomes the big equalizer.

• Where Are They Now?  Liam Smith

  Nov 19, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Liam Smith has been putting on a football uniform for a long time, but with only three games left at San Jose State University, those days may soon be coming to an end.

• Wildcats Play for CCS Field Hockey Title Saturday

  Nov 18, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos will battle Presentation Saturday at 11 a.m. for the CCS field hockey championship at St. Francis High School.

• Cats Lose to Milpitas, but Still Get No. 1 CCS Seed

  Nov 16, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Just how closely matched are the top four teams in the rugged De Anza division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League? On Friday night, just one point separated the four schools.

• Where Are They Now?  Marlana Shile

  Nov 12, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  What a way for Stanford senior Marlana Shile to end her four-year stay on the Farm — a trip to the NCAA field hockey tournament.

• Los Gatos Teams Set for CCS Action

  Nov 11, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The CCS championships happen three times each year, and Los Gatos High School always seems to be well-represented.

• Hirschman, McDowell Lead Big Win over Wilcox

  Nov 09, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  “It was nice to have Nick (Hirschman) back,” said Los Gatos coach Butch Cattolico in what might be the understatement of the year.

• Where Are They Now?      Kiko Alonso

  Nov 04, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  For those watching the Oregon-USC football game on television last Saturday, there was a familiar sight — Kiko Alonso racing down field and hurtling his body through the air to make a big tackle.

• Without Hirschman, Cats No Match for Palo Alto

  Nov 02, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The injury bug hit Los Gatos hard last week, and the timing could not have been worse.

• Where Are They Now?  Katie Bonadies

  Oct 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Following a stellar four-year varsity career at Los Gatos High School, Katie Bonadies now finds herself as a captain on the league-leading San Jose State University women’s soccer team.

• Los Gatos Seeks Share of Volleyball Title Thursday

  Oct 26, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The League championship will be at stake Thursday evening in Palo Alto when Los Gatos attempts to avenge its only league volleyball loss this season.

• Pass-Happy Cats Rout Saratoga

  Oct 26, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos has played seven football games to date, but it can be said that the season really begins this Friday night in Palo Alto.

• Where Are They Now?  Eli Burnham

  Oct 22, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Graduating from Los Gatos High School before lacrosse became a sanctioned high school sport did not slow Eli Burnham down.

• What the Alexis Briski Tournament Was All About

  Oct 20, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The 2009 Alexis Briski Memorial Softball Tournament was a smashing success, in large part to the numerous volunteers and generous local merchants. I want to thank those who donated their time and energy.

• Lynbrook No Match for Wildcats

  Oct 19, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The Lynbrook Vikings didn’t know what hit them Saturday night.

• Where Are They Now?  Dylan Shawhan

  Oct 14, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Following a stellar track and cross country career at Los Gatos High School, Dylan Shawhan is now competing in both sports at Brigham Young University in Utah.

• Another Week, Another Big Win for Cats

  Oct 13, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The script was very similar. The only thing different was the leading man.

  In the latest Los Gatos romp, it was junior running back Andy Heimer leading the charge. Heimer scored four touchdowns and kicked seven PATs as the Wildcats rolled over Homestead 49-14 Friday night at Diesner Field in Sunnyvale.

• Youth Softball Teams Flock to Town this Weekend

  Oct 08, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & SchoolsCommunity
  

  What started out last year as a small, intimate softball gathering has almost doubled in size this year as close to 30 softball teams from all over the Bay Area gather in Los Gatos and Saratoga this weekend for the Alexis Briski Memorial Softball Tournament.

• Wildcats Explode Again in Win over Mountain View

  Oct 06, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Opposing teams know that Andrew Berg is Los Gatos’ primary receiving threat, but that knowledge does not seem to be helping much.

• Cats Get Big Volleyball Win over Saratoga

  Oct 01, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  It was a big volleyball match on several fronts Tuesday evening at Helm Gym — a match-up of Top 10 CCS teams, a match-up of undefeated teams and a match-up of arch rivals.

• Where Are They Now?  Karl Winkelman

  Sep 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  He was expected to start the season as a backup, but when Cal Poly visited San Jose State University last Saturday, there was Karl Winkelman of Los Gatos lined up as the starting defensive end for the Mustangs.

