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Photograph by Paul Myers
Homestead's David Krause watches his putt role to the hole during a match with Cupertino last week. Krause fired a one-under par 34 to lead the Mustangs to the win. David Watkins (right) shot a 44 for the Pioneers.
Krause has sub-par performance
And it's enough to lead Homestead to victory
By Dick Sparrer
David Krause certainly knows his way around the Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course ... or at least half of it.
Krause, a returning star for the Homestead golf team, toured nine holes at Muni with a one-under par 34 to lead the Mustangs to a 151-184 win over Cupertino in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League last week.
High school teams play just nine holes in regular season matches, and Krause managed to finish his nine under par and well ahead of the competition.
Homestead teammates Eric Domke and Geoffrey Bazinett were Krause's nearest competition. The two each finished at 38, four strokes behind Krause and three strokes off par pace. Homestead's John Lee rounded out the top four with a 41.
The Mustangs, 4-2 in the division, had opened the week with a 159-176 win over Mountain View at the Shoreline Golf Course. Domke carded a one-over 37 to lead the Homestead effort.
Krause came through with a 39, followed by Kurt Dodge at 40 and Lee at 43.
Cupertino, meanwhile, opened the week with a 163-182 loss to Fremont at Sunnyvale Muni.
Fremont evened its record at 2-2 with the win over the Pioneers. Jason Simon led all finishers, shooting a one-over par 36 for the Firebirds.
Boys Volleyball
Josh Cavin pounded down an impressive 29 kills to lead the Homestead boys volleyball team to an exciting 15-5, 15-8, 14-16, 15-8 win over Fremont in De Anza Division action last week. The Mustangs are now 4-0 in division play and 9-1 overall.
Lance Lesui led the Firebirds with 14 kills.
Fremont came back a day later with a 15-10, 15-6, 7-15, 15-11 league win over Saratoga. David Evans was the kill leader for the Firebirds, knocking down 13.
Fremont, now 3-1 in the division and 11-6 for the year, will be back in action this week, visiting Mountain View on March 26, 7 p.m., and hosting Los Gatos on March 28, 7 p.m.
Baseball
It was a week of ups and downs for the Fremont baseball team. And unfortunately for the Firebirds, there were more downs than ups.
Fremont lost a 6-4 nod to Los Gatos to open the week, then battled back to beat Saratoga in an eight-inning slugfest. But Fremont lost 13-3 to unbeaten Wilcox on Friday to slip to 2-4 in the De Anza Division and to 4-7-1 for the year.
Tyler Duran and Esteban Carbajal blasted two homers apiece and Kris Dunwoody ripped a circuit blast to lead the Firebirds to the 10-8 win over the Falcons.
Duran knocked in four runs with his two round-trippers and Carbajal and Dunwoody plated two apiece.
Troy Tulowitzki was the winning pitcher, evening his record at 1-1, and he also singled and doubled for the Firebirds. Javier Eredia and Jack Chapman also had two hits each.
Earlier in the week, the Firebirds had managed just four hits in a 6-4 loss to Los Gatos, but Fremont gave the Wildcats a real scare late in the game.
Gatos broke up a scoreless tie with three runs in the fifth, then added three more in the sixth to lead 6-0. But Fremont rallied for four in the seventh, only to come up a couple of runs short.
Tulowitzki homered and singled to drive in two runs and Kyle Severns doubled, but Fremont lost 13-3 to Wilcox on Friday.
Fremont will try to get back on the winning track this week. The Firebirds visit Gunn on March 27 and Cupertino on March 29 for a couple of 3:30 p.m. games before opening play in the Valley Christian Crown Classic March 30 at Bellarmine. The Firebirds play the Bells at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and Cupertino at 12:30 p.m.
Homestead won just one of three games last week in El Camino Division play. The Mustangs knocked off Santa Clara 3-2 on Saturday, but then fell 11-7 to Los Altos and 5-3 to Palo Alto to drop to 3-4 in the division and to 5-6 for the year.
Brad McGee singled and ripped a solo home run to lead the Mustangs to the Saturday win over the Bruins. McGee was also the winning pitcher, combining with Jordan McKim to flip a 3-hitter. McGee evened his mound record at 1-1 and McKim came on in relief to pick up his third save of the year.
But that win would turn out to be the highlight of the week for the Mustangs. Homestead lost a 5-3 heartbreaker to Paly, then dropped an 11-7 slugfest to Los Altos.
Bryan Beres doubled and Bryan Silverman knocked in two runs, but the Mustangs lost 5-3 to the Vikings.
Paly jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first, but Homestead tied it with three in the sixth. The Vikes rallied for two in the bottom of the sixth, though, and held on for the win.
McGee doubled and homered to drive in a couple of runs, but Homestead lost the 11-7 nod to the Eagles. Silverman had three hits to knock in two runs and Beres also had three hits.
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