Los Gatos Weekly-Times

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Three Straight in Volleyball: Amy Grabill (at right) congratulates teammate Jamie Kellenberger after the Los Gatos girls volleyball team nailed a big win last week, knocking off powerful Monta Vista in three straight games.

Cats run with the best at the Stanford Invitational

By Dick Sparrer

It was a race for only the best. And the Los Gatos cross-country team was there, running shoulder-to-shoulder with the top teams in the state at the Stanford Invitational.

The Gatos boys had an impressive day on the 3.1-mile course in Palo Alto. The Wildcats were sixth in the rugged 33-team varsity field, and the Cats won the team title in the junior varsity race.

The Los Gatos varsity entered the event as the No. 5-ranked Division III team in the state, and the Wildcats ran sixth in the tough field.

No. 2-ranked Bosco Tech won the team title with 110 points. Redwood (ranked No. 3) finished second at 112, with St. Francis (ranked No. 1) third at 125, unranked Nordhoff fourth at 169 and Ashland, Ore., fifth at 198. The Cats ran up 224 points to finish sixth.

Russ Martin led the Gatos effort, finishing 11th overall in 16:33. Matt Bates was 40th in 17:10, with Jeff Hoeft 42nd in 17:11, Jedd Martin 65th in 17:32 and Zach Regner 74th in 17:37.

Tomas Viramontes and Ryan Smith each ran strong to lead the Gatos junior varsity to team championship.

Viramontes was fifth overall on the 1.8-mile course in 10:00, and Smith was seventh in 10:04.

Brent Bauman was 17th in 10:28, with Greg Tolan 23rd in 10:35, Dan Benedetti 30th in 10:43, Jim Chen 48th in 11:13 and Tim Odell 55th in 11:42.

Los Gatos ran up 59 points to win the title with Central Valley second at 62.

The Gatos girls, meanwhile, finished 17th in a 29-team varsity field.

Lynsey Harris was 77th in 21:43 to lead the Cats, with Kate Leary 87th in 21:55 and Theresa Rehder 98th in 22:14.

Ally Chavez was 10th in the girls junior varsity race in 14:52 to lead the Cats to a team fifth in a 12-team field. Sarah McAleer was 23rd in 15:23, with Lauren Wooley 48th in 16:40, Morgan Womack 51st in 16:48 and Ashley Weger 86th in 17:39.

Cats pound Stevenson

The Los Gatos girls field-hockey team pounded Robert Louis Stevenson 8-0 in a nonleague match last week. The win helped the Wildcats improve to 6-1 for the year.

Senior Juli Fomenko led Gatos to the win with two goals and an assist, and sophomore Anita Reyes had a goal and two assists.

Alison Carabetta, Courtney Radonich, Iming Lin, Rachel Lichte and Nikki Anderson also scored goals for the winners. Sasha Cichowski supported with a couple of assists and Carabetta, Lin, Emily Scott and Cheryl Betzina added assists.

Big win for Cats

The Los Gatos girls volleyball team nailed a big win last week, knocking off powerful Monta Vista in three straight games.

The Wildcats whipped the Matadors 15-13, 15-7, 15-9 in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

Los Gatos competed in the rugged Mitty National Invitational tournament last weekend and, while the Wildcats did not figure among the top placers, outside hitter Amy Grabill was named to the all-tournament team.

Cats fall to Mats

The Los Gatos girls tennis team lost a tough 5-2 decision to Monta Vista in league play last week. The Cats are now 3-2 in the rugged De Anza Division of the SCVAL.

The Wildcats lost all four singles matches to the Matadors, including a tough three-set decision at No. 4 singles.

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