Willow Glen battled Piedmont Hills last week and was able to tread away with a 13-12 victory.

The game began with both teams swimming and scoring quickly as they were tied at four after the end of the first quarter. At the half the Rams were able to take a small 8-7 lead before finally breaking it open in the third 11-8.

Five players scored for the Rams against Piedmont, including Scott London with five, Geoffrey DuBridge and Reese Rotsaert with three apiece and Charlie Kane and Sam Okun with one each.

Prior to facing Piedmont, the Rams downed Evergreen (10-7), Silver Creek (20-7) and Independence (10-5).

Independence turned out to be quite the test for Willow Glen, forcing a comeback for the Rams. Willow Glen trailed 3-1 at the half but was able to come back for the win.

London and Jason Tom are returning starters for the Rams this season. Rotsaert, DuBridge, Kane, Reese Kolar and Dustin Shean round out the starting line-up. Okun and Josh Dombro are the first reserves in the water for the Rams and coaches consider junior Freddy Martinez a top prospect.

Coaches Trevor Wiens and Brian Balistreri are also impressed with freshmen Chris Greene, Chris McCarthy, John Ladd, Kyle Tom, Nathan Wu, Sam Brandt and Tyler Paradiso.

Girls lose to Leland

The girls' water polo team is 2-2 thus far in the Mt. Hamilton Division play. The Rams dropped their most record game 11-3 to Leland. The Chargers are 4-0 in the division.

Willow Glen scored one goal in the third quarter and two in the fourth. Laura Vonstockhausen scored two goals for the Rams and Courtney Buchanan added one.

Pizella leads Rams

The Willow Glen girls volleyball team is also off to a solid start with a 4-1 record in the Santa Teresa Division. Last week, the Rams defeated Oak Grove and Andrew Hill in league play.

Willow Glen's Angela Pizella was kill leader in both matches. Against Oak Grove, Pizella had 11 kills in a 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 win, and she had 15 kills in a 25-19, 25-13, 25-19, win over Andrew Hill.

Vo wins at No. 1

The girls tennis team at Willow Glen slipped to 3-6 in the Santa Teresa Division after a tough 4-3 loss to Evergreen Valley last week. Diem Ly Vo won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles despite the overall loss for Willow Glen.

Rams run well

The Rams have been running well this season, and it was more of the same last week. Willow Glen's boys cross country team is 6-0 in the Mount Hamilton Division and the girls are 5-1.

The boys met Silver Creek, Leland and Leigh in their last race and defeated all three schools. Willow Glen outran Silver Creek 17-40, Leland 16-43 and Leigh 18-39. Marcos Corona was the top runner for the Rams, finishing the race in 14:49 with teammate Mohamed Abdalla close behind at 14:51. Justin McArthur finished in 16:01 and Robert Ramos completed the race at 16:02.

The girls also burned things up with three wins last week. They defeated Silver Creek 22-35, Leland 23-33 and Leigh 21-37. Kari Server was the first to finish for Willow Glen, coming in at 19:35, and then came Hayley Tharp at 19:56, Michelle Moran at 20:08 and Maria Sosa at 20:19.

Rams take on Warriors

The Willow Glen football team has not fared as well thus far this season. The Rams are 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the Santa Teresa Division after dropping their season opener 23-6 to Santa Teresa last week.

The Rams will host title favorite Westmont on Oct. 15, 1:30 p.m. The Warriors are 4-0-1 this season after a tie with the Lincoln Lions.

Young Rams split

Ethan Delgado and Jacob Chavez came through with a big tackle in the end zone for a safety, and the two points proved the difference for the Willow Glen frosh-soph football team in a tight 8-6 non-league win over Del Mar.

Bobby Lopez led the spirited defensive effort for the Rams with 11 tackles. Kurtis Smith was the offensive leader, hauling in four passes from Tyler Heinkel for 70 yards, and Michael Gibilisco raced for 47 yards on six carries to lead the ground effort.

A week later, Lopez carried 10 times for 96 yards and a touchdown and Gibilisco ran five times for 84 yards and two scores, but the Rams lost their Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division opener 26-20 to Evergreen Valley.

Heinkel completed 6 of 10 passes for 92 yards, hitting Lopez and Smith with two passes apiece. Gibilisco led the defense with 15 tackles and he also intercepted a pass.