WEDEMEYER ALL-STAR GAME RETURNS TO LOS GATOS

The 48th annual Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game takes place at 5pm on Feb. 4 at Los Gatos High. Five Wildcats—Emiliano Mejia, Landon Heard, Jake Boyd, Will Cohen and Nic Ramos—have been selected to play in the game, which draws most of the top players from schools in the Blossom Valley Athletic League and Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, along with notable private schools Bellarmine, Mitty, St. Francis, Valley Christian, Harker and the King’s Academy. All of the proceeds from the game go to Coaches Against Cancer and the ALS Golden West Foundation. The contest is named after the former Los Gatos High coach who was diagnosed with ALS in 1977 and was given just three years to live but ended up living for 33 years until his death in 2010. Along the way, Wedemeyer became an inspiration to millions of people as they learned his life story.