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Willow Glen to host CCS hockey final

By Dick Sparrer

Los Gatos and Saratoga are no strangers to each other in the high school sports arena--they've been rivals ever since Saratoga students left Los Gatos to attend their own high school in 1959.

And that longstanding rivalry was to be renewed this week when the two schools met again with a very important prize on the line--a trip to the Central Coast Section field hockey championship game set for Nov. 17, 11 a.m., at Willow Glen High School.

Los Gatos, the No. 2 seed in the CCS tournament and boasting a 13-2-3 season record, edged No. 7-seeded Monta Vista (11-7-1) 2-1 on Saturday to earn its place in the semifinals on Nov. 13.

Saratoga, the No. 6 seed, had a tougher road. Unlike the Wildcats, the Falcons did not receive a first-round bye, so had to play two games last week. Saratoga pounded No. 11 Monterey (8-5) 8-2 before upsetting No. 3 Lynbrook (14-4-1) 1-0 on penalty strokes on Saturday to improve to 13-5-1 for the year.

On the other end of the bracket, No. 1 St. Francis (17-0-2) blanked No. 8 Leigh (14-3) and No. 4 Archbishop Mitty (12-4-3) topped No. 5 Gilroy (13-4-1) to advance to the semi's. The two West Catholic Athletic League rivals will collide at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday at Gilroy.

In other first-round game, Gilroy defeated No. 12 Del Mar (10-6) 2-1, Monta Vista beat No. 10 Los Altos (4-9-1) 3-2 and Leigh shut out No. 9 Presentation (9-7-2) 2-0.

Leigh and Presentation battled to a scoreless tie in the first half before Emily Trudeau got the Longhorns on the board with an unassisted goal. Emily Tregoning scored off an Emily Trudeau assist later in the half to give Leigh an insurance goal.