• Berg Leads Cats Romp Over Salinas

  Sep 27, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos had a lot of players do a lot of things well Friday night in Salinas, but Andrew Berg had one of those special nights that will be remembered for a long time.

• Sanfilippo Leaves Los Gatos, Heads to Cal

  Sep 24, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Since the Central Coast Section playoffs started back in 1967, Los Gatos had never won a CCS baseball championship until Brad Sanfilippo took over as head coach.

• Young Wildcats Open League Play in Volleyball

  Sep 23, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Usually when you lose seven talented seniors to graduation, you are deep into rebuilding mode. But Los Gatos High School girls volleyball coach Dan Hoefer thinks his young Wildcats can be right back in the thick of the CCS picture in 2009.

• Lancers Wear Out Wildcats

  Sep 20, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It has been said that momentum is the most unstoppable force in football, and St. Francis did nothing to dispel that theory Friday night at Helm Field.

• Where Are They Now?  Nick Kalpin

  Sep 17, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Ever since he rushed for 2,553 yards and 41 touchdowns in 2007 while at Los Gatos High School, Nick Kalpin’s framed No. 34 jersey has been hanging on the wall at Double D’s Sports Grille.

• Cats Explode Out of the Gate

  Sep 13, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  It did not take long for Los Gatos High School to put points on the scoreboard to begin the 2009 football season — about 13 seconds to be exact.

• Schafer Brewers Minor League Player of the Year

  Sep 11, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  I think the Milwaukee Brewers are happy that they made Logan Schafer their third pick in the 2008 Amateur Draft. Today, Schafer was named the winner of the Brewers’ 2009 Robin Yount Performance Award, which recognizes the Brewers Minor League Player of the Year.

• Wildcat Football Machine Getting in Gear

  Sep 05, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Los Gatos is coming off the 11th CCS football championship in school history, but the Wildcats did not with the De Anza Division title of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League. Coach Butch Cattolico hopes to recapture that crown in 2009.

• Lunch Goes Green at St. Mary’s School

  Sep 04, 2009, by Laura Fishman Sports & Schools

  Lunch just got a whole lot healthier for the environment at St. Mary’s School in Los Gatos, and the students can’t get enough of it.

• Where Are They Now?  Will Kapp

  Sep 03, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Will Kapp has heard it all his life. Not big enough. Not fast enough. But no one has ever said “not tough enough.”

• Cross Country Teams have Goal of State Meet

  Aug 28, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  The Los Gatos High School boys cross country team is looking for bigger and better things in 2009.

• Where Are They Now?  Madeline Rose

  Aug 27, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Only three players on Occidental College’s women’s basketball team started all 28 games last season, one of those was Los Gatos’ Madeline Rose.

• Los Gatos Campus Swarming with Fall Athletes

  Aug 19, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Classes do not begin until Monday, but the Los Gatos High School campus is still plenty busy.

• Where Are They Now?  Jaimee Erickson

  Aug 14, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  While others are still enjoying their summer vacations before thinking about returning to school, Los Gatos’ Jaimee Erickson is busy preparing for her third season of collegiate field hockey at Stanford University. Erickson and the Cardinal will open the season with three formal scrimmages, the first on Tuesday against Pacific.

• Pierpoint Conquers Lexington Dam

  Aug 12, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  More than 600 runners from all over the Bay Area assembled at the Los Gatos High School track Saturday morning for the 36th annual Los Gatos Dammit Run.

• Los Gatos Cats Win Bronze at Senior Games

  Aug 10, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Ten basketball games in three days can be pretty taxing on an athlete’s body — and even more so when the athletes are over 65 years old. But basketball is in the blood of Los Gatans Tony Nanez, Denny Kollenborn and John Musser, and the trio huffed and puffed and shot their way to eight wins and the bronze medal at the Summer National Senior Games at Stanford University.

  With Nanez and Kollenborn running the offense and pouring in short-range jumpers with regularity, the Cats defeated teams from all over the nation.

• Where Are They Now?      Geoff Doss

  Aug 06, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  A red shirt year typically means just working out and not competing, but not for Los Gatos’ Geoff Doss.

