Saratoga News

Davey's Falcons are 5-0

Saratoga girls split, but still clinch their fifth win of the season

By Dick Sparrer

His dad's team had just won to push its record to 5-0 in conference play. So what could Mike Davey do? He had to keep up the family tradition.

And that's just what the Saratoga boy's varsity basketball team did, leading his Falcons to a thrilling 43-40 win over Cupertino to help them to improve to 5-0 in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

His dad, Dick Davey, is the head coach at Santa Clara University, and the Broncos had pushed to 5-0 in the West Coast Conference with a 63-57 win over USF on Thursday night.

So when the Falcons took the floor on Friday night with a chance to match that record, they did just that.

Davey's Falcons battled from behind in the fourth period to pull out the three-point victory over the Pioneers in the battle between the division's top two title contenders.

First place was on the line when the clubs lined up for the game-opening jump ball. The Falcons were perfect at 4-0 in the division, and the Pioneers were close behind at 3-1. A Cupertino win would have left the clubs in a tie for the division lead.

But Saratoga would have none of that on Friday night. The Falcons battled back from a two-point deficit to outscore 'Tino 13-8 in the fourth to win it by three.

Mike Black tossed in 19 points, and Luke Weger pitching 14 to lead the Falcons to the important win. Four of Weger's five field goal were from three-point range, and Black buried a pair of threes.

Micah Weger supported with four points in the win, and Oliver L'abbe and Ryan Anderson added three points each.

Saratoga, now 5-0 in the division and 13-5 for the year, had opened the week with an impressive 57-48 win over Homestead.

Black had the hot hand with 23 points for the Falcons, giving him an impressive 42 points in two games last week. L. Weger was close behind with 19 points.

Corey Schwaderer popped nine points in the win. Matt Garrapolo and Paul Zebb added two apiece, and M. Weger and Anderson each hit one.

Schwaderer, Black and L. Weger each dropped three-pointers for the Falcons.

Saratoga led by just three after a period, 15-12 but topped the Mustangs by 10 in the second and seven more in the third to take a commanding 20-point lead into the final period.

Saratoga takes its 5-0 record up against Fremont this week. The Falcons hosted the Firebirds on Jan. 27, 7 p.m., before facing a bye on Friday.

Not to be outdone by the boys, the Saratoga girls also posted their fifth win of the league season last week, beating Cuipertino 35-20 on Friday night.

But it wasn't quite as good of a week for the Falcon girls. Three days before beating Cupertino, the Falcons lost a tough 38-36 decision to Los Altos.

The split leaves Saratoga 5-1 in the El Camino Division and 11-4 for the year.

Saratoga rebounded from the two-point loss to the Eagles with a rousing 15-point win over the Pioneers. But it was a game that started slow for the Falcons.

Cupertino led 5-1 after a period in the low-scoring affair, but the Falcons turned it on in the second. They whipped the Pioneers 14-2 in the second quarter to take an eight-point lead in at intermission, 15-7. Saratoga then outscored Cupertino in each of the last two periods to win easily.

Jenn Chan and Allison Zisko bombed 11 points apiece to lead all Saratoga scorers in the win. Chan popped a couple of threes among her four field goals.

Clancy Roberts chipped in with six points, Nicole LaMore dropped five free throws and Robyn Katzman added two points in the win.

Roberts had poured in 17 points and Zisko fired in 10, but it wasn't enough to lead the Falcons to a victory over Los Altos earlier in the week.

Chan finished with seven points, including a three-pointer, and Katzman hit two for Saratoga.

The Falcons will be home to face Fremont on Jan. 28, 7 p.m., before heading to Mountain View on Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., in El Camino Division action this week.

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