• Magic 10s Close Season With Tahoe Championship

  Aug 04, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  After several close finishes this summer, the LGSGSA Magic 10B team closed out its summer season with an ASA tournament championship in Lake Tahoe.

• Two Magic Teams Off to ASA Nationals

  Jul 28, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The summer Magic softball season will officially end this weekend, and two Magic teams hope to be playing to the bitter end. The LGSGSA 14B and 12B summer All-Star teams will both compete in the ASA Western Nationals this week.

• Magic 14C Team Takes Silver at State Games

  Jul 24, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Riding the strong pitching arm of Hera Tang, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Girls Softball Association Magic 14C team won five games this past weekend at the California State Games in San Diego, walking away with silver medals.

• Where Are They Now?  Ali Rubnitz

  Jul 20, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  As a sophomore soccer player at Northwestern University, Ali Rubnitz started all 20 games on the back line. As a junior, she saw action in 16 of the team’s 20 games, starting three.

• Two Magic Teams Off to State Games in San Diego

  Jul 16, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Two Los Gatos-Saratoga Girls Softball Association teams are on their way to San Diego to compete in the ASA Regional “C” Championships.

• Wedemeyer All-Star Game Ends in 28-28 Tie

  Jul 16, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Unable to run the ball effectively, coaches Mike Machado and Shawn Thomas decided they had better throw, and the result was an air show that will be remembered for a long, long time.

• American All-Stars Win Showdown of LGLL Teams

  Jul 14, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  The Los Gatos American League All-Stars carry the big gun with six-foot slugger Johnny Breidenthal, but it was five-foot Matt Wilcox who delivered the big blow in Los Gatos American’s 4-2 win over Los Gatos National Monday in the District 12 Major All-Stars semifinals.

• Five Wildcats to Play in County All-Star Football Game

  Jul 10, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Five members of the 2008 CCS champion Los Gatos High School football team will get a chance to put on their Wildcats helmet one more time July 15 in the annual Charlie Wedemeyer High School All-Star Football Game at Spartan Stadium.

• Where Are They Now?  Travis Howell

  Jul 09, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  As long as Travis Howell has been playing baseball, base runners quickly learn that it is typically not a good idea to try and run on him. Now it is time for those toiling in the Midwest League to sit up and take notice.

• Five Los Gatos Teams Eye Little League All-Star Finals

  Jul 08, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  If neither team trips up in its last pool play game, it is looking like a Los Gatos National vs. Los Gatos American match-up Monday in the District 12 Major All-Stars tournament semifinals.

• Where Are They Now?  Kyle Blair

  Jul 02, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  Shoulder soreness cut short Kyle Blair’s college baseball season this spring, but the Los Gatos right-hander has healed up and is back on the mound this summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

• LGSGSA Magic Makes Noise at NorCals

  Jun 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  The finals games at the NorCal ASA championships were played at 2 p.m. Sunday, and three of the six LGSGSA Magic teams entered in the tournament were still on the field. When the dust settled at the hot Twin Creeks complex in Sunnyvale, the Magic walked away with a first-, a second- and a third-place finish at NorCals and three bids to either state or Western U.S. tournaments.

• Three Cats on All-Mercury-News Baseball First Team

  Jun 27, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  As a team, they won the Central Coast Section Division II baseball championship. Now come the personal accolades.

• Where Are They Now?  Danny Sullivan

  Jun 24, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
  

  After three seasons backing up quarterback Rudy Carpenter at Arizona State University, former Los Gatos High School star Danny Sullivan emerged from spring practices as the Sun Devils’ No. 1 man heading into the 2009 Pac 10 football season.

• It’s Little League Tournament Time

  Jun 23, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  The Road to Williamsport — Little League Baseball’s annual quest to reach the World Series — begins all over the world this week. Los Gatos Little League will field eight teams in the District 12 tournaments.

• Two Cats on All-CCS Volleyball Team

  Jun 18, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools

  Following a remarkable 43-4 season record and second place finish in the Central Coast Section championships, the Los Gatos High School boys volleyball team had two players named to the All-Mercury News first team.